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Somehow have never heard of Mac Sabbath

I cannot think of another Los Angeles Dodger whose death would move me at all, but this is sad. I had heard he was ill because he wasn't broadcasting during the playoffs and he was only 63, which feels very different as close in age as I am. Plus, my dad threw primarily screwballs. RIP Fernando

Continuing the theme of "fix shit yourself" I completed the two week journey that was bringing a Ryobi One+ battery back to life. It had sat (incorrectly) on a charger for too long and discharged itself to the point where it could no longer be charged. I suspected the batter was fine. Problem one - it has one effing torx safety screw so a quick shopping trip to Amazon for IFIXIT's smallest kit with the right bit and the chassis was opened. From there I could check the cells, see that none were shorted they just all had very low voltage. Problem two - how do you trick the charger into thinking the battery is ok? A few YouTube videos and some hacking of wire later and I was able to float the battery up to ~13V which was enough to get the charger to recognize it and fully recharge the battery. Sure, I spent $15 on the torx bit but I didn't put an otherwise functional battery in a land fill. I call that a win.

RIP Phil Lesh. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/arts/music/phil-lesh-dead.html https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phil-lesh-grateful-dead-dead-1234809976/ Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DBjvWcHPbQB/ And curiously, bought to my attention, by NextDoor https://nextdoor.com/p/H-FFgFBK_S9J?utm_source=share&slp=&share_platform=10&extras=MTc1NzU5Mzk%3D&utm_campaign=1729888536751

Fernando Valenzuela https://www.thenation.com/article/society/fernando-valenzuela-baseball-dodgers-obit/

RIP Dikembe Mutombo. A giant of a man, with a giant personality. What a lovely human being he was. Some people are put on this planet to make other people smile. He is one of those people. A very nice man. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41530918/hall-famer-dikembe-mutombo-dies-brain-cancer-age-58