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Nik282000
Nik282000 @ nik282000 @lemmy.ca
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Repaired and repainted a curbside CRT to match my NES.

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  • The board was soaked and needed cleaning, the rca jacks were broken off and the screen had some deep scratches. I was only able to get the scratches about halfway polished out though, cerium isn't quite aggressive enough.

    • Trudeau says housing needs to retain its value

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  • I AM in a ridiculous mortgage and I would be thrilled to see housing prices stop growing for the next decade or so. Every time prices go up the city starts drooling and adds another 100 bucks to my property tax.

    • Trudeau says housing needs to retain its value

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  • Suddenly I want to buy an F-350 and a "F 🍁 UCK TRUDEAU" flag. It's nice to see that every political party in Canada has finally united to fuck Canada.

    • Repaired and repainted a curbside CRT to match my NES.

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  • I read the can this time and did 3 or 4 thin coats of each colour in stead of my normal approach.

    • Repaired and repainted a curbside CRT to match my NES.

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  • Thanks, I was surprised how glossy it came out for rattle can paint.

    • Repaired and repainted a curbside CRT to match my NES.

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  • Those kick ass! If I can get a decent vinyl cut I will go with the top one. It looks pretty legit. Thanks!

    • Repaired and repainted a curbside CRT to match my NES.

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  • Sand blasted. You can get one the size of an airbrush that is meant for cleaning jewelry (I think), it works awesome on glass.

    • Repaired and repainted a curbside CRT to match my NES.

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  • Thanks, my cats love it too, they've never seen a warm CRT before.

    • Repaired and repainted a curbside CRT to match my NES.

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  • Rockin Monkey

    Oh no, I didn't need another custom printing company in my bookmarks list...

    I might try to make a stencil, I've had good luck with those: https://i.imgur.com/MQHV2yu.jpeg

    • Repaired and repainted a curbside CRT to match my NES.

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  • Hence by filling a room with old computers and TVs so I will never have to go outside again.

    • Repaired and repainted a curbside CRT to match my NES.

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  • Thanks, the screen still needs another many hours of polishing but I'm still happy with it.

    • Repaired and repainted a curbside CRT to match my NES.

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  • I was going to just repaint it in the original colours but 'why not, why shouldn't I make it awesome?'

    • Repaired and repainted a curbside CRT to match my NES.

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  • But how many tabs do you have open? ;)

    • Repaired and repainted a curbside CRT to match my NES.

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  • ...this is the 4th CRT in that room. There another TV a VGA monitor and a Macintosh SE. I'm slowing turning it into my reclusive shut-in cave.

    • Repaired and repainted a curbside CRT to match my NES.

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  • Hmmm, makes me wonder why there aren't themed bezels for monitors today.

    • Repaired and repainted a curbside CRT to match my NES.

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  • I did think about vinyl cutting some stickers or getting something custom made up but I never decided on anything.

    • Doug Ford's change to booze sales could cost far more than $225M

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  • Because the morons who support him are fueled by Coors lite, Tim Horton's eggs and homophobia. Gotta get those votes, folks.

    • Repaired and repainted a curbside CRT to match my NES.

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  • Thanks, it was my first stab at painting something other than a wall.

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  • Thanks, I thought it would be a weekend job, took a month 🙃

    • [Solved] Best way to do an NTFS -> ext4 conversion?

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  • limiting bitrates with the rsync command

    /cries in USB2 HDD caddy