2026-07-14:
Debian time
2026-06-23:
Zero-budget homelab
2025-07-29:
My e-waste is much cooler than yours
2025-06-29:
Flea market haul
2025-04-05:
Flea market haul
2024-10-23:
Maintenance on the Windows XP PC
2024-09-11:
New guitar
2024-08-02:
The Logitech G600 odyssey
2024-05-21:
New home server build
2024-02-28:
Flea market haul
2024-02-25:
Flea market haul
2024-02-24:
My FFXIV HUD and macros
2024-02-10:
How I keep my todo list
2024-02-03:
Flea market haul
2024-01-19:
New old posts
2024-01-13:
Flea market haul
2023-12-21:
Building a PC for my friend
2023-12-11:
Retiring the Apple Cinema Displays
2023-09-15:
A tale of two mice
2023-08-23:
The 386 PC, a redux
2023-06-28:
The Windows XP PC
2023-05-06:
Fixing an Apple Cinema Display
2023-04-25:
A selfie
2023-02-15:
Upgrades on the Shitbox Server
2022-12-10:
New ITX build
2022-11-19:
Replacing the fan in my Nintendo Switch
2022-10-14:
Flea market haul
2022-03-04:
Deep-cleaning my guitar
2021-12-03:
Installing Monterey on a 2009 Macbook Pro
2021-11-21:
Spare PCBs go on the wall
2021-11-01:
Building the Shitbox Server
2021-10-31:
Storage upgrade on the mini-ITX
2021-10-25:
Selling the main PC and getting more old crap
2021-10-17:
Draining the magma sea and conquering the HFS in Dwarf Fortress
2021-08-28:
Flea market haul
2021-07-24:
Flea market haul
2021-07-17:
Flea market haul
2021-06-28:
Flea market haul
2021-05-29:
Flea market haul
2021-05-08:
Flea market haul
2021-01-24:
Upgrading cooling on the main PC
2020-11-05:
Mini-ITX
2020-08-02:
Repairing a 386 PC
2020-07-03:
Fixing Joy-Con stick drift
2020-05-26:
Ten albums which greatly influenced my taste in music, 10/10
2020-05-25:
Ten albums which greatly influenced my taste in music, 9/10
2020-05-24:
Ten albums which greatly influenced my taste in music, 8/10
2020-05-23:
Ten albums which greatly influenced my taste in music, 7/10
2020-05-22:
Ten albums which greatly influenced my taste in music, 6/10
2020-05-21:
Ten albums which greatly influenced my taste in music, 5/10
2020-05-20:
Ten albums which greatly influenced my taste in music, 4/10
2020-05-19:
Ten albums which greatly influenced my taste in music, 3/10
2020-05-18:
Ten albums which greatly influenced my taste in music, 2/10
2020-05-17:
Ten albums which greatly influenced my taste in music, 1/10
2019-09-27:
Building DIY monitors
2019-06-20:
Upgrading Mac Pros
2019-03-16:
Acquiring a Wii
2018-12-29:
Rescuing a dropped Nintendo DS
2018-12-02:
First PC build
2018-10-16:
Apple Extended Keyboard II
2018-03-04:
Yet another first ascension post
2016-07-30:
Flea market haul
2016-07-16:
Flea market haul
2016-04-03:
Flea market haul
2016-03-19:
Flea market haul
2016-01-05:
Flea market haul
2015-12-28:
Replacing the battery in Pokémon Crystal

2019-03-16: Acquiring a Wii

One of my friends said he had a Nintendo Wii "with a broken optical drive". I agreed on a very cheap price, and disassembly time it was.

disassembling a Wii

Turns out the optical drive wasn't broken. There just was a DVD stuck inside it. Here, one has to know that the Wii doesn't play DVDs…

DVD extracted from the drive

This post was retroactively compiled on 2024-01-04 from photos in my photo library.