Robots Experiment

I’m collecting a blacklist of BAD ROBOTS!!!

DO NOT CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK OR YOU’LL BREAK THE SCIENCE!!

Seriously, this link is only for robots that do not respect robots.txt directives. Don’t click it or your user info will pollute the database. The actual link is the period at the end of this sentence. Tiny, so it doesn’t get mistakenly clicked.

And now the links you CAN click:
The data will be visible here – .htaccess format / more info but not suitable for pasting into an .htaccess

Flaky play/pause or cue buttons on a Denon CD player?

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Solution :
A) disassemble the player and resolder these cracked solder joints below the affected buttons
B) instruct DJ(s) to not pound the buttons
C) if B is ineffective, pound on DJ until it is

Shown here : dn-s1000, play button is in the far corner. I’ve seen the same problem on most Denons and a couple of Stantons.

 

When I originally posted this, my phone autocorrected “Denon” to “Demon”. Boy, when these solder joints go bad… you’ll think there IS a demon in your CD player, bent on ruining your DJ sets… 😀

MC4 disconnect tool / wrench

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Trust me, if you work on solar energy systems, you need at least one of these. If you affix mc4 connectors in the field, you need two. The side prongs will effortlessly squeeze the locking tabs on a connector without damage (though you appear to need a different tool for the evil Amphenol ones), and the odd shaped hole will stop the connector from turning as you use the spanner end to tighten the weatherproof packing at the bottom. Yay.