MOTM

God speaks to me through MOTM... :>

Yeah, it's a real ritual with me.  I have to have my special 
toothbrush for board washes or the thing won't work right when I 
power up. When you're as skilled as I am, superstition works best!

Alternative rational explanation: since I ritualize the process, it 
means I don't skip a step or get careless.  It's easy with Paul's 
kits, not so easy with, say, Tony's boards because then I don't even 
know if the parts are all correct (since I buy them myself).  I have 
a much spottier track record when I have to do more than my MOTM 
ritual.

Oh, and the last part of the ritual? Turn it on and make it squeak.

Mike

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Jeffrey Pontius <jpont@k...> wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Mike Marsh wrote:
> 
> > I kind-of do the same thing, except I sort them into a 
partitioned 
> > plastic box.  Sorting is the second ritual of MOTM.  The first is 
> > reading the instructions through.  I turn my iron on as I'm 
sorting, 
> > and the smell let's me know that I am performing the ritual 
correctly.
> > 
> Hmmm, I never thought of the act of assembling motm modules quite 
like
> this - sounds quasi-religious.  Mike, do you hear the "motm-god" 
emanating
> from your modules?
> :-)
> Jeff (pondering the afterlife of motm - I suppose a motm modular as 
large
> as I could ever want with exactly sized patch cords and no worries 
about
> the amount of power or cabinet construction)