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Achmed Jones
Oct 16, 2004



hell yeah im in

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Achmed Jones
Oct 16, 2004



post itt saying the cool stuff you're into imo

Achmed Jones
Oct 16, 2004



i've been using nearly the same post every year and every year it's awesome so I'm gonna keep it up

hi im achmed jones, i touch computers and hearts. i like many things, including:

* the aesthetic and music surrounding vaporwave, future funk, and related genres
* ham radio stuff
* i play guitar (poorly) and make beeps and boops in ableton. it's a lot of fun
* i like looking at stars and planets with my telescope
* spicy food and also non-spicy food (I’m always stoked to try whatever local foods, condiments, etc you might want to throw at me)
* beer and bourbon and red wine
* renaissance fairs and similar
* funny computer and the ti-99/4a
* sci fi and fantasy stuff in general
* fully automated luxury gay space communism
* I’m buddhist and reasonably serious about it; I probably have all the literature I’m after, but if you have a local monastery or nunnery that sells, uh stuff I guess, that’d be rad?

little jones will be 7 soon. ms jones has general nerd interests (sci fi, fantasy, especially star trek) and loves classic rock. poodle jones turns 2 tomorrow.

shirt size is XL

Achmed Jones
Oct 16, 2004



in previous years people have preferred the thread to the form i think

it's more fun this way imo. after all nobody's gonna put "i want a pile of chips" in their form, but they might make a joke about it itt

and that's how i sent my santee a case of (iirc) zapps chips one year

Achmed Jones
Oct 16, 2004



Happy Yosmas Ciaphas! I am somewhat _worried_ that you actually have a use for that adapter - if you also manage to do something productive with the laser pointer I'll be _worried_.

Achmed Jones
Oct 16, 2004



then send something else that doesn't suck

Achmed Jones
Oct 16, 2004



obeyasia posted:

Thank you secret goondah. I got it framed ASAP.

https://imgur.com/z0AlYwM



holy poo poo this owns

Achmed Jones
Oct 16, 2004



holy poo poo, false negative blew up my life with weapons-level holiday cheer. i wasn't able to take pictures of everything, but check out the awesome decorations on the boxes! there's:

* a bunch of great stuff to eat - adorable hot chocolate reindeer kits, spicy honey (holy cow it's really good),and a nice mustardy dipping sauce called "awesome sauce" that lives up to its name. we didn't get a chance to have the hot chocolate tonight, but will definitely do it tomorrow!

* a crystal-growing kit to do with Little Jones

* some fancy soap. it is cedar and rosemary goat's milk soap and smells amazing. it isn't clear if there is an intended recipient, so ms jones and i will rassle for it

* a NESDR Smart v5. This is a very solid software defined radio dongle that I am very happy to have. it came with a huge array of adapters and jumpers, a magnetic antenna base, three antennas, and the most adorable little balun you've ever seen

so that's a super solid and very thoughtful pile of gifts! but then there's ALSO a Ham It Up upconverter. this thing basically adds 125mhz to incoming signals and delivers superior performance below 30mhz compared to dongles' built-in direct sampling capabilities. and while i do love the wild world of VHF and UHF, signals below 30mhz are my favorites. this set is a complete setup for a rad SDR station and I am _freaking stoked_ to play with it! i've poked at it a little with OpenWebRX and it's great so far!





Thank you False Negative! You've made the Jones family's yosmas dreams come true ❤️




this dog was not included in the package, but he wanted to be part of the festivities:

Achmed Jones
Oct 16, 2004



yosmas is fun as long as you try. as long as you try, whoever youre sending gifts to will appreciate it

join in next year

Achmed Jones
Oct 16, 2004



:wth:

Achmed Jones
Oct 16, 2004



what all does one have to do to run a secret santa, anyway? running scripts and makin a post doesn't seem too hard

Achmed Jones
Oct 16, 2004



oh ok i can do that

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Achmed Jones
Oct 16, 2004



new thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4045985&perpage=40&pagenumber=1&noseen=1

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