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Jamie Booth
@jamie.boothcomputing.social.ap.brid.gy
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I'm an IT guy who likes to tinker. He/him

Work: Automation (#PowerShell, Python, #Terraform, CI/CD), AD, AAD, #Identity (MIM/Azure PIM), Federation (AAD) […]

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Planning for Christmas Lego has begun. Sets have been divided between my son and I. The one set by itself is new and we will alternate bags.

#christmas
#lego
#wintervillage
8 Winter Village Lego sets sitting on the floor with a few smaller sets on a coffee table. The sets are divided in to three piles. One for me, one for my son, and one that we will take turns assembling.
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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The tables are set....

#thanksgiving
picture of my dining room with three tables set with 15 place settings.
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
jamie.boothcomputing.social.ap.brid.gy
For the first time in my life, I can solve a Rubix cube.

Done it 4 times in a row.
a hand holds a solved rubix cube
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
jamie.boothcomputing.social.ap.brid.gy
GM and EVgo have teamed up to give me free charging credit that expires in (checks notes) a month and a half?!?

Well, I guess that's not getting used. I really only fast charge on trips...
screenshot of an email saying I've been awarded 85 USD of charging credit for being a GM EV driver and that it will expire on 12/31/25.
November 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
jamie.boothcomputing.social.ap.brid.gy
All right, if I'm making you ANOTHER bookcase at least I'm getting some more clamps out of it.

#woodworking
5 new 24" clamps sitting on a wooden stool in my workshop.
November 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
jamie.boothcomputing.social.ap.brid.gy
Sometimes hacking a computer means a whole different thing...

In this use, I'm actually hacking (with a hacksaw) the case apart to add an I/O shield (custom made) so I can fit an older motherboard that was not designed for this case.

And thank you to […]

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four 3d printer I/O shields each with slightly better layout and options. the top is the earliest and has holes that are too small (the DB9 and DB25 are comically small). the next has the right sized DB9 and DB25 cutouts, but there is still a problem with the clearance on the PS/2 ports. the third one would have worked, but I wanted to shift the PS/2 ports half a millimeter and add labels for the three DB ports. the back of a gateway 2000 G3 case with a large rectangle jacked out where the IO shield should go. the back of a Gateway 2000 G3 case with the completed I/O shield and motherboard installed. everything lines up and fits. my assorted implements of destruction used to create the hole for the I/O shield. sitting on top of an old table cloth covered in small pieces of metal are: a round file, a triangle file, a pair of snips, a hacksaw, and a pair of needle nose pliers.
November 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Well, fuck... Guess I forgot to unplug something before I slid that server out of the rack...

Now, I need a new PS/2 to USB adapter
a cable with one end cut off and the other had a USB plug. cable is about 3" long and held by a hand against a blue background.
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
jamie.boothcomputing.social.ap.brid.gy
This sentence is my nemesis. I mis-translate it every time and I still don't understand the rules that make it work.

#duolingo
#nederlands
a screen shot of my Duolingo session. the request is to translate: it is important that we stay here. my incorrect answer is shown: Het is belangrijk dat we hier blijven
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
jamie.boothcomputing.social.ap.brid.gy
My neighbors have the scariest Halloween decorations out this year.
a snowman with a bunch of Christmas ornaments is sitting in the middle of the lawn in front of a house.
October 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
jamie.boothcomputing.social.ap.brid.gy
My first attempt at desoldering a BGA chip and it worked really well. Chip cleaned up nicely as well.

Disclaimer: I don't plan on using this chip or board again. So, I don't need it to work at the end.

#retrocomputing
#desoldering
the underside of an UltraSPARC chip with lots of left over solder blobs in it. an UltraSPARC chip all cleaned up and looking shiny. it's propped up against the edge of a metal plate to dry.
October 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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One of my wife's friends is throwing herself a 50th birthday party in the style of "Prom". So, enjoy this picture of my wife and I all dressed to the nines.
picture of a man and woman in formal attire. framing is from the chest up. I'm in a tux with green vest. she is in a black dress with a cover.
October 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
jamie.boothcomputing.social.ap.brid.gy
Out doing our civic duty. Remember your vote counts more in off year elections. Walked right in. No line.

#ivoted
picture of my wife son and I. my wife and I have I voted stickers and my son has a future voter sticker.
October 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
jamie.boothcomputing.social.ap.brid.gy
Very funny FedEx.
a notification from FedEx saying my package will be delivered between 11:50a and 3:50p on Oct 23rd. the clock on the screen says 19:45 on Oct 23rd.
October 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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The Lego (building) table is finished. Y son already has plans to move his in progress build to finish it.

#woodworking
#finished
a narrow table with the leafs folded down. it sits in the carpet in the middle of my living room. a table with the leaf on the far side open. the leaf on the near side is folded down. a gate leg table with both sides open. the view is from one corner looking across the table. a gate leg table with both leaves open. the view is from the middle of one side
October 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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So what is the deal with companies that send you extra products? I ordered two Awair Element air monitors in August and received them. Today, another box showed up with two more. No packing slip or order information. I haven't been billed for them (that […]

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two new Awair elements in the shrink wrap and sitting in a box on a table. two awair elements in shrinkwrap sitting side by side on my couch.
October 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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I wasn't having much luck with my Stanley #4 when flattening this table top. Out of desperation, I grabbed one of my Japanese planes. I've never had much luck with it in the past even though I tried it several times.

Man, that thing are through the top […]

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a table top clamped to my work bench. it hangs over the edge by about a foot. a Japanese plane sits on top of the table top. a Stanley #4 plane and some other tools sit off to the right.
October 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
jamie.boothcomputing.social.ap.brid.gy
My work here is done. See you in spring training.

#mlb
#baseball
#noyankees
headline from CBC saying: The Blue Jays eliminate the Yankees
October 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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First Lego table leaf is built and attached. Mistakes were made (and corrected). It looks ok. The gap (1/4") is a little more than I wanted, but I'll know how to fix that going forward (measure better and build over sized). I am happy that it stands up […]

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a gate leg table from one side. the table leaf is closed so you can just see the top and the leaf looks like a side. the table is a darkish brown. a gate legged table with only one leaf. the leaf is folded up and the legs are out to support it.
October 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Jesus FUCKING Christ, that's quite a jump.

Just jacked the price up by a third.

#xbox
#gamepass
screen capture from an email. it reads: Here's your current plan: Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Your subscription price is changing from $239.99 to $359.99.
October 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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I don't entirely understand, but when I went to flatten the other side of my table leaf... it was a lot flatter. I would expect them to be mirror inverses of each other. 🤷‍♂️

Final thickness is between 5/8" and 3/4" which for my purposes is more than […]

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a piece of wood (24 1/4" x 47 7/8") made from 4 joined pieces sits on a work bench. the top is smooth to the touch with only minor pitting. lots of shavings are on the ground.
October 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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One side of the first leaf is now flat. My technique of using dowels to stabilize vertical movement didn't work as well with pine as it does with oak. Had to take a lot more material off than I expected...and I haven't even touched the other side. If it […]

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view of a table leaf clamped to a work bench. it looks flat. view of the table top from the edge (close up). it is relatively flat.
October 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
jamie.boothcomputing.social.ap.brid.gy
Glue up on the first leaf of the Lego table.

#woodworking
#inprogress
4 pieces of wood held together on on a pair of saw horses with three bar clamps. 4 pieces of wood held together on on a pair of saw horses with three bar clamps, but from the side.
September 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Table legs attached to my Lego table. Just needs the leaves now and it will be done.

#woodworking
#inprogress
dark wooden table about 6 inches wide and 25" tall. folded under the table are two legs with two vertical supports and two horizontal supports. the legs are folded under the table. dark wooden table about 6 inches wide and 25" tall. folded under the table are two legs with two vertical supports and two horizontal supports. the legs are open about 45 degrees on the near side. dark wooden table about 6 inches wide and 25" tall. folded under the table are two legs with two vertical supports and two horizontal supports. the legs are fully open at 90 degrees on one side. dark wooden table from the top about 6 inches wide and 25" tall. folded under the table are two legs with two vertical supports and two horizontal supports. the legs are folded out on both sides just far enough to be seen from the top.
September 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
jamie.boothcomputing.social.ap.brid.gy
Been a while since I crashed a registration form.
an error message on a webpage which broke because my random generated password had quotes in it.
September 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
jamie.boothcomputing.social.ap.brid.gy
Tried to mirror some gate legs for my Lego table and it went very badly. Somehow I managed to use the wrong pieces (swapped horizontal and vertical pieces). I had to completely unscrew it and start again. Fortunately, these won't be highly visible.

#woodworking
#fail
two gate leg table legs sitting on a flat surface. tools are scattered inside them. one has multiple screw holes out of place with the four pieces where I joined them wrong the first time.
September 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM