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spaceship
Dec 18, 2007

a good catte


11" macbook air

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blackmanjew
Oct 21, 2008

Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm a schizophrenic and so am I




Core i5, integrated 5650, I'm so drat excited.

So excited in fact that I paid 40 dollars for it to be shipped on a Saturday because I am a huge man child.

Clsplash
Mar 16, 2009


blackmanjew posted:



Core i5, integrated 5650, I'm so drat excited.

So excited in fact that I paid 40 dollars for it to be shipped on a Saturday because I am a huge man child.

I picked this up a few weeks ago, it's awesome.

Hentai Tentacle Demon
Apr 11, 2002

Spacy Spicy Love

Is that the Acer Aspire TimelineX AS4820TG-7805?

Edit: gently caress both of you I bought the laptop now too.

Having your card and security number memorized is dangerous with an impulsive nature.

Hentai Tentacle Demon fucked around with this message at Oct 29, 2010 around 05:09

Sex Hobbit
Jul 24, 2007

because we are cat


http://www.origin68.com/#/human-being-black/4539031034



I think I'm getting addicted to buying t-shirts... my Mr. Mittens Big Adventure shirt got here just today.

blackmanjew
Oct 21, 2008

Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm a schizophrenic and so am I


Hentai Tentacle Demon posted:

Is that the Acer Aspire TimelineX AS4820TG-7805?

Edit: gently caress both of you I bought the laptop now too.

Having your card and security number memorized is dangerous with an impulsive nature.

From what I've been reading about this laptop, we all made an awesome decision.

Apparently these go out of stock within days of any store getting them.

Hentai Tentacle Demon
Apr 11, 2002

Spacy Spicy Love

Here's to us!
Who's like us?
drat few!
And they're allllllllllllll dead.

Hamburlgar
Dec 31, 2007

WANTED


Went out for lunch today with a work colleague in the town I work in. When walking around we came across a sweet music shop.

Chatted with the guy at the shop about guitars and decided to try a few out.

Ended up walking away with a Farida D-52e.


Much proffered the feel/sound of the matte top one. And the sound of this thing is loving astounding. Beats playing on my old £50 Fender beginners acoustic.

*Pasted shamelessly from the musical instruments thread*

Lamprotornis
Jun 28, 2004

My happy place~






Fun week.

Egad!
Feb 20, 2006

by Y Kant Ozma Post


Lamprotornis posted:






Fun week.

Attempting to pierce yourself or what?

dreesemonkey
May 14, 2008


FidgetyRat posted:

Not sure if this model can handle it, but instead of the add-on laser, check out the add-on LED work light. It casts a shadow of the blade down on the cutting surface, and since the blade itself is the cause of the shadow, it NEVER requires calibration like the lasers do. Perfect cutting line every time.

loving love my saw.

Thanks for the tip! Looks like the LED system is almost half the cost, too. I'm a fan of that!

jjay
Jun 7, 2004
When in doubt, try harder



This chair - it will be here in 2 weeks. Pretty stoked.

Tuxedo Jack
Sep 11, 2001

Hey Ma, who's that band I like? Oh yeah, Hall & Oates.


jjay posted:



This chair - it will be here in 2 weeks. Pretty stoked.

Not linking to badass stuff should be probatable in this thread...

Link please...

Bobx66
Feb 11, 2002

We all fell into the pit


Tuxedo Jack posted:

Not linking to badass stuff should be probatable in this thread...

Link please...


Not knowing what an Eames Lounge Chair is should be be probatable.

Congrats on the chair dude, I would kill for that thing. I hope to one day sit in one.

Tuxedo Jack
Sep 11, 2001

Hey Ma, who's that band I like? Oh yeah, Hall & Oates.


Bobx66 posted:

Not knowing what an Eames Lounge Chair is should be be probatable.

Congrats on the chair dude, I would kill for that thing. I hope to one day sit in one.

Googled the filename... JESUS CHRIST... Are you kidding me? I just thought it looked fancy.

Cherry Hammer
Jan 31, 2005

what's a cherry hammer?

Tuxedo Jack posted:

Googled the filename... JESUS CHRIST... Are you kidding me? I just thought it looked fancy.

Another life long lust is born.



A bag, for school. Yay.

dreesemonkey
May 14, 2008


jjay posted:



This chair - it will be here in 2 weeks. Pretty stoked.

You SON OF A BITCH. I've never even sat in one. God damnit.

e:
Man Connecticut is too far away, this plycraft ripoff is a great price

http://cgi.ebay.com/Plycraft-Leathe...b#ht_484wt_1156

dreesemonkey fucked around with this message at Oct 29, 2010 around 17:45

jjay
Jun 7, 2004
When in doubt, try harder

wifey is an architect so HALF PRICE!

I saw the Plycraft ones on Ebay before we knew about the discount.. Just not the same attention to detail.
edit - crap - for $300 I guess that's not bad.

link
http://www.hermanmiller.com/Product...air-and-Ottoman

we didn't get the Ottoman because our house is little, but we might get that later.

IndyPunkOne
Aug 5, 2002





Dyson DC25- Reg $499, got it for $225 from target (deal is dead).

ShotgunWillie
Aug 30, 2005

a sexy automaton -
powered by dark
oriental magic


jjay posted:



This chair - it will be here in 2 weeks. Pretty stoked.

My parents have two of these. An original issue and one of the modern ones.

They really are extraordinarily comfortable. Worth every penny.

lexleningrad
Feb 19, 2010

Party Hard.


Hentai Tentacle Demon posted:

Here's to us!
Who's like us?
drat few!
And they're allllllllllllll dead.

Well, off to go replay Return to the Zork.

incorporeal
May 6, 2006



this poster

Ampersand-e
Feb 25, 2007

Cinders and ashes bitch!
Yes Im fucking cross!


jjay posted:



This chair - it will be here in 2 weeks. Pretty stoked.

My parents had an original, it busted when I was 10 so my dad attached the seat and head rest to a couple of metal rails and we had the best drat sled ever.

You Are A Elf
Apr 26, 2010


jjay posted:



This chair - it will be here in 2 weeks. Pretty stoked.

I had a chance to buy both the ottoman and chair at a little known thrift store for just $40 a year ago. There was nothing wrong with either other than the leather being a little worn and probably needing refurbishing. I didn't buy them because I just didn't have any place to put them, but I wanted them SO BAD. I should have just bought them anyway and made bank by selling them.

I kick myself several times daily and cry myself to sleep in the fetal position every night because of this. Stupid small living space

Also, you lucky son of a bitch. I envy you. Might as well throw a few things since I'm here:


$9.99 at Best Buy.


Wrung up at $9.99 even though I saw no sale price on it. I'm not saying anything.


My old ones were pretty ratty and well-worn, so hooray for clean new ones.

Furious Flame
Apr 24, 2010


Finally bought myself a nice watch, i really enjoy watching the gears move.

Click here for the full 361x618 image.

dema
Aug 13, 2006



Hellbeard posted:

It's here!!!!!
WOW, this thing is gorgeous. It's stunning. Really weighty. The grip is on the small side (about 0.1-0.2cm) less than the Draft/Matic and more center balanced which I like a little less. I'll see how I feel about it after I get a bit of time in using it but seriously this mechanical pencil looks so good it's ridiculous. Oh, and the click it makes, don't get me started on the click!

There she is:


What is this? I'm a huge fan of my Draft/Matics.

Hellbeard
Apr 8, 2002



dema posted:

What is this? I'm a huge fan of my Draft/Matics.

It's a Rotring 600:
http://www.leadholder.com/lh-thin-r...tml#rotring_600

The Draft/Matic as I understand it is a clone of the Koh I Noor Rapidomatic from back in the day. Back then Koh I Noor owned Rotring (or the other way around or some third party owned both, anyhow they shared resources) and the 300-600 series are a result of this marriage.

These are now available only in Japan after being discontinued in the 90s. You can find some around the web for as much as 130$ but in Japan they cost around 2,000 Yen which should be around 25 bucks.
I bought mine here, some American living in Japan who exports things:
http://www.smartimports.net/product...ing-Pencil.html

They are also available from this store, Bundoki:
http://bundoki.com/
(they have loads of cool stuff. Goddammit, why do the Japanese have all the cool poo poo?)

Also from this guy, Andrey's Pencils on Ebay:
http://stores.ebay.com/ANDREYS-PENC...d=p4634.c0.m322


The 800 looks the same (with a stylish gold trim) and have a retractable head but I read some people comment that this added mechanism creates some wobble with the lead-sleeve so I didn't go for it. As you can see I keep my tools in a nice wallet type pencil case and not in a loose pencil case bag thing or my pocket or (heavens forbid) thrown in to a backpack, so the retractable head is not a big selling point to me.

It's seriously an awesome looking pencil and it feels really great to use. It is a bit on the thin side on the grip but I'm getting used to it. Also the fact that it's center balanced means you'd need to hold it higher up for a wrist motion type of drawing so if you're really used to the Draft/Matic forward balance it may be an issue.

Hellbeard fucked around with this message at Oct 30, 2010 around 14:42

Jack Black
Nov 6, 2007
Alright, a cherries jubilee and that's it.

I hope I'm not derailing too far, but while we are on the subject of these pencils, how would they hold up to dry, sandy, dirty, hot conditions on the plains/deserts of Texas in the summer? I will be doing archaeological work there and finding writing implements for these conditions is pretty essential to me right now. And if these aren't the best solutions, which ones would be? (For less than $20 per pencil please.) Thanks!

Merou
Jul 23, 2005
mean green?



I had a total assfuck of a work week this week so I spent some of my overtime money on things to make my halloween weekend off more enjoyable. When I'm not drunk and beating my roommate in the face with a rubber sword. He's going as young christopher lambert, I'm going as old christopher lambert. We all know there can be only one.














edit: broke tables.

Merou fucked around with this message at Oct 31, 2010 around 05:57

gallilee
Jul 24, 2001

Legion of Rainy Day Buddhists

King Faraday posted:

A pair of Dodocase iPad Covers.



One in red (as shown there) and one in green (that isn't).

As did I when I saw this. They look very classy. Only got the red one though. Have you received them yet? Any thoughts on the quality?

Hellbeard
Apr 8, 2002



Jack Black posted:

I hope I'm not derailing too far, but while we are on the subject of these pencils, how would they hold up to dry, sandy, dirty, hot conditions on the plains/deserts of Texas in the summer? I will be doing archaeological work there and finding writing implements for these conditions is pretty essential to me right now. And if these aren't the best solutions, which ones would be? (For less than $20 per pencil please.) Thanks!

Let me know somebody if this constitutes a derail. Though talking about buying awesome pencils seems on topic to me.

Well, I haven't used these in a desert so I can't really tell you. But I did use mechanical pencils in a desert environment and never encountered a problem, even with ultra fine desert sand you get from prolonged exposure to tank tracks. On the face of it I don't think any sort of pencil will give you any problems because of these conditions. Just make sure to keep them inside a pencil case or your pocket when not using them. If you're a pocket guy I can recommend the Faber Castell TK Fine which has a retractable guide tube so as not to poke a hole in your pocket/self. Incidentally it's the same one I used in the desert so it's "battle tested". Otherwise I heartily recommend the Draft/Matics which really can't be beat in terms of quality vs. price.

Another consideration for you is whether you will have an appropriate writing surface. If you're going to use a thin lead holder (0.3-0.9) you'd need a nice smooth writing surface such as a stack of paper, a notepad or a smooth table. If you think you might use it to write on an irregular surface consider a wide lead holder like a 2mm. The Staedtler Mars Technico is a really nice one which also saw desert use with no problems. The thicker lead holders require a sharpener which some models have in the cap (my Mars Technico has one), though I think it's more convenient to have a separate one.

Those Dodocase iPad covers look sweet! If I had an iPad I'd definitely consider them. I'm just a sucker for hardcover books in general and especially cloth binding.

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

And I have had my final fatty blunt, and it was good.


Well, so I got that blu-ray player and Avatar, and Avatar is good and all but I figured I needed some initial library of other flashy high def stuff.


IUG
Jul 14, 2007

Without me, there is no mission.
I am the mission!


Because I'm a giant manchild, I just orded this at Amazon.

I already own the first two on DVD, but if I upgrade anything to Bluray, it's going to be this series.

Diamond Duck
Sep 17, 2010

Duck. Duck! DUCK! God damnit.


Got some awesome new recepies I'm wanting to try out, so I snagged this on sale from Amazon today.

http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-CSB...n/dp/B000EGA6QI

wheatpuppy
Apr 25, 2008

YOU HAVE MY POST!

Plastic child-size skeleton from Walmart. I have a couple of these dudes already, but they had clearance prices, so I couldn't pass up another one for just 4 bucks.



(Not my pic.)

Tim Whatley
Mar 28, 2010

FEED ME




$23 at BJ's.

Pi Mu Rho
Apr 25, 2007



Just bought some Sennheiser PC330s, to replace my Turtle Beach headset, which disappointingly broke. I must have an oversized head or something.

Salty Licorice
Nov 2, 2008


Diamond Duck posted:

Got some awesome new recepies I'm wanting to try out, so I snagged this on sale from Amazon today.

http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-CSB...n/dp/B000EGA6QI

We picked up one of these a year ago and love it. It's really handy for making soups with ingredients like squash.

Salty Licorice
Nov 2, 2008


Bobx66 posted:

Did you really get a das keyboard with the markings on it? How do you like it? Is it well built?

It looks like they have a silent model now without the markings. If I had waited another week, I could have gotten that one.

The build quality on this one is pretty good, and the keyboard isn't too loud, but it's certainly not silent. The keys don't feel nearly as good as my old Model M, but I think this is a really nice compromise between sound and feel.

I still like my Goldtouch Adjustable keyboard at work better, though.

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Funkz
May 7, 2007

I'm the Avatar! You gotta deal with it!


I have a huge boner for Tron so I ordered this glow-in-the-dark hoody




Also, Civilization 5. I shamefully regret that I ever bought this game. Just... one... more... turn

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