industrial welding drone

Inspired by the designs of Izmojuki Industrial Divinities.

Just a random LEGO build that turned out better than expected.

learned a new trick

As a result of a recent super rush job at work, I actually took some drafting work home for the first time in… well, ever. I can run the programs I need on my desktop pc but it’s pathetically slow – and though my laptop can handle them easily the screen isn’t the best to draw on. So I decided to see if it the VGA port on the side of it would be as useful as I hoped, knowing full well this is a Windows based laptop and nothing ever goes smoothly. But, to my surprise, it did exactly what I wanted it to do! On the first ttry even! No complicated setups, no pain in the ass driver updates, just hook it up and bam: dual screens!

But, as I said, this is Vista… so it’s not completely cooperative. It does randomly crash more often than usual (thanks to running my CAD program, Firefox, Trillian, VLC, and whatever else I leave lurking in the background)… but it’s tolerable. Especially considering how much more room I have to work with and the fact that I can use my desktop’s keyboard and mouse at the same time. A qualified huzah!