So what did you last do to prove you are a geek to a non geek

Typically, it is when I last opened my mouth.

So I'm a geek that OWNS a windmlll..

My windmill will still pump water... But I have to finish rebuilding one of the pumps (need to sort the leather bits). 9m tower. Fun to re-oil.

She's a Southern Cross windmill and dates back to the 40's. The design dates back to 1910 or some such.

Currently have a Ring spotlight cam with a solar panel hanging off the tower too.

Awesome.  Also, awesome pic ... looks like a google photos image enhancement

MadEngineer:

 

Awesome.  Also, awesome pic ... looks like a google photos image enhancement

 

Yup.. I don't do lightroom or PS..

I also took it on a Pixel 2XL #geekcred

You should have a generator on that windmill for full geek cred.

I just realised I had a geek moment just the other day. My stepdaughter, who lives in Oz, was lamenting the lack of smarts on her old TV because she couldn't access FTA on-demand. So I showed her how to navigate to the http sites with her laptop and I gave her an HDMI cable to hook it up to the TV. I guess that qualifies.

Rikkitic:

 

You should have a generator on that windmill for full geek cred.

 

The stroke is too slow. Trust me, I thought about it.

It's powering a double-stroke water pump with a 12" stroke so very slow, but very powerful. I have a 3" and 4" diameter pump for it.

It's not worth the rods (7m from the driving connection to the ground) and gearbox, and then batteries, to get it to generate any actual power.

I could possibly get it it to power its own spotlight, but it's cheaper to actually buy a decent solar one. 

Senecio: I’m at the in-laws this holiday period. So far it has been.

- Fixing an email sync issue in the mother in-law’s tablet.
- Showing the father in-law how to watch YouTube on his TV.
- Updating his iMac to the latest OSX version and setting up his iCloud backup.
- Setting up call forwarding from his work on-call phone to his personal mobile.
- Changing the configuration of his AV system so he can use his AV receiver on all inputs instead of just Sky.

All fairly routine stuff for the tech savvy but much appreciated from an older generation who have no idea.

Add one more this morning. A new aftermarket head unit with BT handsfree and reversing camera installed into the FIL's converted bus/camper. He's ~7 months from retiring and will travel extensively in this bus so a good investment. The last time he took it out he reversed into a tree.

blakamin:

 

Rikkitic:

 

You should have a generator on that windmill for full geek cred.

 

 

The stroke is too slow. Trust me, I thought about it.

 

It's powering a double-stroke water pump with a 12" stroke so very slow, but very powerful. I have a 3" and 4" diameter pump for it.

 

It's not worth the rods (7m from the driving connection to the ground) and gearbox, and then batteries, to get it to generate any actual power.

 

I could possibly get it it to power its own spotlight, but it's cheaper to actually buy a decent solar one. 

 

Use the windmill to pump water, lifting water to run through a turbine.

Never saw the need to prove...............

They'd figure it out when the PC got fixed, the SF read and so on.

Not that they cared, they looked upon it all as some arcane thing weirdos do.