I wanted to mention to everyone here: Please reject suggested tag-wiki edits that generically define the word or phrase. They are against the guidelines and there is now a special rejection reason for it.

Many (maybe most) people still don't realize that tag wikis are supposed to be about how to use the tag properly. For example, everybody on a cooking site is already going to know what an oven is; the tag wiki should explain (for example) that it is about conventional ovens (not toaster ovens, microwave ovens, etc.) and that it is for questions about the equipment itself, not to be used for anything that happens to be cooked in an oven (a common point of confusion).

I considered posting this on meta but I think most of the people who can actually edit/accept/reject tag wikis congregate in here anyway. So... there.

@Aaronut Thank you for clearing that up. I have never thought of it this way and assumed that I am helping by approving trivial edits somebody took the time to make.

@Aaronut was super tempted to edit the tag wiki for [rejected-edits] to define that they are for "edits that are rejected", assumed that such an edit may be too meta on meta.stackoverflow.com/q/117017/149114

lol

and merry christmas @mfg

(better late than never, they say)

@rum no doubt. i actually have a make-up christmas with family this weekend on new year's day, so i guess its actually an early one

Why not call it a new year celebration then?

Feliz Newveardad?

Ha! The interface shows @rfusca is online again.

are you really here?

@rumtscho yes

@rfusca Back from vacation, or just snagging a peek at the beloved site between family duties?

@rumtscho still on holiday, we head back tomorrow

i was consulting the photo site for some purchases i'll be making with some christmas cash

@rfusca wow, what are you planning?

@rumtscho getting a photo backdrop, a battery grip, making my own r-strap clone, and some flash gels

i have three hobbies, photography, cooking, and electronics/robotics

@rfusca oh, that sounds nice. Do you have a good instruction for the strap?

so i'm getting some stuff for each

@rumtscho doing something similar to photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=650854

Looks good. I'm annoyed by my straps (I have the regular short one and two which came with the Kata backpack).

Are you sure this construction holds weight well? Especially if you use a battery grip and/or flash?

@rumtscho i can't imagine how it wouldn't hold a camera, and its even beefier than the commercial r-strap in a lot of ways

@rfusca I didn't pay attention to dimensions, but I'm not a big fan of these "teethy" clips, and I've had plastic buckles on backpack straps slide and/or break.

there's no weight at all on the teethy clip really - its just used as an adjustable stop

its a stop so that the camera can't slide around behind you is all

Ah, I got it now. Yes, that makes sense then.

And what are you getting for the other hobbies, beside the Dutch oven?

all the weight is really held by this

which should be fine

Yes, it will probably hold.

@rumtscho bread knife, new sheet pan, infrared thermometer, cast iron muffin pans, new ricer

i feel like i'm missing something for cooking

But unlike a backpack, the camera is not protected if it breaks.

@rumtscho ya, i mean, it'll only be out when i'm using it...so its not really comparable to a backpack

So I would go for some other design, probably go to a rock climbing shop and see what strap/rope holding systems they have.

@rfusca I am comparing it to a backpack in the sense that these buckles are usually used on backpack straps, and they only rarely break there.

But if one breaks while on your back, the backpack contents don't break, because a) the backpack stays on the other shoulder, and b) whatever tumbles to earth is protected by the backpack itself

@rumtscho ya, i can always rework that one point if I don't trust it...but i'm really sure it'll hold

@rfusca A very nice collection.

My meat thermometer's casing has melted during the Christmas baking.

Now I can't turn it on, because the switch won't go in "on" position

I must try to see if there is some way to save it

but I don't have any real knowledge of electronics, so this will be new territory for me.

I can't even measure it to see if it is still working, or if the temperature fried its innards too.

@rumtscho hmm ya, they're not terribly expensive

@rfusca I don't remember what I paid, maybe 20 Eur.

@rumtscho wow, you can get them for like 8 bucks here

@rfusca Digital, with alert at a given temperature?

@rumtscho digital 8'ish, with alert, 12'ish

Argh, it has these tiny screws deep in small holes

lol ya

I don't think I have a thin screwdriver

@rfusca Maybe I paid 15 Euros only, but definitely not as low as the equivalent of 12 USD.

nice

OK, I definitely don't have a thin enough screwdriver.

Why didn't the manufacturer use longer screws whose head is flush with the surface? Or holes as wide as a regular screwdriver? Grrrrr.

Help, I'm starting to think like a regular woman.

lol

Just remembered that today I read the dating profile of somebody from around here who would be able to help me with this thing.

And thought that this may be a good reason to ask him out.

hahahaha

that's terrible

well, I didn't think it for long.

suuuure

It was just an idea.

uh huh

The surprising thing is that it popped up in my analysis at all.

@rumtscho you're becoming normal ;)

@rfusca I'm not sure.

The result of the analysis is that tomorrow, I'll buy a thin screwdriver and a cheap multimeter, and watch enough Collin's lab videos to learn how to measure the thing.

lol nope, not normal

Why? What would you have done if it was your meat thermometer?

normal people don't go buy a multimeter either, i promise. But i'm not normal either

In my family, multimeters are considered a standard household item, like screwdrivers.

not around here

I said "my family", not "my country".