SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492024-03-28T15:33:51-06:00SparkFun ElectronicsCustomer #134773 on Getting Started with the RPi Zero 2 WCustomer #134773urn:uuid:d284c25b-2fab-772b-6daa-ce94b53c3cdc2022-01-13T18:34:00-07:00<p>Hey, at least my package was only a week late. I just saw a report about a letter that was mailed during World War II that was delivered a few days ago -- it was found in Pittsburgh, and I think they said that it was addressed to Massachusettes!</p>
One Chris Two Chris Red Chris Blue Chris on Getting Started with the RPi Zero 2 WOne Chris Two Chris Red Chris Blue Chrisurn:uuid:beedfc60-8a8b-4ae5-4599-2eed207565412022-01-12T11:37:04-07:00<p>Good catch, I changed the photo on the guide so it should be updated in just a bit!<p>I completely understand that "worm hole" dynamic. I live in a similar one due to how new my house is. Heck, we didn't get our ballots here because USPS didn't have our address on file yet!</p></p>
Customer #134773 on Getting Started with the RPi Zero 2 WCustomer #134773urn:uuid:22e9f206-ee8c-e988-a9a3-d3812bc6a9c32022-01-12T11:26:16-07:00<p>Uh, Chris, I think you managed to get the wrong picture in the link for the getting started guide. The one shown looks noticably different than either the pics of the RPiZ2W or the two RPiZ2W's I happen to have.<p>My RPiZ2W's have an amusing history: I ordered two of the "starter kits" when they showed up on Dec. 23 (they went quickly, as I looked again about 10:00 PM and they were all gone), along with a few other items I needed so as to qualify for "free shipping". They got shipped on Dec. 29, and when I saw the Marshall fire on the news, I verified that according to FedEx tracking they were safely "in transit" in Colorado Springs by the time the fire broke out. I checked FedEx periodically, and by Dec. 31, they were "in transit" in northern Arizona. (I live in a suburb of Phoenix.) However, there seems to be a "worm hole" or "space warp" somewhere along Interstate 17, as the package suddenly showed up in Chicago, IL! (More likely, FedEx had managed to get it on the wrong truck.) By the evening of Jan. 3, it had made it a whopping 15 or so miles out to a Chicago suburb. At that rate, I figured it should make it to Phoenix by Labor Day. The package finally picked up some speed, with "sightings" in Kansas, New Mexico, and again in northern Arizona, making it to my doorstep on Jan. 7. The box had a few minor dings, but nothing too severe. Fortunately I'm not quite ready to use the stuff I ordered. Hmm... guess it's not worth asking for FedEx to "refund" my extravagent $0.00 shipping fee! ;-)</p><p>As a little sidelight to the "saga of the wandering Pi's", about 10 years ago I got an order from our friends at DigiKey that looked like it had been through a train wreck. According to the UPS tracking, there was good reason for it looking that way: it had been through a train wreck in Amarillo, TX. Although the box was in pretty bad condition, <em>all of the contents</em> were in working order!</p></p>