So there's this gal,

"StoneCold" (StoneCold)
12/19/2016 at 22:28 • Filed to: What's StoneCold Making?, It's a shelf that converts into a cookbook holder!

And she’s helped me out majorly.

I can’t draw. I’m not even that creative. But...

I drew this up in two minutes to possibly make a Christmas gift for her (answer of what it is in the tags, but try guessing!).

Now I’m not going to put her on this pedestal and say she’s my muse and my willpower and my yada yada, because I am my own person with my own goals and she’s her own person with her own goals that are separate from mine. But I’ve been in a rut. Fix computers at my part time jobs, get home, cruise OPPO and the internet, go to the bar, rinse, repeat.

And I found it fun as hell to design this, to do quick off-the-cuff, not-precise-at-all calculations for weights and forces, to think of what materials I have on hand to meet the challenges. It’s got my brain going, and it’s fun! It’s the booomb dot com!

So even if this doesn’t go anywhere (we’ve been on, six-ish dates?), I’ve still got this. This feeling. I haven’t felt this in years. It feels good. Is this forum to share this? I don’t know but I have to say it out loud:

I feel better and designing something with my hands and putting it (messily) to paper sets my soul on fire.

So I will shit post less, but you better believe there will be more full posts about my projects. Including this one.

So I need some light wood (pine?), some wood stain, some laptop hinges, some metal hangers, some hard drive magnets, and something to make a few pivots. Let’s do this.

DISCUSSION (13)

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > StoneCold
12/19/2016 at 22:43

Plot twist. She’s an Oppo and never talking to you again!

OPPOsaurus WRX > StoneCold
12/19/2016 at 22:51

I love building stuff it could just be that I’m trying to view this on a phone but Wut is it?

StoneCold > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time
12/19/2016 at 22:53

Plot twist-twist, she’s on OPPO but never talks to me again, but I leave OPPO and later find someone on The Truth About Cars while commiserating with her about the lack of round headlights in modern car design. #manic-pixie-dream-Mustang-enthusiast

StoneCold > OPPOsaurus WRX
12/19/2016 at 22:56

It’s a shelf! But also a cook book holder!

But it converts, because convertibles are wonderful! For gals who like cooking but have studio apartments!

And it’s not you. It’s me.

My drafting skills are non-existent.

Tazio, Count Fouroff > StoneCold
12/19/2016 at 22:56

“Find what you love to do, make it your job, and you’ll never have to work!”

Best wishes! Sounds like you may be onto something...or several things ;-)

StoneCold > Tazio, Count Fouroff
12/19/2016 at 23:05

Thank you! And yup, 2017 is going to be different. Less toolin’ around, more up and outward bound!

I used to love computers and building them and tweaking them, but when all you do is reset someone’s password or figure out why an E-mail isn’t sending, it gets old. I think this’ll stay as a hobby though; can’t draw a straight line to save my life!

Xyl0c41n3 > StoneCold
12/19/2016 at 23:24

You will shitpost less? When do you shitpost? O.o

Congrats on the tinkering idea and meeting someone you seem to be hitting it off with! Best of luck!

Also, this post needs moar Mustang photos. :)

OPPOsaurus WRX > StoneCold
12/19/2016 at 23:25

Haha if I get 5 minutes tomorrowI’ll do a mock-up I sketchup. How r u planning on cutting the wood to length?

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > StoneCold
12/20/2016 at 02:13

What is that book and how do you like it?

I am studying for the Cisco CCENT/CCNA.

StoneCold > OPPOsaurus WRX
12/20/2016 at 12:51

You don’t have to, I’m still trying to figure out a way to have the support(s) fold into the body pieces. I need to get measurements, also, and see if there’s some standard pieces to scrounge from any old shelves I have or if I need to buy new stuff. But thank you!

StoneCold > Xyl0c41n3
12/20/2016 at 13:00

I haven’t posted much of any consequence in some time, and shitpost is easier to say than “post of no consequence” XD

Thank you! I have no idea how she’s not bored with me yet, but hey, she supports what I’m doing, and I help her de-stress from her city job by being the easiest going, judge-free guy.

And Mustang photos will come in the spring! In the spring!

StoneCold > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
12/20/2016 at 13:09

My +ou CompTIA Network+ book is just about running routers and racks more fancy than a WRT. Pretty similar to CCENT, looks like, but a little more general and not so Cisco focused.

I like the book’s straight forward approach, but it’s dry and tough to keep going for long periods of time. It feels more complete as compared to the A+ book I got, which on the other hand, I could keep reading and reading because the author is pretty witty and included a bunch of real-life scenarios.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > StoneCold
12/21/2016 at 04:20

Awesome. I’m going to be pursuing a cert in CCNA and then land a job. While I search for a job or get a job that requires a CCNA, I’m thinking of trying to study for and acquire vendor neutral certifications as well. I’d also like to look at if I’d be interested in Microsoft, VMware, Linux, and Juniper stuff.

Do you have any hands on experience? And How’d you get interested in this?