MEP EP#379: Taking pictures with magnetic flux

Two major topics this week! Major Box Truck updates and going over the Texas DMC Occupations Code for what a Motor home is. Then we flash back to the year 2000. Parker was only 13 years old when he took a photography merit badge class for scouts and was introduced to digital photography through the Sony MVC-FD5. This Sony camera stores images on a floppy disk. Will this archaic storage media sink Parker’s nostalgia for this camera or will it just spawn extra projects?

Podcast News:

• Switching Podcast hosting seems to have gone seamlessly!
• Trying out a new piece of recording software this week.

Topics:

Box Truk Updates

• Brake Lights arrived and installed!
• Spare tire holder built and installed
• 360 degree camera system partially installed
• Starting work on the “RV” portion
  • Built the shower stall so far
  • Texas DMV Occupations Code, Section 2301.002 (21)
    • “Motor home” means a motor vehicle that is designed to provide temporary living quarters and that:
      • (A) is built on a motor vehicle chassis as an integral part of or a permanent attachment to the chassis; and
      • (B) contains at least four of the following independent life support systems that are permanently installed and designed to be removed only for repair or replacement and that meet the standards of the American National Standards Institute, Standards for Recreational Vehicles:
        • A cooking facility with an on-board fuel source; Motor Vehicles Adapted or Designed for Human Habitation Assembled and Reconstructed Vehicle Manual 11-2 TxDMV October 2020
        • A gas or electric refrigerator
        • A toilet with exterior evacuation
        • A heating or air conditioning system with an on-board power or fuel source separate from the vehicle engine;
        • a potable water supply system that includes at least a sink, a faucet, and a water tank with an exterior service supply connection; or
        • A 110-125 volt electric power supply.

Sony MVC-FD5

• Digital Camera from Parker’s past
• Floppy Drive problems
• Building a “fake” vintage luggable computer