Friday, November 12, 2010

KNACKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE! You have nothing to lose but your warranties!

The folks over at ifixit.com have come up with a Self-Repair Manifesto that readers of this blog will find inspirational. I like the line about "Repair injects soul and makes things unique!" Indeed. As of yesterday they were giving away free posters (real posters, not e-posters) in exchange for a Tweet (I got mine, and intend to put it up here in the SolderSmoke Shack.)

I find that a successful repair is almost as gratifying as a scratch-built homebrew project, especially if the problem was difficult to diagnose.

So, ifixit comrades: The SolderSmoke collective is with you! Up the Revolution!
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2 comments:

  1. G7AQKNovember 12, 2010 at 3:32 PM

    I agree with your comments Bill.

    I have an old Trio/Kenwood TS820s that I have needed to repair on numerous occasions. It may be a old and temperamental, but I always feel that there is a little bit of me in that rig.

    Neil
    G7AQK

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  2. AnonymousNovember 13, 2010 at 5:26 PM

    Hi Bill,

    You might get a kick out of this: http://thereifixedit.failblog.org/

    73,
    Niels PA1DSP

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