Crimp 4 Joy

richlevy · 11-18-2007, 07:08 PM

No it's not the name of a gay street gang. Today I was in Compusa and bought an RJ11/RJ45 crimping tool. I have recently had a spate of phone and network plugs break off their hooks. After a few times losing my connection and having to slide the cable back in 1/10 inch to make the connection I had had enough. I wasn't going to buy another 10-12ft Cat 5e cable.

After reading the instructions, it took me at least 15 minutes to untangle the 8 f***ing wires (I believe that this is the technical term) into order and have them stay there long enough to slip into the connector.

During all of this I was flashing back to the sitting in my parent's condo in Atlantic City 24 years ago with a soldering iron custom making a serial cable to connect a Hayes 300 (or was is 1200) Smartmodem to an Atari 800.

These are the days of my geek life.

11-18-2007, 07:08 PM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Crimp 4 Joy No it's not the name of a gay street gang. Today I was in Compusa and bought an RJ11/RJ45 crimping tool. I have recently had a spate of phone and network plugs break off their hooks. After a few times losing my connection and having to slide the cable back in 1/10 inch to make the connection I had had enough. I wasn't going to buy another 10-12ft Cat 5e cable. After reading the instructions, it took me at least 15 minutes to untangle the 8 f*ing wires (I believe that this is the technical term) into order and have them stay there long enough to slip into the connector. During all of this I was flashing back to the sitting in my parent's condo in Atlantic City 24 years ago with a soldering iron custom making a serial cable to connect a Hayes 300 (or was is 1200) Smartmodem to an Atari 800. These are the days of my geek life. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama**

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