I’m having three book launches in June. Very grateful to these excellent writers and comrades for joining me!

Tarntanya/Adelaide - June 5
Launch with Walter Marsh at State Library of SA
Gadi/Sydney - June 12
In conversation with Intan Paramaditha at Better Read Than Dead Newtown
Naarm/Melbourne - June 19
In conversation with Jinghua Qian at Readings Carlton

All the details & booking info here: https://jennifermills.net.au/2025/04/14/salvage-launches/

I received an old car radio some time ago and decided to scrape components from it. One of the chips was a TEA6330T sound fader, that miraculously has a not classified datasheet ( https://pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/view/19741/PHILIPS/TEA6330T.html ) so naturally i decided to bring it back to life with a custom Arduino library!
You can view the lib on my github here: https://github.com/adreline/TEA6330T
The library includes functions for every option the documentation mentions. I tested it without actual speakers but the chip responded correctly to all the commands. Sound test remains on my todo list.

NYT Architecture : After the L.A. Wildfires, a Race to Save the Tiles, and the Soul, of Altadena https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/us/altadena-tiles-eaton-fire-la-history.html #SouthernCaliforniaWildfires(Jan2025) #RealEstateandHousing(Residential) #HistoricBuildingsandSites #AreaPlanningandRenewal #LosAngelesConservancy #LosAngeles(Calif) #Altadena(Calif) #BrickandTile #Architecture #Fireplaces #Wildfires #Salvage

Earlier this week I got to visit #Bangor and do another #salvage exercise with GLAMs around #NorthWales on behalf of the Welsh gov.

We were treated to a sunny day so we actually did most of it outside: this was a joy but also presented some additional little hiccups like potential sunburn, being mildly threatened by seagulls, things drying TOO quickly or becoming sun bleached, and the ever present risk of a gentle breeze blowing something away!

Diolch to everyone who came along!

Good to see this. Salvaging building materials for re-use makes so much sense. And warehousing them, to make easily available.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/mar/19/its-beautiful-dont-you-think-the-urban-miners-unearthing-treasure-in-belgiums-homes-and-garages

If you are into saving industrial heritage, really big engines, cranes, winching, Harland and Wolff, you might be interested in these three videos from Allistairc123 on YouTube.
He saves two enormous Harland and Wolff 24.3 ton V8 engines generator sets from a hospital demolition site.

On FreeTube:

1: https://invidious.jing.rocks/watch?v=3NKaNlsj8B8

2: https://invidious.jing.rocks/watch?v=WBJS_7nsmKo

3: https://invidious.jing.rocks/watch?v=9MsbR9UuFxY

Or on YouTube:

1: https://youtu.be/3NKaNlsj8B8

2: https://youtu.be/WBJS_7nsmKo

3: https://youtu.be/9MsbR9UuFxY

Today I had a lot of fun running a practical #salvage day for GLAMs in #Wales: we had a great time talking about #DisasterPlanning and how to best deal with #collections when they get soggy.

One of my favs from the salvage buckets were these handwritten pages of training notes from someone: the blue ink was running everywhere and staining everything in its path. Beautiful! Horrific!

I'll be doing another in Bangor soon, so if you missed this one and you're in Wales you should get in touch!