[sdiy] Messy workshop and Into the future (was Old Age and Synth-DIYers)

[Scott Gravenhorst]

While this does rate merit and far exceeds the efforts of Mr. Patchell, someone here had posted
some pictures of a truly incredible milestone of mess.  I can't remember who it was, but perhaps
they'll see this and repost those prize winning photos.  I, as a messologist, Ph. D. (which really
does stand for "piled higher and deeper"), was very much impressed.

It may be a genetic thing, my son's bedroom (much to my wife's chagrin) would win a prize here.

One other thing, the laurels of messology are more significant when the time it takes to accomplish
a mess is least.

The photo you reference here reminds me of one I saw in popular electronics around the time of the
first 8 bit "hobby computers".  This fellow had built up a machine without a chassis, it was laid
out on the bench with numerous rather long wires connecting the stripboard and home etched board
pieces.  Then when his cat was investigating it all, something startled the animal who scrambled
off the table leaving what I can describe only as a waterfall of electronics hanging off of the
table.  The most amazing part of this is that he claimed that it still worked and refused to
attempt to get it back on the table for fear doing so would break it.

Scott Stites <scottnoanh at peoplepc.com> wrote:
>Well, to kill two birds with one stone:
>
>If you go here
>
>http://mypeoplepc.com/members/scottnoanh/slsdiy/index.html
>
>And scroll down, you'll find a picture of .....the boy.  Bring me the boy!
>
>And, if you scroll clear to the bottom, you'll find what has to 
>be *the winner* in the messiest workshop of all time. It's a bit 
>blurry and grainy, but that's for your protection only. To print 
>it vividly would invite lawsuits from those who injured 
>themselves from smacking their head on the ground after the 
>faint..... 
>
>Under those wires are something like 10 breadboards of various sizes
>
>Oh, yes - that's an old pic. It's much, much worse now....plus 
>there's a rack of five KS-01 modules perched precariously over it 
>as well. 
>
>Much worse.
>
>Cheers,
>Scott
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard Wentk <richard at skydancer.com>
>Sent: Jun 7, 2004 9:31 AM
>To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] Into the future (was Old Age and Synth-DIYers)
>
>At 09:15 07/06/2004 -0500, Scott Stites wrote:
>
>>He's already developing a fairly keen sense of EM.  A while back, I was 
>>listening to some Tangerine Dream.  He walked in and said "Daddy, that 
>>synthesizer sounds like yours, only that one makes music."
>
>Priceless. :-)
>
>I've given absolutely no thought to what would happen to my gear after I die.
>
><pause>
>
>No, no thought happening there at all.
>
>Richard
>
>
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