Chris J. Karr

About 4 inches of accumulation on my patio.

Snowy patio. (I love it!)

It finally warmed up enough to snow.

#Chicago

Blockees Grimlock guarding my Corona.

Chicago dive bar Grimlock.

#Chicago #Grimlock #Transformers #Blockees

David Bowie in "Ashes to Ashes"

Getting my Bowie on at Alamo with "The Man Who Fell to Earth".

#DavidBowie #TheManWhoFellToEarth #NewMexico

Trainbots Suiken (MPG-04), Seizan (MPG-05), and Ginou (MPG-07) in their HO-scale alt modes.

Trainbots Suiken (MPG-04), Seizan (MPG-05), and Ginou (MPG-07) in their robot modes.

Ginou (MPG-07) with some extra heavy weaponry.

Not technically Christmas gifts - these Trainbots are backlogged from earlier this year. I'm one leg (MPG-03 or MPG-08) away from being able to form RAIDEN.

#Transformers #Trainbots

Plot Twist cocktail.

Holiday drink menu.

Aviation cocktail.

My annual holiday pilgrimage to Lady Gregory's is now complete.

#Chicago #LadyGregorys

Phone widget showing a two degree temperature in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood.

Ah, Chicago.

A bright glorious day outside, along with air that will seize your muscles and joints, as well as give you an ice cream headache without any of the treat.

#Chicago

Summer sausage, cheeses, gherkins, olives, and more.

Time for cased meat and stinky cheeses!

"Norby: The Mixed-Up Robot" by Janet Asimov. Narrated by Mark Hamill.

Irrationally excited to digitize this and add it to the radio dramas I've been mainlining.

#Norby #Asimov #Vinyl

Approaching Ryle City...

The station should be fully live on Thursday.

I didn't have time to document Thanksgiving for social media, but I did get in some time Space Truckin'. Finished one planetary outpost on my own, and bought a "dodec" station with some ARX I had.

Still deciding which side I want to be on in the current CG.

#EliteDangerous

No ornaments allowed until after Thanksgiving.

I would usually wait until Friday at the earliest to throw up the tree, but since I was tearing everything apart, today made sense.

Recipe packet and headphones.

Thanksgiving planning over breakfast at the local diner. My main constraint is time to cook everything before 1 PM serving time.

VNC window open to my Window Maker desktop.

Ended up nuking the OpenBSD install on the G4 and trying NetBSD instead. It's been MUCH smoother going.

#PowerPC #G4 #NetBSD #OpenBSD

Dick Cheney card from the 1991 Desert Storm card set.

Back of the Dick Cheney card (#3).

Wishing I would have gotten his rookie card signed before it was too late.

#DickCheney

Pebble Time HR, Pebble Steel, OG Pebble.

Rescued two out of three Pebbles.

I suspect that the battery is shot on the red one.

#Pebble #GadgetRescue

Mac Classic motherboard with some capacitor corrosion. Not surprised by that, but I am concerned about it leaking into other chips.

AMD SCSI controller with some corroded legs.

Potential corrosion on the sound and VIA chips.

AMD serial controller with some corroded legs.

Finally cracked open the Mac Classic to see what I was in for. Could be worse - could be better.

#VintageComputing #MacintoshClassic

How it started.

How it's going.

Cleaned up the home network this morning a bit. Still have a ways to go (consolidating switches), but this is a good start.

Loading screen for the next movie.

At the halfway point. Some really interesting selections. Last was 1933's "Murders at the Zoo".

#DismemberTheAlamo #AlamoDrafthouse

Dismember the Alamo pre-show.

Time for a horror movie marathon until midnight.

#DismemberTheAlamo #AlamoDrafthouse

Bob Budiansky and Ralph Macchio talk about the Marvel Comics genesis of the Transformers.

Jim Shooter's initial treatment, which Budiansky expanded greatly upon.

Heading in from TFCon.

Really enjoyed the early Marvel Comics panel.

#TFCon #BobBudiansky #RalphMacchio #Transformers

TMNT and Transformers crossover: The Party Wallop.

Done wit the dealer hall at TFCon. Now hanging out listening to panels. Looking forward to the Bob Budiansky and Ralph Macchio panel on the early Marvel Comics genesis of the Transformers.

Last pickup was a transformable TMNT Party Wagon.

#TFCon #TMNT

TFCon 2025 pins: Ravage and Rumble.

G1 Slugfest and a later generation Ravage(?).

Found some cassettes at TFCon.

#TFCon #Transformers

G1 Optimus Prime, Blaster, and Blaster.

I printed out my ticket and I'm eager for tomorrow's TFCon. (It will be my first.)

Looking for a repair kit for Optimus Prime, some cassettes for Blaster, and a Grimlock for the missus.

#TFCon #Transformers

Pebble Time, Pebble 2 HR, and the original model.

Now that Pebble is back, I managed to resuscitated and update two of three watches. The OG Pebble is struggling to hold a charge, but I'm giving it a couple days before declaring it dead.

#Pebble

Macintosh Classic

My next restoration project...

As soon as I get a long enough Torx T15 screwdriver (tomorrow), I'll open her up and pray that I don't have a capacitor juice mess.

#VintageComputing #Restoration

Brown Line arrival with map underneath.

Quick view of arrivals, as are relevant from my office.

Finally figured out how to wire up Home Assistant to query the local transit APIs so I can see at a glance whether I need to hustle to the train/bus stop or whether I can take my time.

#HomeAssistant #Chicago #CTA

moto razr+ (2024 model) with a foldable Bluetooth keyboard.

My portable writing kit. Actually got a bit more story down before Terror Tuesday.

#TheSinkingOfTheZephyr

4 tamales and 2 full jars of New Mexico Hatch red and green chile.

I made an Executive Decision to start Christmas early this evening.

#Tamales #ChristmasStyle #HatchChile

Nintendo DS Lite and 3DS (Zelda edition) charging for the first time in a decade.

Resuscitated two Nintendo portable consoles tonight.

Thought I needed to replace the F1 and/or F2 fuses on the DS Lite, but it just needed to have its battery re-seated. The 3DS just needed some charge.

#Nintendo #Electronics #Repair

Nice close-up shot of the completed node.

Full profile picture with the 915 MHz antenna attached.

Broke out the soldering iron to put the Heltec V3s into their forever homes.

Soldering went fine, but I had to improvise when I discovered the 18650 batteries were larger than expected!

#Meshtastic

"Caged Virgins" trailer in the Alamo pre-show for Jean Rollin's "The Iron Rose" for Terror Tuesday.

Tonight's Terror Tuesday: Jean Rollin's 1973 film "The Iron Rose".

#AlamoDrafthouse #TerrorTuesday #JeanRollin #TheIronRose