My freelance quote for your software project.

50 - if you tell me what you want, I confirm the requirements, and I build it for you
100 - if I have to pry a description of what you want out of you like pulling a tooth
250 - if I have to build it on a "company laptop" you supply
350 - if I have to regularly video call with you for no particular reason
400 - if I have to use JIRA
450 - if I have to use Github
500 - if I have to use Zoom
750 - if I have to use Teams
1,250 - if you ever want to "watch me work" by sharing my desktop
1,500 - if the project is fixing something your employees built for you
1,800 - if it's fixing something a previous contractor built
2,500 - if it's fixing / completing a project a previous, cheaper freelancer failed to complete
19,500 - if it's fixing something created with "AI"

Another Saturday; another #RepairCafe. Okay, so that's only true almost 50% of the time. Anyway, another 30 odd items through the door. No stats yet, but at least I have the pics.

I've decided to train up a deputy so that one day I'll actually have an exit strategy, as it would appear that I'm not immortal.

Who knew?

https://www.europesays.com/uk/278989/ Fix Android Internet Issues: Quick Solutions #Android #AndroidNetworkSettings #AndroidWifiNotWorking #ENGLISH #fix #FixMobileDataAndroid #Internet #Issues #Mobile #NoInternetConnectionAndroid #quick #Solutions #Technology #tips #tricks #TroubleshootAndroidInternet #UK #UnitedKingdom #প্রভা

Eine neu entdeckte #Sicherheitslücke in etlichen #CPUs von #AMD weckt Erinnerungen an #Spectre und #Meltdown. Betroffene Nutzer sollten schnellstmöglich Maßnahmen ergreifen. Ein #Fix steht bereit. https://winfuture.de/news,152167.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

New Kitten Release

• Fixed regression: Since we switched the h() render function to return a generator (for seamless async support in html templates), two other methods that were calling h() directly – `kitten.safelyAddHtml()` and `kitten.js()` – had begun to fail. This was also affecting the fetchiverse, streamiverse, and kitten-chat family of examples.

Enjoy!

https://kitten.small-web.org

(Run `kitten update` to immediately install the latest version on your development machines. Your production machines will automatically update in the next few hours.)

Preparing for #endOf10 with hardware compatibility tests on a relative's laptop.

#windows fails, #debian #testing (#trixie) excels!

Byly vytvořeni následující noví zprávobotíci:

news:
- @Svratkin
- @PazderkaJosef
- @MartinCZV4EU
- @ministerstvo

Proběhl také další update/content hack několika zprávobotíků, aby vraceli lépe formátovaný obsah.

Xdebug 3.4.4 Released!

This is a bug fix release that fixes a few crashes with regard to exceptions. This was a regression from Xdebug 3.4.3.

The full list of changes can be found on the updates page: https://xdebug.org/announcements/2026-06-12

If anyone knows of a #fix or workaround for this Codeberg import error preventing me from migrating a project, it would be great to have...
https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Community/issues/1944
#codeberg #forgejo @Codeberg

What is ‘tech neck’ and how can you fix it?

Holding your head at a 45-degree angle looking at a screen can feel like 50 pounds of weight, say medical experts #tech #neck #fix

https://12sknnews.com/what-is-tech-neck-and-how-can-you-fix-it/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

After 15 minutes of my time and £3 on eBay, my sister’s heated throw is functional once again.
For such an expensive item (StaySnug), the controller doesn’t seem to be very well designed.
Surely resistors shouldn’t get that hot in normal use?
At least there was a thermal fuse…

#electronics #repair #fix #staysnug #resistor #thermalfuse #overheated

Before & after.

New video! Attempting to repair an Amiga 500 board that I already tried to resurrect years ago.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/tdTj9FrvlPU
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/srrzrtsQ4StHBvMgVoane2

Galaxy A56: aggiornamento One UI 7 causa bootloop
#Aggiornamenti #Android15 #Bootloop #Bug #Errori #Fix #GalaxyA56 #Maggio2025 #Notizie #OneUI7 #Problemi #Samsung #Smartphone #Soluzione #TechNews #Tecnologia #Update

https://www.ceotech.it/galaxy-a56-aggiornamento-one-ui-7-causa-bootloop/

I have a problem:

We had no bedroom curtains when we moved in. As a stopgap I taped two layers of space blanket (aluminium-coated plastic) over the glass so we could sleep.

Later we got curtains and I removed the space blankets. This left a hazy residue on the glass from the blanket itself. Not the tape.

I've failed to clean it off with isopropyl alcohol, ethanol, acetone and a blowtorch. The only thing that slightly worked was a razor blade.

Suggestions?

New Kitten release

• Fix: Kitten pages now properly set the HTML content-type header and success code. (Everyday browsers were being kind and assuming this but it was breaking the text-only elinks browser. Thanks to @thinkMoult for reporting this¹.)

¹ https://codeberg.org/kitten/site/issues/11

Happy 10th birthday, #Apple Watch!

It's a cool device, but not very repairable. But Apple's original, analog watch from 1995? Now that's a timepiece you can actually fix. Plus, you don't have to worry about software updates!
The longest an Apple Watch has ever received updates is the Series 4, which got nearly 6 years of support before being sunset last year.
It's a shame that Apple's "most personal device ever" still relies on them to be useful. Even if you can #fix it, you don't truly own it.

Making Citrix Workspace Work on Ubuntu 24.04

had to access citrix for work the other day. It usually works acceptable but not this time...nothing! after some debugging I finally found a fix.

https://schulz.dk/2025/04/23/making-citrix-workspace-work-on-ubuntu-24-04/

Another #repair. This time $80K #sar #drone that they do not sell a replacement antenna.

Prototyping was tedious since I could not fix my high temp filament layer adhesion problems. So even it is sub optimal this antenna is printed with PLA for mechanical strength.
#antenna #dji #diy #fix