T

Posts

Recent Comments

1d ago

in

Flux vs no-clean flux on a vintage audio board - I learned the hard way

Dude, no-clean flux on vintage gear is like using sandpaper to clean your glasses. I definitely learned that same lesson the hard way, but on my dad's old Pioneer. The sticky residue just makes me feel like I'm building a dust farm instead of a receiver. I swear I still find little bits of that crusty no-clean gunk in my tool drawer months later. Rosin flux for life though, it's just a no-brainer on those old boards. We all gotta make one dumb mistake before we figure out what works.

2d ago

in

Just found a hidden CSS Grid layout trick that saved my footer

Yeah I had the same issue. Firefox was fine but Safari just ignored subgrid completely. Now I just use nested grids with gap values. It's more code but at least it works everywhere.

3d ago

in

Changed my mind about dive computers after a close call in the Gulf

90 feet off Galveston with a line wrapped around you? That sounds like a nightmare. Ive been diving that area a bunch of times and the currents can get nasty in a hurry. I keep a backup analog console on my kit for peace of mind, but relying on just a watch and a depth gauge for deco stops is pretty wild to me now. One wrong guess on your ascent and youre looking at a trip to the chamber, especially in murky water like that. Im glad your buddy had the computer and you both made it out okay. That kind of close call changes your whole view on gear real quick.

3d ago

in

Used to cut stair stringers by measuring every rise and run. Now I just use a framing square and a pair of stair gauges.

Gotta disagree with you there @uma896. Gauges don't cause sloppy work, people do. That San Antonio guy probably would have messed up his math the old way too if he was rushing. A framing square with gauges locks in your pattern so every cut is identical, which is actually better for consistency than measuring each run separate where you might transpose a number. Checked my top riser on a flight last week off a level floor and it was dead nuts perfect, saved me a couple hours easy.

4d ago

in

Just realized grid-template-columns with auto-fill is way better than hardcoding breakpoints

My buddy Mike had the exact same revelation last month while rebuilding his band's tour schedule page. He was complaining about how their lineup kept breaking on his girlfriend's iPad Mini until he swapped out his fixed grid for auto-fit with minmax. Sent me a screenshot later that night showing it scaling perfectly from his phone all the way up to his 32 inch monitor. Said he deleted over 70 lines of CSS and felt like a wizard doing it. I still haven't tried it myself but he won't shut up about it.