It was tons of fun!
It was a mission to make it to the podcast today, with the power outages and the podcast beginning before the sun even showed it's face, I had to rig an inverter to my wife's car and park it far enough to not be too noisy.
At any rate, It was a great conversation, that I hope you tune into. The builders of the guitar builders collective are an amazing group of talented people who love to push themselves with their craft.
https://www.youtube.com/live/zo9y07PksUA
I've been following some of these guys for years and years, and thus I felt a bit of a groupie at times, but the conversation felt like just some good friends drinking coffee early in the morning.
If you can, drop a like for Daniel (the guy who runs the show)... I think he deserves a lot more love for his work.
MenO
Well bro, I have to agree with Daniel that it was an amazing, extraordinary and highly inspiring podcast. I enjoyed it a lot. Every minute of it. And I also share his words that you are indeed a magician at your job and some sort of captivating wizard in the way you express and communicate your story.
What's more, I'm very glad I was able to watch the podcast from start to finish. Because over here in my place, we also sometimes spend more time without electricity than with it. And I was very pleased to see how well appreciated your story, your spontaneity, your sincerity, your feelings and your way of thinking were by your interlocutors and the audience in general. Excellent attributes and philosophy of life, which I think we have in common. :)
Having said that, now I think has come the time for me to put you on a tight spot through a tough question and kind of a weird request:
The question:
I understand that during these days you are also suffering from a large number of power outages there in your nice place. And that in anticipation of these moments, you have taken the precaution of installing some solar panel arrangements and the corresponding batteries in your home to alleviate a little the lack of energy that you are currently experiencing. And that regardless of the fact that on this occasion you had to rig an inverter to your wife's car in order to be able to make this podcast. I wonder:
I can imagine that through the solar panels, the energy stored in their batteries during the day plus the inverter you used and whatnot, you can have some electricity for a few hours during a blackout. But what I still can't figure out is how you manage to have internet service if the power also went out in the entire area where you live? Share the secret with us bro! ;D
The weird request:
Please mate, could you show me the brand and type of dehumidifier you use in your home or workshop to combat the unbearable humidity producer of mold and mildew everywhere? From years I have a big problem with that, you know?
Cheers!!
Hey brother... well, the ISP here has generators. Almost a year ago, I had a conversation with them regarding their outages of service as well. I told them that me and plenty others were considering changing ISPs because they did not keep up the service when the power went out.
They corrected, of course, and now as long as you can power your router and modem, you can go online.
On the dehumidifier front, we've bought quite a few over the years.
this one seems to kick the most ass
Waykar 80 Pints Energy Star
The reviews made us feel pretty confident and it did not dissapoint...
I gotta tell you something. My brother and I are working on a prototype dehumidifier built cheaply to sell to people around here. Using peltier modules, and computer parts. I'm sure ill share when its done.