Tuesday, November 06, 2007

more random thoughts

My triumph tonight: fixing our beloved 3ccd Panasonic GS250, which went belly-up on our trip to Italy sometime. It simply stopped working without any external indication of what might be wrong. After finding out that the Panasonic flat fee for fixing the thing was nearly $300, I figured, "What could be the harm in taking it apart?"

Let me tell you, there are a LOT of little screws and connector ribbons inside this thing. There was also a leettle tiny circuit board floating floating around in there, suspiciously loose, and a loosened ribbon to the LCD flip-out. These just pressed right back into place. I managed not to 1. break anything 2. shock myself on residual flash voltage or 3. lose any parts. Also I got it back together and it works like a dream again. Score: Panasonic [-]$300, Me [+]10,000 awesomeness points.

Now we can try and capture the joy that is toddlerhood. Getting DV out of the thing into my computer is a damn pain in the ass, so no samples for you tonight.

Maybe I need one that records to SD media....