I'm Shahram, a self-certified weirdo with a few decades worth of mismatched credentials that have sent me half way around the world and landed me a job that (I like to think) I have a knack for: taking things apart and figuring out how they work.

I studied Central and Eastern European History at the University of Glasgow before quickly realising that I'd specialised in unemployment. After nine and a half years of working in London, I finally worked up the courage to trade in my three hour daily commute for a seven minute commute by the coast in sunny central coast California.

Aside from converting everything in sight from American English to English, my favourite fix/mod has been a Micro-USB to USB-C conversion.

This was also my first foray into both soldering and micro-soldering.

My kids accidentally broke a micro-USB cable and instead of replacing it with another micro-USB, I decided to just convert the port to something hardier. I spent a couple of weeks researching and a solid 2 days at the iron but it was worth it!

When not tinkering or studying, you'll usually find me playing Minecraft with my boys or out exploring my surroundings. I do like to keep busy so more often than not I'll be planning a new project or actively working on an old one.

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