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Cake day: January 2nd, 2025

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  • Get the battery powered one, and get a 9v 1amp wall wart (it can run on batteries or the wall wart).

    Also buy spare sanding wheels, at least 3, preferably 6.

    Source: I have one. It takes 2 minutes to do a full pass. One wheel will do about 100 discs before being too worn out.

    Of the ~200 unreadable discs I’ve run through it, perhaps 5 were still unreadable afterwards (and those may have had a copy protection failure, I’m not really sure). I do know pretty much all were readable afterwards, when they weren’t readable before.

    Edit: the spray is just water with a drop of dish soap. Use lots of water - when I hear it slow down I know it needs more water on the disc, so give it another shot of spray.




  • My mom made us all repeat the rules before we left the car (no running, no putting things in the cart without being asked, keep one hand on the cart while we are moving or something like those)

    Wow, I’d forgotten this till just now - my mother did the same. Thanks for the memory jog!

    I can remember being 2 or 3 years old and the golden rule then was to always be holding someone’s hand - parent/sibling, etc.