Strange Brew by John Deering for May 16, 2024

Isn’t that a lighthouse keeper’s one job ?

Did he check the plug?

I once worked for a company that was automating U. S. Army battlefield procedures. Even as a software developer, I provided field support during exercises. By field support, I mean I made tent calls.

Which meant I drove up the the general area and hiked in with a backpack with a mother board and a couple of memory boards in it.

I normally do not do hardware, but I was trained in how to replace the boards.

One time I was called out to check on an inoperative monitor. When I got to the tent, I asked, “Where can I plug it in?” Oops.

Another time I was called in because the monitor was acting erratically. The cable back to the computer was about a kilometer long. We’ve pushed RS-232 specifications but never by that much.

Tech support seems to have a bright idea.

Ah ye be a light unto the world, ye be.

Uh oh. That doesn’t look like an LED bulb.

Did you try turning it off and on?

Why ! …it’s not LED!

“Now it may not be the right one, but let’s try rebooting with a new updated upgrade………”

Looks like the IT Guy may be related to Uncle Fester…

Yes, I did, but you couldn’t help.

Ha ha ha, what a joke. He’d still be on hold if he’d really called tech support.

But it needs to be the ultra warm white.

He’s gonna filament on the details.

“Da®n ye! Let Neptune strike ye dead Winslow! HAAARK! Hark Triton, hark! …” … r=m

Judging from the looks of that lighthouse, yer gonna need more than a new bulb!

Love the sea gull!