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Queen Street Stories, part 6

A hardware hacker’s advice

Active Surplus, mid-afternoon:

“Accordion Guy,” said the stubble-faced, sweat-drenched, too-jaded-for-his-age guy behind the counter as he lit his cigarette with a soldering iron, “if it’s got boobs, an engine or a processor, sooner or later, it’ll give you nuthin’ but trouble.”

Joey deVilla

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