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Day: 14 February 2025

  • The sustain pedal broke on our upright piano.

    Normally the insides of the piano are a terrifying place that only our tuner gets to look at. A scary realm whose mysteries I cannot begin to comprehend.

    But I was feeling very brave, so I popped it open, found this troublesome hinge, and bodged a fix. It sounds great.

    I feel accomplished.

    Full image of Behind the lower front board of an open upright piano, a hand reaches in between the pedal rods and the soundboard to point at the hinge screw of the sustain pedal.
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    Behind the lower front board of an open upright piano, a hand reaches in between the pedal rods and the soundboard to point at the hinge screw of the sustain pedal.

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    • posted 14 February, 2025
  • 5ΒΌ" floppy disk, 3M branded, labelled "ABM, BACKGAMM, BLKJACK, BUGS, CMINOR, HANGMAN -> TYPE DOCUMENT FIRST, INSULTS, PORKEY". A Post-It note on the sleeve reads "INSULTS" and has pictures of the "Esc" and "Num Lock" keys.

    INSULTS.COM

    As a kid, I enjoyed a 1983 program that dynamically generated insults. So I found a copy of it, reverse-engineered it, and reimplemented it in Perchance. Who wants to be insulted?

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    • posted 14 February, 2025

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