Impromptu Sanity Device

[Gorganzola]

So I complained to a friend of mine that someone had just walked into the IT room to ask for assistance, picked up a magazine and started reading me an article while I worked on their issue. Now this article could have been interesting if I was interested . She in turn said I should put on a headset. I mentioned I couldn't find my headset for the passed week and she said I should just make up something. Now she suggested buttons and string, but that just didn't work for me based on my available resources. It did inspire me to be creative. So I used the following materials:

• Two black hole fillers from a chair
• Three paper clips
• Cardboard
• RJ11 Telephone cable
• Blue, red and black felt pens
• Knife, scissors and teeth
• Scotch Tape, couldn't find any duct tape

The hardest part of this whole project was stripping the RJ11 telephone wire. The insulation is so tightly enclosing the two wires inside that it is hard to get a knife in there. Between scissors, a knife and my teeth, I managed to strip back enough of the insulation to expose the two wires inside. And it was a new cable, not one that I dragged out from behind a dusty cupboard and started gnawing on to strip it.

Here we have the main unit:



Here is where you plug-in the headset:



And of course you have to have a battery:



This is the battery:



I couldn't find any copper wire that wasn't already in use so I substituted two leads from a paper clip. Had to make a battery or someone might call me out on the fact that this isn't an electronic device. With it having a power source they can't argue against me.

And of course you can't have your personal music device without a headset:



Now when someone comes in I can put on my headset and listen to some tunes while I ignore them, I mean work on their issue.

[Wingit]

LOL!...damn, things must be quiet where you work! This project makes me look as ambitious as Donald Trump!,,,,GJ btw!

[Gorganzola]

haha, ya it was a quiet day. The consultant I work with takes off on Thursday afternoon and returns on Monday afternoon each week. There is little for me to do when he's not around as he is training me. So, I do some work but there is a bit of time for play too.

[Wingit]

Originally Posted by Gorganzola

haha, ya it was a quiet day. The consultant I work with takes off on Thursday afternoon and returns on Monday afternoon each week. There is little for me to do when he's not around as he is training me. So, I do some work but there is a bit of time for play too.

Sounds good to me...my boss is an absolute jerk about such activities..no sense of humor at all...


Did I mention I am self-employed?

[Gorganzola]

Slave driver,

Originally Posted by Wingit

Sounds good to me...my boss is an absolute jerk about such activities..no sense of humor at all...


Did I mention I am self-employed?

[DisneyGirl]

Cool! Very Detailed!