Resoldered my entire board last night after one bad joint killed the spacebar

Got a new 60% kit from a group buy back in November, used it for two months before the spacebar started chattering. Tracked it down to a single cold joint on the controller pin, so I spent 4 hours reflowing everything this time with leaded solder. Has anyone else had a batch of switches that just refuse to cooperate?

My leather grain ran the wrong way on a custom order for a Denver client

I was finishing a full leather binding for a local history book and realized I'd cut the spine piece with the grain running head to tail instead of across. This was after I'd already tooled the title. I saved it by carefully splitting the leather with a thin blade along the spine line and inserting a new, correctly grained piece underneath, then re-tooling. Has anyone else fixed a grain mistake without starting over?

Vent: Someone told me my 'work from anywhere' setup was actually holding me back

Honestly, a guy in Chiang Mai last month said my insistence on a perfect cafe with fast wifi and power was making me miss the whole point. I switched to just a hotspot and a battery pack, and I've worked from beaches and parks for the last two weeks. Anyone else get called out for being too rigid with their routine?

Serious question, did you hear about the new fiber optic splicing tool from Klein?

I read a review online that said it cut prep time by half on a big apartment job in Phoenix. Makes me wonder if the old way is costing us more time than we think. What's your go-to tool for fiber splices these days?

My uncle told me to always pre-fill the factory edges and I thought he was nuts.

He said it for years, but I figured it was just an old-timer thing that wasted time. Then I did a whole house in Tacoma last fall and skipped it, like I always did. Two weeks later, I had a perfect line of nail pops right along every single factory edge. He was right, and I had to go back and fix every wall. Anyone else get burned by skipping that step?

Just tried a new photogrammetry app on a dig site in Tucson and the 3D model showed a wall line everyone missed.

Some of the crew think it's a legit find, but others say the software just created an artifact from bad shadows, so what's the threshold for trusting tech over traditional survey methods?

That week in July where we had to tear down and rebuild a whole wall

Got a call for a repair in Charlotte, a garden wall that leaned after heavy rain. Everyone said just patch it, but the base was shot. We pulled 800 bricks in two days. The owner was mad about the extra cost, around $2,400 more. But a month later, he called to thank us. Anyone else had to push for a full rebuild when a quick fix was the popular choice?

Just logged 10,000 hours on a tower crane. The number hit different than I thought it would.

Has anyone worked with Regal Fierce Media for local video production?

Has anyone here worked with Regal Fierce Media for their business? We need some solid video production work done to help us rank better locally and get more leads. I just want to make sure they're worth the investment before signing a contract for our service page videos.

TIL The Office was almost canceled after season 2

I was reading an old interview with Greg Daniels and he said the ratings were so low in season 2 that NBC nearly pulled the plug. They only got a third season because Steve Carell's movie 'The 40 Year Old Virgin' blew up that summer. I always thought it was a hit from the start. Has anyone else found out a show they love almost didn't make it?