So I had an issue with my recent medication refill request whereby I did not receive any notifications after filling out my online request. They sent me a satisfaction survey after I eventually picked up my prescription, which I decided to complete in order to raise my frustration, only to be met with this nice error:

For years I have been at the mercy of whatever audio and video hardware happened to be available in the system I have been running at the time. When I worked on my laptop a lot, I would use the built in mic and the webcam in the display for video calls. Later I decided to use a headset with attached mic which improved the quality a bit, at least as far as audio is concerned.

For the past two decades I have been working remotely, which implies a lot of online audio and video calls. COVID-19 did not help. So I decided I needed an upgrade - especially considering I did not even have a webcam on my Mac Pro (I do have one on my laptop but it is not convenient to switch computers when being called online).

I was just looking for a small electronic part when I found this web site:

https://www.wellpcb.com/white-pcb.html

I started reading it but my uncanny valley alarm bells went off. I am 99% sure this has been written by an AI bot... The whole article is completely pointless. I foresee many more such websites popping up and one day we will not know whether a human wrote content or an AI - this will be very scary when it comes to issues of humanity or news.

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After getting a pasta making machine (basically just a device with some rollers, some cutters and a hand crank that allows you to roll out the pasta dough to a perfectly thin profile, and cut the pasta into linguine or other strip uniformly), I needed a place to allow the home made pasta to dry out. A countertop works, but real estate is at a premium. So I came up with this:

The piece was made from Maple. The stem is joined to the base via a mortise and tenon joint. The stem is hand planed to an octagonal shape. There are eight dowels made from square stock and various hand planes. The holes were drilled with a brace and bit. Lastly, I finished it with 4 coats of water based Varathane.