Five years ago, I added a bag of RJ45 connectors to an order to meet the free shipping threshold. This week, i bought a crimper with the intent to terminate some new ethernet.
Now I can't find the connectors.
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My personal mental illness is that I won't be able to finish a project because I can't find the tool or component I need that's squirreled away in a bin, but I won't look for it because that would mean a whole day of organizing my storage shit, and I won't buy a new one because then what was the point of
hoardingstoring the one I had for all this time.I mean, i think you just described all of our firmware.
I think that's the AI function that would be most valuable to me. Just have an assistant on my phone building a catalog of resources and tasks on my to do list and creating priority lists. "Can you help me remember where I left the miniature paints?" "I'm afraid I can't do that. You haven't finished spackling and painting that spot in the bathroom."
Firmware patch notes: ADHD workaround. Temporary fix.
If you buy more, you’ll find the old ones right away.
I'm a proponent of using RJ45 ports at the ends of the cable run, and quality factory-made patch cables.
I'll be installing ports at one end. The connectors are going in the (unfinished) basement where I intend to move the modem/router/server PC. :)
I would still use ports at the server room end, patch panel and patch cables the same way.
I do this too for permanent installs.
Next year you'll order some cable to crimp the connectors on with the crimp tool?
Luckily, the cables are already run throughout the house. They are cat5e but currently terminated with RJ11, which isn't terribly useful to me these days.
Find a place to store the crimper.
There will be thine treasure.
The place I am storing the crimper is the place where I thought I had stored the connectors. 💔
RIP Crimpyboy
Two years ago I bought a roll of strip lights. I finally got around to cutting a section and putting it up. After a few days I wanted to add onto it, so I got some connectors. Then . . . the strip lights were right here. I . . they were right here because I just put them up! AH!
Oh that's - huh, I guess I ordered two different kinds. That's not the same. *insert approximately three hours of searching under and behind every single thing* . . . wtf?!
A bag of RJ45s is now expensive enough to qualify for free shipping on its own
Ain't that just the way
A couple of years ago, I converted a bedroom into a tool and supply room. There's also a tall, stainless steel table in the middle to stage jobs on. It's not perfect, but it's much better, and the paint, etc. has a warm place to spend the winters. It's also my sewing room, and my 3D printer is in there. Highly recommended upgrade.