Almost done with my restoration of a mid-60s Magnavox tabletop radio. Got it from the local Habitat ReStore, cleaned up the electronics, and built a new walnut case for it. Still to do: bring it into the 21st century with Bluetooth via the phono jack. I love that warm glow on the radio dial!

Yes, I did stay up way too late finishing my costume for the retirement party for Portland’s original 100-series light rail trains. Was it worth it? Absolutely. What a fun event and a fun crowd. @trimet.org

This is a saber-toothed horse, and nobody can convince me otherwise.

New custom sticker for my HydroFlask! Do you think I’ll be able to get through airport security with it?

kids these days don't know how to impress Jodie Foster

Put together a little wireless 120V system to demo my nightlight at craft shows.

Smitten with the mainframe badges at the Computer History Museum when I went to #VCFWest this year, I had to make my own sticker replicas. Now I’m the only person in this coffee shop working on a UNIVAC.

I got to fly in the Horizon Air throwback-jersey E175 yesterday, with a sunset to match the livery.

Couldn’t make it to the march today because I had a booth at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, but still got a protest sign in on my table.

Ported some classic programs to the Switch to help model the NES-cart-shaped game holder I made. Catch my booth at Portland Retro Gaming Expo in two weeks for this and other finely crafted retro-gaming goodies.

I know the meme is like 10+ years old but I had the idea the other night while listening and had to make this in honor of my favorite Hold Steady song. #theholdsteady #constructivesummer

Infrastructure weekend! Freezing weather had me shutting off the water to an outdoor hose bibb, only for the valve to start leaking. I replaced it with a fancy new quarter-turn valve. Can I get some points for the laser-engraved sign, too? Other people in this house need to know how it all works.

Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft takes the clearest picture of Venus ever made

Some things SHOULD NOT be returnable. 🤮 (found at the local Amazon bins store)

Emergency go-bag tip: keep an assortment of USB adapters in it. The motel you end up in might have chargers built into the bedside lamp, but you only grabbed your USB-C cable and they last updated in 2010. Or how about the micro-USB charging for your headlamp? #emergencyprep #gobag

Turns out I’m in the top 25% of wildfire risk in the state, so if you all could not set the forest on fire, that’d be cool. Oregon peeps, check your own wildfire risk here: oregon-explorer.apps.geocortex.com/webviewer/?a...

There’s a Dash 8 tanker? I thought someone was Photoshopping the first time I saw this. Are there any planes that *haven’t* been converted yet? www.planespotters.net/photo/167636...

N989AC Aero-Flite Aerial Firefighting Bombardier DHC-8-402Q AT Dash 8

N989AC Aero-Flite Aerial Firefighting Bombardier DHC-8-402Q AT Dash 8 photographed by Hongming Zheng

planespotters.net

Time to find myself a new system. I’ve heard good things about the 386 processor.

“I don’t know what happened,dad. I was just sitting here and the tennis ball exploded.” #corgi

Silly me still writing “2024” in my SQL queries.

Playing two truths and a lie, one of my go-tos is always “Peter from Peter, Paul, and Mary hit me over the head with his guitar.” Truth, with details to follow [1/3]

CNN@cnn.com · 2y ago

Peter Yarrow, singer-songwriter and founding member of the folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at 86. cnn.it/4gGn8Pp

And here it is all cleaned up, the bezel dents carefully hammered out, and a new “glass” face laser-cut from acrylic. #mcm #restoration

Nathan Pryor@nathanpryor.bsky.social · 2y ago

Cleaning up/restoring this MCM clock (GE Telechron 7H257) salvaged from dusty storage at my parents’ house. It’s working but filthy, has a couple of dents on the bezel, and needs new glass. Sold for around $30 in the late 50s, which would be over $300 now.

Cleaning up/restoring this MCM clock (GE Telechron 7H257) salvaged from dusty storage at my parents’ house. It’s working but filthy, has a couple of dents on the bezel, and needs new glass. Sold for around $30 in the late 50s, which would be over $300 now.

Hygiene product dispenser giving the side-eye to everyone who doesn’t wash their hands.

The 160 mile wingspan of the A220. First class arrives 40 minutes before the rest of us.

My first programming experiences were with games like this that you had to type in to play. Changing ranges and variables to see what would happen, customizing text, etc. #retrogaming

This business’s name only has two words and they didn’t get either one right.

I haven’t changed my phone’s wallpaper in twelve years, but this Titan II engine bell pic I took just got me to update it. I love the textures, the geometry, the technology, and the history.

That DOT “explosives” placard is doing a LOT of heavy lifting, considering it’s a 9 megaton warhead on the trailer. On display at the Titan Missile Museum outside of Tucson, AZ.

Playing like I’m Ansel Adams on this Tucson visit. Wouldn’t want to live here, but it’s a nice break from the winter grey of Portland.