FitzOblong
@fitzoblong.bsky.social
Protogen/Dragon from Germany - occasionally I find the Motivation to draw. Mostly at work, either bored or busy.
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In the end I got everything back together. I really hoped to get the original shell off in a condition where I could put it back together, but that didn’t happen….
September 16, 2026 at 11:05 PM
In the end I got everything back together. I really hoped to get the original shell off in a condition where I could put it back together, but that didn’t happen….
Well - things went smooth, till I had to get the original hinches out… which where held in with plastic clips and a tight fit. Unfortunately the old case didn’t gave them up voluntarily.
Also there was a slight error in the official video guide of the kit I got which made it a lot more difficult.
Also there was a slight error in the official video guide of the kit I got which made it a lot more difficult.
September 16, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Well - things went smooth, till I had to get the original hinches out… which where held in with plastic clips and a tight fit. Unfortunately the old case didn’t gave them up voluntarily.
Also there was a slight error in the official video guide of the kit I got which made it a lot more difficult.
Also there was a slight error in the official video guide of the kit I got which made it a lot more difficult.
Got myself a new little project: I found it’s time to retire the 24 years old shell of my GBA SP, since it’s quite literally disintegrating.
There are lots of cool shells to buy, I decided for that black and gold one. It was my second choice, as my first one is unavailable…
There are lots of cool shells to buy, I decided for that black and gold one. It was my second choice, as my first one is unavailable…
September 15, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Got myself a new little project: I found it’s time to retire the 24 years old shell of my GBA SP, since it’s quite literally disintegrating.
There are lots of cool shells to buy, I decided for that black and gold one. It was my second choice, as my first one is unavailable…
There are lots of cool shells to buy, I decided for that black and gold one. It was my second choice, as my first one is unavailable…
Since it’s currently popular I want to say I really adore Alexander. He is more on the same wavelength as me. Ryan is a cutie and conrad a certified derg. But Alex truly needed those timeouts in the wash… #DragnWash
September 13, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Since it’s currently popular I want to say I really adore Alexander. He is more on the same wavelength as me. Ryan is a cutie and conrad a certified derg. But Alex truly needed those timeouts in the wash… #DragnWash
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New DLC with even bigger dragons and career mode #dragnwash
September 12, 2026 at 6:35 AM
New DLC with even bigger dragons and career mode #dragnwash
Btw, I think my Apple Watch has returned to normal by now
Lost my Apple Watch a few weeks ago in my house. It was now found, in the wash-dryer in the door seal, after who knows how many times washing clothes.
Charged back up, still works amazingly… a few minor scratches on the screen, the grown beaten up, and the speaker maybe a bit less loud than used to
Charged back up, still works amazingly… a few minor scratches on the screen, the grown beaten up, and the speaker maybe a bit less loud than used to
August 26, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Btw, I think my Apple Watch has returned to normal by now
When you see that the 8 Tb drive on your NAS is almost full but you are sure it should still be a few years of data hoarding before that happens… 🤔
August 24, 2026 at 10:35 PM
When you see that the 8 Tb drive on your NAS is almost full but you are sure it should still be a few years of data hoarding before that happens… 🤔
Basically I would ride a Dinosaur one hour and be mauled by another one the next… 😳
August 16, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Basically I would ride a Dinosaur one hour and be mauled by another one the next… 😳
yeah, thermals of that CPU just arent great... afterwards It easily reached its 90°C (with Watercooled), although it also pulled its 105W and did turbo up to 4200Mhz on all cores, so I guess thats alright?
I did undervolt it a bit, now it runs less hot (and I even gained a bit of Turbo)
I did undervolt it a bit, now it runs less hot (and I even gained a bit of Turbo)
Using that Liquid Metal as thermal compounds was a mistake. Not only is it a mess to apply, but my thermals also weren’t great at all (maybe a mistake by me applying it), and the stuff seems to be actually corrosive…
Wish me luck, noctua thermal compounds is next…
Wish me luck, noctua thermal compounds is next…
August 13, 2026 at 10:37 PM
yeah, thermals of that CPU just arent great... afterwards It easily reached its 90°C (with Watercooled), although it also pulled its 105W and did turbo up to 4200Mhz on all cores, so I guess thats alright?
I did undervolt it a bit, now it runs less hot (and I even gained a bit of Turbo)
I did undervolt it a bit, now it runs less hot (and I even gained a bit of Turbo)
Using that Liquid Metal as thermal compounds was a mistake. Not only is it a mess to apply, but my thermals also weren’t great at all (maybe a mistake by me applying it), and the stuff seems to be actually corrosive…
Wish me luck, noctua thermal compounds is next…
Wish me luck, noctua thermal compounds is next…
August 13, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Using that Liquid Metal as thermal compounds was a mistake. Not only is it a mess to apply, but my thermals also weren’t great at all (maybe a mistake by me applying it), and the stuff seems to be actually corrosive…
Wish me luck, noctua thermal compounds is next…
Wish me luck, noctua thermal compounds is next…
Lost my Apple Watch a few weeks ago in my house. It was now found, in the wash-dryer in the door seal, after who knows how many times washing clothes.
Charged back up, still works amazingly… a few minor scratches on the screen, the grown beaten up, and the speaker maybe a bit less loud than used to
Charged back up, still works amazingly… a few minor scratches on the screen, the grown beaten up, and the speaker maybe a bit less loud than used to
August 11, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Lost my Apple Watch a few weeks ago in my house. It was now found, in the wash-dryer in the door seal, after who knows how many times washing clothes.
Charged back up, still works amazingly… a few minor scratches on the screen, the grown beaten up, and the speaker maybe a bit less loud than used to
Charged back up, still works amazingly… a few minor scratches on the screen, the grown beaten up, and the speaker maybe a bit less loud than used to
Compaq Armada 1750 easily driving modern 250ohms headphones with applied bassboost…
Of course using the one and only Winamp…
Of course using the one and only Winamp…
July 31, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Compaq Armada 1750 easily driving modern 250ohms headphones with applied bassboost…
Of course using the one and only Winamp…
Of course using the one and only Winamp…
Tube Amplifier: 1
Speaker: 0
#oops
(Should be repairable, for now a Spare speaker (same type) is installed…)
Additional info:
It’s a 25W 4Ohms L7102 Subwoofer from the East German (GDR) RFT BR25E from 1985. Very nice pair of Speakers…
Speaker: 0
#oops
(Should be repairable, for now a Spare speaker (same type) is installed…)
Additional info:
It’s a 25W 4Ohms L7102 Subwoofer from the East German (GDR) RFT BR25E from 1985. Very nice pair of Speakers…
July 27, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Tube Amplifier: 1
Speaker: 0
#oops
(Should be repairable, for now a Spare speaker (same type) is installed…)
Additional info:
It’s a 25W 4Ohms L7102 Subwoofer from the East German (GDR) RFT BR25E from 1985. Very nice pair of Speakers…
Speaker: 0
#oops
(Should be repairable, for now a Spare speaker (same type) is installed…)
Additional info:
It’s a 25W 4Ohms L7102 Subwoofer from the East German (GDR) RFT BR25E from 1985. Very nice pair of Speakers…
Well, I tried. Replaced 3 capacitors, but the backlight still doesn’t turn on. Maybe I got the wrong value, maybe something else died too, maybe it wasn’t supposed to happen. Nothing more to do here, it had its run. New one already arrived, and it’s much better anyways…
July 16, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Well, I tried. Replaced 3 capacitors, but the backlight still doesn’t turn on. Maybe I got the wrong value, maybe something else died too, maybe it wasn’t supposed to happen. Nothing more to do here, it had its run. New one already arrived, and it’s much better anyways…
HP 24“ LCD from 2009 failed today. (mom’s PC). Gave her a link to a cheap new one but decided to give the old one a look. Managed to get it apart, think I found the issues… might even be fixable, it still had picture, just backlight went off after a second…
July 13, 2026 at 3:59 PM
HP 24“ LCD from 2009 failed today. (mom’s PC). Gave her a link to a cheap new one but decided to give the old one a look. Managed to get it apart, think I found the issues… might even be fixable, it still had picture, just backlight went off after a second…
I again remind myself how lucky of a pick that Canon MG4250 was. This thing is so old it could be considered a Retro printer at this point (even has driver support down to Windows freaking XP!) and it just works. Good Scanner, good colour Ink Printer, never had clogged Printheads never complained...
July 5, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I again remind myself how lucky of a pick that Canon MG4250 was. This thing is so old it could be considered a Retro printer at this point (even has driver support down to Windows freaking XP!) and it just works. Good Scanner, good colour Ink Printer, never had clogged Printheads never complained...
RGB SCART mod done and working on my #Commodore 1084S. That thing now has ALL the input!
It did bully me a bit though with contact issues, probably caused inside the Connector itself that I soldered in. Now if work though!
#CRT
It did bully me a bit though with contact issues, probably caused inside the Connector itself that I soldered in. Now if work though!
#CRT
July 5, 2026 at 12:42 PM
RGB SCART mod done and working on my #Commodore 1084S. That thing now has ALL the input!
It did bully me a bit though with contact issues, probably caused inside the Connector itself that I soldered in. Now if work though!
#CRT
It did bully me a bit though with contact issues, probably caused inside the Connector itself that I soldered in. Now if work though!
#CRT
There is one reality I can’t deny: I have too many CRTs…
I have a huge 16:9 28” TV, two 17” VGAs, two 13” PC monitors and one 13” TV at this point… more than I can use at the same time…
I have a huge 16:9 28” TV, two 17” VGAs, two 13” PC monitors and one 13” TV at this point… more than I can use at the same time…
July 5, 2026 at 1:33 AM
There is one reality I can’t deny: I have too many CRTs…
I have a huge 16:9 28” TV, two 17” VGAs, two 13” PC monitors and one 13” TV at this point… more than I can use at the same time…
I have a huge 16:9 28” TV, two 17” VGAs, two 13” PC monitors and one 13” TV at this point… more than I can use at the same time…
I just finished Elvira - Mistress of the Dark… did look up stuff towards the end. Overall good game, a bit cryptic, and by today’s standards you really need some dedication (and many restarts once you notice item mismanagement)
Runs a bit slow on an A500 😅
#Amiga #Retrogaming #Retro
Runs a bit slow on an A500 😅
#Amiga #Retrogaming #Retro
July 2, 2026 at 10:57 PM
I just finished Elvira - Mistress of the Dark… did look up stuff towards the end. Overall good game, a bit cryptic, and by today’s standards you really need some dedication (and many restarts once you notice item mismanagement)
Runs a bit slow on an A500 😅
#Amiga #Retrogaming #Retro
Runs a bit slow on an A500 😅
#Amiga #Retrogaming #Retro
soo... I fixed an Apple laptop that was and is at the end of its life support anyways, and that certainly struggles by now anyways... what now? did I really gain anything? Should I have bought the new Neo instead even though it has 8gb less ram than my Pro? good question I suppose...
June 15, 2026 at 12:51 AM
soo... I fixed an Apple laptop that was and is at the end of its life support anyways, and that certainly struggles by now anyways... what now? did I really gain anything? Should I have bought the new Neo instead even though it has 8gb less ram than my Pro? good question I suppose...
My gamble worked out, the dead parts machine was drowned in coffee, but it’s screen still works perfectly! Thanks for @ifixit.com for the guide!
Total cost: 107€ + 2h work. (Excluding the tools I already had)
Not liking the fact that apple uses slightly different screws for every other position
Total cost: 107€ + 2h work. (Excluding the tools I already had)
Not liking the fact that apple uses slightly different screws for every other position
June 14, 2026 at 4:49 PM
My gamble worked out, the dead parts machine was drowned in coffee, but it’s screen still works perfectly! Thanks for @ifixit.com for the guide!
Total cost: 107€ + 2h work. (Excluding the tools I already had)
Not liking the fact that apple uses slightly different screws for every other position
Total cost: 107€ + 2h work. (Excluding the tools I already had)
Not liking the fact that apple uses slightly different screws for every other position
I just won a sad 1 bid auction of a dead (waterdamaged) macbook. Good enough to train the surgery on those devices, and I maybe I can transplant the screen to my broken one, hoping the screen of the water damaged one still works…
And still it set me back 100€…
And still it set me back 100€…
Well, that’s it for my MacBook Pro from 2020… children had it to play games together, and ultimately yanked it off the table…
Repair costs up to 600€, which doesn’t make sense investing in this aging MacBook.
Repair costs up to 600€, which doesn’t make sense investing in this aging MacBook.
June 11, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I just won a sad 1 bid auction of a dead (waterdamaged) macbook. Good enough to train the surgery on those devices, and I maybe I can transplant the screen to my broken one, hoping the screen of the water damaged one still works…
And still it set me back 100€…
And still it set me back 100€…
37 years old CRT with the typical dead flyback transformer, now brought back to life with a brand new replacement flyback and new old stock HOT transistor!
#CRT #Commodore #Retro
(Yes, this is the typical clone of a Commodore 1084)
#CRT #Commodore #Retro
(Yes, this is the typical clone of a Commodore 1084)
June 11, 2026 at 7:32 AM
37 years old CRT with the typical dead flyback transformer, now brought back to life with a brand new replacement flyback and new old stock HOT transistor!
#CRT #Commodore #Retro
(Yes, this is the typical clone of a Commodore 1084)
#CRT #Commodore #Retro
(Yes, this is the typical clone of a Commodore 1084)