Just finished a job in a new apartment complex off Elm Street and the builder used the absolute worst cable routing I've ever seen.

Every single unit has the coax and ethernet lines run right alongside the main electrical conduit, no separation at all. I'm talking maybe an inch of space, running parallel for about 15 feet through the utility closet. The interference was so bad the modem couldn't even sync. Had to completely re-run a new line for the customer, which added 2 hours to the install. Builders are cutting corners everywhere now. Has anyone else run into this in new construction lately, and what's your fix?

A single pane of glass held up my whole job for a month. Now I check every order before it leaves the shop.

Explaining my remote job to my host's family

Their confused faces made me feel like an alien.

A horse walked into my garage during a horseshoe art experiment

I was trying to bend an old shoe into a wall hook for my shop. Had the propane forge going and everything laid out neat. My dog started barking like crazy at the back fence. I turned around and there was the big paint mare from down the road, just standing in my doorway. She must have followed the smell or sound, who knows. I had to slowly put down the hot shoe and gently lead her back out before she stepped on my tools. The hook ended up looking like a question mark, which fits the whole silly morning. Now I check the gate is shut before I fire up the forge.

Update: Satellite trails wrecked my deep sky photo last night

I set up my old telescope in the yard to finally get a clear shot of the Andromeda galaxy after weeks of planning. Had the camera hooked up and everything ready to go for a long exposure. Right in the middle of it, a bright string of those new satellites zipped straight through my frame and left these ugly streaks. Now the whole image is basically useless, and I have to start over. This is the third time this month something like this has happened with all the stuff they're putting up there. It feels like you can't even enjoy the night sky without man-made junk getting in the way. Why do we keep adding more when it's already hurting how we see space from here? Makes you wonder if anyone thinks about this stuff before they launch.