Category: Sleep-deprived wanderings

Well peoples, when you have ‘free time’ one begins to find projects that have been neglected. In this episode, I tackled the TV that has not worked for some time. It had been unplugged for about a year, and when finally plugged back in, it displayed a blink code, but no picture, no backlight, nada.

So, after a long search on the web, I was able to locate how to actually interpret the blink codes. The culprit was either the power-supply or the main logic board. After testing all the voltages on the power-supply, I was able to determine that the main board was to blame.

Overall, a successful surgery. The TV is working ($40 part), the WII is back in action, and nobody got hurt ( The boards on the edges hold the inverters to power the 22 fluorescent bulbs. )  Well, one project crossed off the list, on to the next. 

Until next time, stay safe.

NBW

A blue jay photo-bombed two bald eagles. Brave little birdie…. 🙂 Very cool to see bald eagles; this pair is regularly seen flying around and resting in this tree.

As I’m writing this, I am eating supper. I’m running on about 3-ish hours sleep. A brave band of adventurers are capping their week-long binge watching of Gilmore Girls by… binge watching the final episodes. I’m hoping the ending meets their expectations… when they were last seen 8 hours ago the expectations were only exceeded by the enthusiasm. Tomorrow may otherwise take on the demeanor of the final game between the Giants and the Cubs.

I myself do not know the ending yet, nor do I foresee firing up Netflix for the next six hours to assess the show myself. Throughout the evening I have been texting my not-likely-accurate spoilers to the entripid band of fearless binge-netflix-party people. Below is a small sampling for amusement purposes only; if any of these actually match the show I’m not really sure that the poles will not be flipping tomorrow morning.

– Ms. Patty continues bringing culture to Stars Hollow. She is now married to the 2nd troubadour.
– Logan and his father never agree. He starts an adventurer club and was last heard from kayaking down the amazon. The postcard looked very nice.
– Sookie and Jackson were spies for the state of Nebraska. He ran produce and information back to their home state. Tourism had never taken off in Nebraska and they were stealing ideas from Stars Hollow. Taylor never learns of this…
– The Independence Inn was a front for the NSA. Only Michel knew. He was employed as an analyst.
– In the final scene, the words ‘The End’ appear, the camera slowly pans out, the original troubadour is heard singing the epilogue on the square, the credits slowly begin to roll as the picture fades to black, the music and credits continue.

Well, that’s all I know today. Tomorrow I may know less.

Later.

NBW