2025-02-08 Canon Lens Mug

A Canon 24-105 camera lens mug. Very silly, halfway convincing from a distabnce.

2025-02-08 Apple Mac Pro

A mac tower model A1289, comes with a later upgraded 6 core CPU and Radeon 5770 GPU&. Boots into knoppix fine but is missing the OS drive.

We may restore this to working condition, will probably put in an M.2 NVME drive on a PCIe adaptor for the boot drive.

2025-02-07 Jabra Engage 75

A Jabra Engage 75 headset. Works fine with no apparent reason for discard, but I guess we may find something after a little more testing. Using it for now.

This is a model with DECT wireless so has nice long range. In particular, this model works in the corporate coffee room while on a call. A different model of Jabra we had previously started breaking up in the coffee room. This device now allows for greater levels of work emulation.

2025-02-03 Samsung Camera

A random little Samsung camera. The battery (visible in picture) was bulging slightly and the camera only powered up for a second or two. New battery acquired and installed and it works fine.

Not sure of the quality yet on the pics but the tiny form factor is really nice.

2025-01-29 Sony Tape Deck

A nice looking Sony tape deck. Both the belts on it were turned into a sticky black goo in a way that somewhat defies intuitive understanding of materials. New belts acquired and installed, a drop of sewing machine oil on the capstan motor bearings and it is good to go.

Installing the belts was kind of tricky and a little daunting first time through. Now we have done it once it seems much more approachable should we have to do it to another such device.

2025-01-25 Yamaha Amplifier

A Yamaha AX-V375 receiver unit. Everything works fine. Somebody in my town just ditched their stack of black boxes under the TV in favor of a roku stick or some such.

2025-01-25 All-Clad Pot

A small but relatively tall All-Clad pot. Quite nice and handy. Probably used very little if ever by the previous owner.