Non Functioning Gear

Frankenclamp.

You know it's load in when...

The Tech Table

DONGLE - A funny sounding word usually referring to a video adapter that connects traditional video cable to Macintosh display ports.

Sometimes dinner break becomes sleep-on-the-floor-in-the-lobby break.

Carry cables like a BOSS!

It may seem silly, but this will come in handy someday. Trust me.

CHINA MARKER - Also known as a grease pencil, this is wax writing tool, often used to write on gel to identify the manufacturer number.

If someone every asks you to “toe nail” a screw or nail, this is what they are referring to...

CARPENTER SHOWER - When carpenters use the spray nozzle on an air compressor to spray all the saw dust off of themselves.

DON’T TOUCH THE LAMP!

Rigging porn.

Yum!

The rig is an air hose attached to the back of his neck with a hair band with a hole drilled in it. The hose runs to a CO2 tire inflator in his pocket. Fill the tube with blood, he hits the trigger on the inflator, and BLAM!

NFG - Short for “Non Functioning Gear.” Often written on white gaff tape and put on equipment that is broken as a warning to others that it doesn’t work.