Electrifiying Weekend

This weekend sparks were flying and in the bad way. Sunday night we had some brief but violent thunderstorms. I was in my room  adjusting my SOE single point sling on my AR when I saw  a huge spray of sparks shoot out of my wireless router. Even though the router and cable modem were both on a surge protector they were fried. Oddly enough the cheap surround sound player hooked up to the same strip is fine as is the surge protector itself. I have a few takeaways from the situation I’d like to share with you.

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If it’s Broke Fix It!

I hate the way the world has become a society in love with throwing things away. If it doesn’t work the first choice is the trash can. If it’s just not as fancy and full featured its trash can bound. At what point did the spark to tinker dwindle. What will happen when the systems of support fail and the option of buying the newer, bigger  and better don’t exists?

By by arekd
By by arekd

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