Gr33t1ngs
I’m Hex Ripley [it / its]
I came in yesterday (nov 26) for the fix it clinic, had a lot of fun meeting y’all and working on to virtual machine set ups, working on the upstairs 3D printer, & helping come up with a solution to fix the roof rack cargo box.
I’d like to be a member to contribute monetarily and with labor. I love doing electronics repair and I want to make use of my skills in a way that can help others. I’d love to participate in the fix it clinic regularly & also I’d be happy to work on the laptops in order to get them functioning for donation, teach people some electronic troubleshooting & repair should the opportunity be available. Also happy to be additional hands on any facilities work. Basically I think y’all are cool and I’m here to be useful :)
Want to mention that I live in Guerneville, happy to drive in & also would be happy to carpool people who live in the Sonoma/Marin area as well.
Current projects I’ve got going:
I have an IBM Thinkpad 701c (the one with the cool keyboard!!!) that I want to restore - failing that, it will be up-cycled with a more modern motherboard & screen, preserving the keyboard.
Other Projects in various stages of incompleteness:
- USB-C to Barrel Jack chargers
- search.server.lgbt (my SearxNG instance, google/ddg search proxy)
- 2010 Lenovo ThinkServer Rebuild (may end up in a colocation center… eventually?)
- Ender 3 repairs (never ending ;-;)
- iPhone powered Pwnagotchi case
- Mini Model M keyboard cyber deck
- punk.lgbt (lgbt / womens healthcare resource directory, not up currently, looking into threat model)