Richard is fixing the brakes on a child's bike. She's very enthusiastic to see how it works and what's going on and only 10!

This is the magic of repair cafés!

#repaircafe #volunteer #community

Yesterday at the Burlington #vermont food shelf I gave away 32 pairs of used reading glasses. I wasn't sure if there would be much interest but they were pretty popular. All gone in about 2.5 hours. We set up a display by the check-in desk and people were constantly trying them on.

Passwords are a scourge foisted on elderly tech-users. :(

I just got back from a house call with a fellow who can’t remember his passwords for his email. None of his backups work. His little book of passwords, useless.

There is no support to call for […]

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At the #repaircafe in Charlotte #vermont today. I was there for the bikes but as usual there weren't that many to work on. I made this junk bike roll again and fixed up a Trek Navigator that needed rear hub bearing service, wheel truing, and brake adjustment. I […]

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THIS.

THIS is what it needs.

Hopefully.

#BikeTooter #bikerepair #oldschwinn #parktool #FR-1.3

The freezer at the Burlington food shelf was unhappy yesterday so staff discarded four pounds of ground meat. I decided it wasn't spoiled and took it.

The Hinesburg food shelf discarded expired stovetop stuffing mix. It's fine. They had too many duck egg donations (not popular) so they gave me […]

Today's repair cafe experience at @LabB in Burlington included:
1. Gluing a sole on a boot
2. Troubleshooting a dead vacuum cleaner, but sadly we didn't have the replacement parts
3. Fixing an iPad by bending it rawr
4. Fixing a laundry basket, which involved bending heavy steel wire. Today was […]

Today's free #techsupport session at the South Burlington library:
1. Switching MS Office from a 2016 student edition to Microsoft 365 to enable copilot
2. Filing a support case with GoDaddy to recover access to a domain
3. Cleaning paint off a laptop screen 🤦
4. Installing an eSIM on a […]

Standard Saturday notification from @mookie can't wait for the next one

Microsoft SharePoint is unrivaled.

Another free #techsupport day at the South Burlington public library in #vermont. All seniors and a lot of computer/Internet anxiety as usual.

• Setting up Outlook
• Microsoft password recovery
• Accessing a portal for managing rental properties
• Security questions from an activist working […]

An extremely welcome initiative from the 🇪🇺 #eu:

🔋Phone Batteries must retain 80% capacity after 800 cycles.

📱Phone makers must provide 5 years of updates,

🪛 are banned from discriminating against repair shops,

🔧 and must provide parts for 7 years after EOL

#eupol #sustainability #tech […]

After watching two YouTube videos on tracking down noises your bike can make while pedaling that both said "it's never the bottom bracket," I checked everything I could think of and had no luck finding it. After stripping everything off the bike to get it ready to take it in to the bike shop to […]

Today's free tech help appointments with patrons of the South Burlington library in #vermont

1. Microsoft password recovery
2. Remove predatory free PDF apps from Android
3. Set up iCloud photo sync
4. Remove porn malware from Windows
5. Diagnose a broken track pad
6. Migrating contacts from […]

Harder, but not impossible, right?

i’m in chelsea

Holiday in Borrego Springs last week, just after 6AM

Who disturbs my slumber?

#suberbowl