I made this video of nostr:npub18x20nz8lgjkzrjnte0cp2jwueffayle4ds84qdzqdsaf304kcerq95zsj2 ‘s mine a while ago for Lincoin Mining (it had other Lincoin tagged text on it to advertise their HK3 expertise and services).
I stripped everything but the music and video and sent it to him in case he gets homesick on his travels.
It made me think though, a true craftsman gets attached to his tools and the equipment he works on. If you don’t, you’re missing an essential element to mastering your craft.
You imbue your spirit upon the equipment you work with and the tools you use.
Any mechanic, technician, artist, or engineer worth his salt has cursed at their tools, praised them when they do the job well, cared for them the same way he cares for a pet. The same goes for the equipment they’re repairing or maintaining.
For myself, I wax nostalgic on the SB-3865 and AN/TTC-42 switchboards and the TA-312 field telephone and the big green tool box we used to have that for some reason smelled like feet, but yet when I come across that stench it reminds me of those days.
When I encounter any old Nortel SONET equipment like an OC-48 or OC-192 in a central office today, I’m flooded with memories of my life at that time.
Today, the familiar clank of my bucket door closing and the snapping sound the door safety chain makes, the feel of my hooks digging into a telephone pole, the thunking sound it makes, and the pull on my leg when I lift it to dig into the next step, the clink and jingle my belt makes on the d-ring when it closes, the weight of EXFO OTDR’s and MaxTest units, the beep of Fujikura fusion splicers and the familiar click and wind of my CT-50 cleaver, give me comfort.
From the mining side of things, the familiar wind of an S9 or S19 still conjures feelings of excitement, knowing (sometimes hoping) that machine will be hashing soon. Blindfold a lot of miners and they can tell you with 100% certainty what brand or model of machine is ramping up… well maybe not the Avalons, but maybe 🤔
Every craftsman throughout human history has these same feelings for their tools, materials, and equipment. From a burnt stick, cherished by a post younger dryas man as he used it to draw pictures of boobs in his cave 12, 000 years ago to the hammer and chisel the mason used to build the walls of Constantinople, to the arthritic artist with a fresh canvas ready to create upon, with painting implements older than his children; each craftsman loves and appreciates, honors and reveres his equipment.
Happy travels Chet, I know the past few years you’ve put into mining are years that are now an indelible part of your soul and that’s what makes you a master of your craft, your tools and equipment are imbued with your spirit.
- Jon
I sign posts on this npub with my name so everyone on NOSTR can distinguish whether of not nostr:npub1l6eva7lqf7fn79w6pqp5x64x9ja2emapevp67yn4hxkdz6s5yvxs3tdl44 or I am posting
I leave this Npub to you sir 🫡 an honor to me
GM.
Another roadtrip before roadtrip.
Life is a journey 🐝 
GM.
All is Good For You
GM.
No time, got to get shit done. But GM
Meshtadel spark ignited half a halving ago. This is how is going. Almost there with cleaner arches 🫡🫂. cc: nostr:nprofile1qqs0avkwl0sylyelzhdqsq6rd2nzew4va7sukqa0zf6mntx3dg2zxrgpg4mhxue69uhkkdnywp3kjmm80q6xvctzde5hq6m4xemkccm9x3ex5a3nvenx56rkxenkxatwv33hsancdcm8qmm9wyexscmwxd5kgtn0de5k7m30qyt8wumn8ghj7ct4w35zumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcxdsawr nostr:nprofile1qqs9tsr49h6quec9mqqxcvugxrl74v9fa69nw55yjn5x4m8r0r2k8pspremhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet59uq36amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3dwfjkccte9emkcann9eehqctrv5hsz8thwden5te0dehhxarj9e3xjarrda5kuetj9eek7cmfv9kz764mefp nostr:nprofile1qqs078t9u79vs9vjlflth84le8ckxyywp0hcpacktrp9f9l28q75j4cpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsuv288m nostr:nprofile1qqsy6q3ua80awknlxp6m368qssqghct6ra6scca4meepumhcswkuwegpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qgawaehxw309ahx7um5wghx6at5d9h8jampd3kx2apwvdhk6tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0hzcsrt and all of the meshtadelians 🤙 https://video.nostr.build/d592582f9a70a95b23c6899088036248b4f26d49fc42dba17f1a0bc464de4a59.mp4
That style, that souplesse, that flair, that beauty....
What is that beautiful doggo's name? 😜
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🏰⚡️ P.M.M. 07: Personal Meshtadel Meetings ⚡️🏰
📜 An insightful article by Charles Myriel
📰 The Lake Satoshi ( nostr:nprofile1qqsfzl56lqfytz6et3xn92h897n5rkwg20s77nlr8pnj7uu9kchaefspz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqz9nhwden5te0vf5hgcm0d9hx2u3wwdhkx6tpdsq35amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarjd93ksetn9ehhyec0djxx6)
💪 Strategies for Building Trust & Community
✅ More filthy potty humor 😅
GIVE IT A LISTEN...
GM! Let the funk ride 🔥☕
Yo nym!
Sundays are great. They are even better with nostr:nprofile1qqs0sxxdz722j74u5kvzym4chlualjx0jef32llvdveg98jpqs0tmlgppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0lk790h gently talking in your ears while doing laid back garden chores.
Even made better when he has guests that make the average IQ in his pod go up by close to 100% 😜
https://fountain.fm/episode/KpUESwIDE6H4waFEHJoC
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PS: Now to have some fun, look up Zach Herbert and look for the link that is not https://www.zherbert.com/about/
🤣😜 I was curious while listening to this ep and landed at a wrong place for a sec... Or...
Is this 👇🏻 Zach's alter ego personality 🤣? nostr:nprofile1qqs2vrneurk665gq6a2rke572y7mc8ppwr5wnd60mw8fwxharc8xsycpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wchsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjme0j9cycq might know.
GM.
Amethyst, in menu (tap avatar)all the way down, 'Accounts' , add account.
And then to switch between those two, same path but instead of add, you just select the one you want to use.
He makes me feel more popular. I feel like I have hidden replies (because I have him in muted words so I see comment count gonupnbut not the comments on my posts) 🤣
Put one in the fridge 👍🏻 Will be a prepared pondering session 😉
Really close to home, I found an apple tree. Probably just naturally grown from a thrown away apple core. Most delicious apples (between the stink of rotten apples that are bug infested because nobody cares(/dares to take the apples?)
Makes me fantasize about SeB's drone swarm planter idea,... Or a more down to earth approach, just guerilla tree planting 🤔
I have a willow tree growing in a planter, no real good space in the garden to put it, but still I dream of a retired furture where I pick up the craft of weaving wicker baskets 🤭
If I help nature along the way somewhere else than my garden, what would that make me? Guerilla Gardner? 👀☺️
Starting to wonder if I am managing my garden, or my garden is managing me 🤔
Inconspicuously giving me small rewards as if to commend me for all the small little tasks (tricks?) I performed for my garden 🌱🌻
GM! ☕
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