What made me happy today?

I have finally, after more than a year of (occasional, hobbyist) work, completed the 3D CAD models for an RC project I've wanted to do for literal decades.

Now I just have to work up the guts to trust myself and send it off for a few hundred dollars worth of 3D printing and hope I got it right.
Ok, there's Canadian dollars and maybe a photo shoot, possibly in a church. The rest is gibberish.
 
That's a helluva heavy beard, sir.

Can't be. I shave every day, no excuses. ;) It makes me look younger and better-presented.

Ok, there's Canadian dollars and maybe a photo shoot, possibly in a church. The rest is gibberish.

CAD is Computer Aided Design. (I heard about it when I started studying IT in university, way back in the fabled Mists of Time). It's software used by engineers, architects, and designers to create, modify, analyze, or optimize 2D drawings and 3D models of physical objects.

And yes, it's also Canadian Dollars. ;)
 
Happy Australia Day.

40 degree heat. Not sure what that is in American, but to use the local vernacular, it's bloody hot.
 
My 7-month-old Bernese/mountain cur ate most of a box of kleenex and lived to tell the tale.

Stupid dog will eat whatever doesn't eat him first.
Quick advice, I got from a vet, when dog just ate something sharp like chicken bones chewed to splinters. Feed dog with bread, soft, no crust. It will protect dog from the inside.
 
My 7-month-old Bernese/mountain cur ate most of a box of kleenex and lived to tell the tale.

Stupid dog will eat whatever doesn't eat him first.
My brother's dog was the same when he was a pup. A borzoi. He ate old cigarettes off the street, he ate the old carcass of a dead bird. I tried to yank it from him without success. And all manner of unknown things. We were all amazed he lived past all that. One had to keep an eye focused on the ground when out walking with him.
 
Happy Australia Day.

40 degree heat. Not sure what that is in American, but to use the local vernacular, it's bloody hot.

'Stralia, 'Stralia, 'Stralia!

Shouldn't that be 'Straya, 'Straya, 'Straya? ;)

Today was the day after 'Straya Day, and over my way, it was 45 degrees C (i.e. 113 F). Even worse, I went to the office ... and wilted on the way home. It was very hot and dry, but I was still sweating like anything and felt my heart working harder.

Somehow I made it through the 15-minute walk home, shut the door, stripped off, had a cold shower and a rest, and finally felt alive again. I'm not going out in heat like that again, no sir. :oops: Still, I ought to count my blessings -- at least it wasn't humid too.

But I'm not complaining. Over in the north-west towns of Walpeup and Hopetoun (in my state of Victoria), they recorded 48.9 degrees (i.e. just over 120 F). This is a statewide record temperature, eclipsing the 48.8 degrees the same towns recorded back in 2009, as part of the Black Saturday Bushfires. This notorious event burned over 450,000 hectares across the state, destroyed over 3,500 houses and killed 173 people.

Let us hope we never see the like again.
 
The not happy news: I'm not as good at CAD as I thought. The printing company has kicked it back twice with issues. Sigh.
Don't be discouraged. It's part of the learning process.

I made some PCBs this summer with KiCAD for the first time. The fab house sent the designs back to me with issues. But even when I successfully got them through, I found some mistakes once I received them, so I had to correct them and order again. They turned out fine in the second iteration.

You are unhappy now but you'll be happier later!
 
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