I'm Kristen Gismondi. I hail from the northeastern region of Ohio where I earned a BFA in Photography from Youngstown State University.
Ohio: The land of the green and the home of the rain.
During college, I spent a summer in Germany to study language and architecture and also traveled to Poland and Austria. I learned how to say things like, "Ein Liter Bier, bitte!" and ate lots of schnitzel. My wanderlust returned in summer 2014 when I began a cross-country road trip to San Luis Obispo. It was a daunting four days of driving, but I made sure to put together an awesome California playlist (and when that got boring, I listened to an audiobook of The Disaster Artist. The Room fans, anyone?)
When I'm not photographing the latest gadgets at iFixit, I'm probably watching Shaun of the Dead or perusing /r/aww while missing my feline friend back in the midwest.
This is Jetta, my cat/yoga instructor.
Music is a huge part of my life. At age nine, I began taking cello lessons, and every now and then, I'll pick up a guitar or ukulele and pretend I know how to play it. My weaknesses are concerts and vinyl records — I never leave a record store empty-handed. I have a constantly rotating list of my top five favorite bands, but Foo Fighters will always be #1.
artichokes
biking
books
breakfast food
cacti
coffee
Conan O'Brien
cooking/baking/eating
fuzzy socks
handmade crafts
herb gardening
hiking
horror films
knitting
making lists
MST3K/Rifftrax
podcasts
red pandas
sour beer
trivia games
video/board/card games (and sometimes sports!)
wine
yoga
Hi David,
Thanks for checking out our guide! By default, all iFixit replacement guides conclude with "To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order." Our guide is intended to be a basic procedure that works for most fill valves. This particular fill valve is a Fluidmaster, and we do have an adjustment guide currently in the works. We'll also be updating our existing toilet guides, so make sure to check back soon.
We hope this clears everything up!