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SRE@PagerDuty. Geek, Buddhist, husband, introvert, devop, social justice worrier, musician, vegetarian, urbanist. He/him. May all beings be free from suffering.

Toronto, Ontario
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    1. foone‏ @Foone Apr 4
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      and another time, which featured a STEALTHY CRT:https://twitter.com/Foone/status/945865130046251010 …

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      I went to the junk store again. (I've been off work for 5 days and gone on 3 of those days. I may be an addict.) First thing I see: PCMCIA SCSI card! naturally, doesn't match any of my SCSI dongles. and a big pile of mini-discs! pic.twitter.com/a0gKzdIMRy
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      The time with the Noise Machine:https://twitter.com/Foone/status/944755892926345217 …

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      Went to the junk store again. It turns out the Dot Com era is definitely over, they're throwing out all the CueCats! pic.twitter.com/5D4j7OIsZz
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      The Time I Didn't Get A Vic-20:https://twitter.com/Foone/status/944305051928993793 …

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      Some really good stuff at the junk store today, that I didn't get A VIC-20, in box, with power supply and Datasette! And a bunch of IBM Model M keyboards. pic.twitter.com/1QmtiCaMfY
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      the time with the TRS-80 CoCo2:https://twitter.com/Foone/status/942334738282422272 …

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      Hit up the junk store today. First up, a laptop in the "as-is" section that's VERY as-is. pic.twitter.com/15dhmJ8hAC
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      The time with the 8-port VGA KVM:https://twitter.com/Foone/status/929513322721902592 …

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      It's a day ending in Y, so the chances I went to a junk store or two are pretty good. First up, a Powerbook 3400c! Sadly, no power adapters on hand so I couldn't easily test this. looked to be in decent shape, though. pic.twitter.com/Y7Dmf1fw8n
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      The time with the minidisc recorders:https://twitter.com/Foone/status/925215848272297984 …

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      Went to another junk store today. Here's Excess Solutions in San Jose! THREAD O' PICS pic.twitter.com/QrKgHBZr0Y
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      the time with the 200amp fuse:https://twitter.com/Foone/status/912426029041324032 …

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      Junk Store Thread! I love the look of prototyping boards. They're like those baby activity centers, but for people of soldering age. pic.twitter.com/XYNLJOU91b
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      The time with the pile of 486s:https://twitter.com/Foone/status/911763171249025024 …

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      Things I didn't expect to see at the junk store: an entire car dashboard pic.twitter.com/7z4sdTULLJ
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      Starcraft 64 Time:https://twitter.com/Foone/status/892227172219236353 …

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      Neat things I saw at the junk store: A mass EEPROM programmer. This thing is huge, like 4 feet across. pic.twitter.com/vldERgpG5R
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      Another time, with a Sphygmomanometerhttps://twitter.com/Foone/status/861099506753953792 …

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      Here's the stuff I saw at my local junk store but didn't get. First up, this awesome mixer panel. Look at all these controls! pic.twitter.com/eAwg1GSj5T
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      rich lafferty, contributing factor‏ @mendel Apr 4
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