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Uh oh.

While quietly tinkering in the Workshop of Mayhem I sensed a disturbance in the LJ Force. Actually, I was just hungry, but during my break for lunch, I discovered this:



Of course, this is to be expected around teh intarwebs these days. But that's not the whole issue. This ad has been popping up in ad-supported LJs and is being hosted by SUP, the outfit that owns Livejournal.

I think it's time that Teh Gays pwn Livejournal. Again.

More info can be found here.

(snugglebitch via nebris)

EDIT: It seems that LJ itself was blindsided by this about as much as those journal owners who were affected by it. The comments following this post include one by the LJ staff apologizing and referencing in greater detail what happened and what they are doing to prevent it from happening again. It seems this issues was pretty promptly dealt with before it became huge. Kudos.

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I really need to be doing stuff outside in the yard. The weather, however, has other ideas. So, I am downstairs in the workshop setting up my new Incra miter fence and generally giving the machinery some TLC. The table saw needed some adjustments so I got out the dial indicators and other stuff. I discover my poor depth micrometer set had rusted up despite being in the toolbox in the garage. I had to drop what I was doing to remedy this situation, besides, I needed the mike to set up the saw.

This is what I found:



Luckily, the working ends of the shafts were not rusted, or the shafts would be ruined. Just the rusted body needed some attention.

This is after a few minutes' time spent with a tiny Scotchbrite wheel mounted in a Dremel tool:



I had this set for over 25 years, but I have only used the 0-1" and 1-2" shafts. The rest still have the factory calibration seals on them. Everything got a nice coating of oil and I will pack a silica gel sachet in the box. Apparently the felt in the top of the box is a moisture attractant. I'm no longer keeping these sorts of precision tools in the garage, the environment in there is rough on things.