Ready for free mini day. A bag full of empty paint pots and sprues for recycling and a bin full of Tyranids to be counted towards both Battle Honours and the Million Minis challenge. #ReduceReuseRepairRecycle #Warhammera40K #MiniaturePainting #ChaoticQueer #GeekCrafts

vappster 1 - 0 capacitor plague :blobcatdance:

Mobo cap replacement & restoration before/after!

#pc #hardware #electronics #motherboard #restoration #reuse #ReduceReuseRepairRecycle #soldering #tech

#overconsumption #AllYouNeedIsLess #ReduceReuseRepairRecycle

https://youtu.be/h6ZDnpoEoOU?feature=shared

Found a Lenovo Tab E7 at €5 at a junk market. Looked like it had been dropped, chipped, cracked, didn't know if it worked. Washed it, cleaned it, connected a charger.

Absolutely nothing wrong with it. Factory reset it, used Universal Android Debloater to remove spyware/bloat, installed FoxyDroid and now it's my ebook reader.

So... €200 cheaper than a colour Kobo and some valuable silicon diverted from landfill.

#lenovo #ReduceReuseRepairRecycle #foxydroid #UAD #ebooks

So I said it would be a few weeks/months before the video version was done but I decided that just would not do!

It's ready now!

https://youtu.be/f9va52tuRms

Located just north of the 417 in Ottawa on Bank St, 'Lainey's Luck' is a small 'thrift-by-the-pound' store nestled between Galaxy Cameras & Meow! That's Hot!

Inside you will find a large assortment of pre-owned curated items at bargain bin prices!

In this video, I have a short conversation with the owners talking about their origins, mision and wares.

https://laineysluck.ca/
Ottawa's first weigh to thrift store!
523 Bank St. (at Catherine/417)
613-481-5246

Hours:
Wed-Sat ~ 11:30-6:30
Sun+Mon ~ 11:30-5

@laineysluck

#Recycle #ReduceReuseRepairRecycle #canada #ottawa #Thrift #thrift_shops #textiles

When an appliance gives up, there's a reason. I've replaced dishwasher pump and door springs, grill element in combi oven, and now i'm heading on a quest to fix my freezer. Once you find what's gone wrong, spares are usually readily available. Here's the former power control board. *Always disconnect power before attempting anything, with anything, at all, ever.* If you aren't confident, ask for help from a relevant service technician. #ReduceReuseRepairRecycle #insuffientlymodular

Ersatz Tonerpatronen für meinen #HP #Drucker (HP #LaserJet MFP M181fw) kosten CHF 250.
Weiss ev. jemand hier, wo es Tonerpulver zum Nachfüllen gibt - am besten inkl. Chips?
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Replacement #toner cartridges for my HP #printer (HP LaserJet MFP M181fw) cost CHF 250.
Does anyone here know where to get toner powder for refilling - preferably including chips?

#obsoleszenz #geplanteobsoleszenz #LaserjetMFP #selbermachen #repair #selfrepair #recycle #diy #waste #ReduceReuseRepairRecycle

I was thinking last night that I was running out of things in my mending pile for #MarchMending but then I remembered that I fixed this mop yesterday 😅

I think this thing is over 20 years old and the velcro had finally come off so I replaced it with new stuff. I doubt the new glue will last another 20 years but one can hope!

Fond memories of this mop: my friends' kids were very excited by the telescoping handle and spent more than one afternoon fighting over who got to run around my apartment dusting the floors.

#mending #ReduceReuseRepairRecycle

Does anyone know where I can find/have a power cord & pedal for this machine?

It seems in excellent condition but I can't test it because I don't have the power cord..

#diy #sewing #canada #lookingfor #ottawa #vintage #ReduceReuseRepairRecycle

Internetbasiertes #Streaming ist über den Daumen gepeilt zehn Mal so klimaschädlich wie antennenbasiertes Fernsehen. Aus aktuellem Anlass habe ich mich mit dem Thema befasst:
https://weitblick.org/post/dvb-t2-vs-kabel-vodafone-streaming/
#dvb_t2 #Lowtech #Degrowth #DIY #VodafoneKabel #Refuse #Reduce #Reuse #Repurpose #Recycle
#ReduceReuseRepairRecycle

Walked into a #thrift store the other day and was thinking about that weird smell they all have. And that it's not the smell of 'old things'. It's Febreze. Gosh, I wish they would use something nicer on their clothing -- like no scent at all.

#Febreze never washes out.

#reuse #ReduceReuseRepairRecycle

Und mein Vorrat an Knieflicken ist wieder aufgefüllt.

Die in schön zu kaufen ist so teuer, dass es sich für mich echt lohnt, einen Abend zu investieren, um Stoffreste zu verwerten. Das sind jetzt so ungefähr vierzig Flicken.

#repair #flicken #ReduceReuseRepairRecycle

J'suis allé chercher un #vélo pour mon ado.

• j'espère qu'il va l'aimer parce que monter la côte au retour, c'était de la job 😅

• c'est un Kona Blast, 2006. Je capote quand je vois tout plein de vélos de ce genre abandonnés dans la neige et même dans la poubelle. Franchement ! Je l'ai pris chez une personne qui les récupère pour leur donner une 2e vie. C'est un vélo de presque 20 ans qui roule comme un charme ; pas besoin de dépenser une fortune !
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#ReduceReuseRepairRecycle
#velodhiver

If you have one of the 240,000,000 PCs destined to be e-waste¹ by the new requirements for Windows 11, give Endless OS a try!

https://www.endlessos.org/os

Endless OS is the free, user-friendly PC OS packed with educational tools, games, self-guided learning resources, and more—and it all works offline.

Plus, it has a growing ecosystem of thousands of indie and big-name apps thanks to Flathub.²

¹https://www.makeuseof.com/cant-upgrade-pc-windows-11/

²https://flathub.org/

#EndlessOS #eWaste #ReduceReuseRepairRecycle #Linux

This story resonates with me, somehow. I guess it's a strange combination of my own struggle sometimes to let go of stuff, and a pathological urge to rescue/reuse/repair things. I'm (mostly) not a hoarder/acquirer only because of how hard I find the consequences. Better not to have than to have and have to throw away. Huh. Seems love and covet are kind of opposites.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/first-person-saturdays-at-the-dump-1.7075154

#ReduceReuseRepairRecycle #Reduce #Reuse #Repair #Urbanism #Solarpunk

OMG IT WAS SO DIRTY \o/

Someone I know had this vacuum cleaner and said it didn't work. I took one look at it and realized it was dirty and had not been maintained. I told them it just needs cleaned but they wanted to throw it in the dumpster and said I could have it if i wanted.

I was not going to turn that offer down, a free dyson is a free dyson lmao, so in this stream I'm going to clean it up and see if I can't get it working in tip top shape!

#ReduceReuseRepairRecycle #DIY #Repair #Cleaning #DysonVacuum #DC32

https://youtube.com/live/mjv5uDtgHsQ

#OptusFailure again.
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#Optus is now insisting that I use the #MyOptus app to recharge a #Prepaid mobile phone account.

They will not let me recharge using the My Optus webpage.

Looks like #Bastardry to me.

And the app is not compatible with either of my Android devices.

No sign of #ReduceReuseRepairRecycle here.

Looking at moving to #Amaysim. Sure that the price will be lower and the #UX no better.
#Australia #Privatisation #Deregulation #CorporateControl
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Reusable fabric bags for the win! After spending 16 hours last year wrapping presents only to have them open and in the trash in less than one I decided I was done. I instead spent more than forty hours making reusable fabric bags and now have a tradition to keep with my kids for years. #ReduceReuseRepairRecycle #CraftyMama #GoodThings #OneSmallThing

@greywarbler #ReduceReuseRepairRecycle 🙌🏼

This was way easier than I had feared!

https://youtu.be/QkWCycm6NW0

#ReduceReuseRepairRecycle #Ottawa #canada #thrifting #electronics #diy

For the visually impaired, the thumbnail on this YouTube video link shows a close-up of a handheld zoom H2 audio recorder with the battery case open for view. Inside the battery compartment are two Duracell AA batteries that expired in 2016 and have leaked a white pasty substance, potassium hydroxide, all through the battery case.