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[vetali]

 

Finally got a stainless steel top for my box, which I said I would do 2 years ago. 

[VikasRana]

For my Dell laptop

[GamerDude]

More 4K Bluray movies for my XBox One....

[flibberdipper]

56 minutes ago, GamerDude said:

More 4K Bluray movies for my XBox One....

 

Thanks for reminding me that at some point i need to "acquire" Valerian. Been meaning to watch it since it came out but I just keep forgetting 

[soldier_ph]

1 hour ago, GamerDude said:

More 4K Bluray movies for my XBox One....

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Good choice on mission impossible fallout, I really enjoyed it.

[XR6]

17 hours ago, Sousuke said:

I just got this yesterday, ordered a PSU for it which cost more than what I paid for the display itself. Going to test this awesome monitor and if it works put allot of effort in cleaning it. Got it for £50! 

 

 

I love those monitors but I'm having a hard time finding one that isn't collection only or expensive.

[Sousuke]

2 hours ago, 1kv said:

I love those monitors but I'm having a hard time finding one that isn't collection only or expensive.

Thats a core issues with these, they are massive, high quality and kinda rare. So if someone is willing to ship it, they are going to be stupid money. 

 

I had to collect this one but wasn't too far from me and as I drive was fine :).

[GamerDude]

9 hours ago, Pascal... said:

Good choice on mission impossible fallout, I really enjoyed it.

Yep, that's why I'd gotten it, really enjoyed the movie, one of Tom Cruise's best imo.

10 hours ago, flibberdipper said:

Thanks for reminding me that at some point i need to "acquire" Valerian. Been meaning to watch it since it came out but I just keep forgetting 

I like it, but I believe a majority of others don't. There's been critique of both leads not having chemistry and the generally stiff acting, but I don't give a crap, what matters most is whether the movie entertained me....and it did, it does, in spades.

[flibberdipper]

59 minutes ago, GamerDude said:

I like it, but I believe a majority of others don't. There's been critique of both leads not having chemistry and the generally stiff acting, but I don't give a crap, what matters most is whether the movie entertained me....and it did, it does, in spades.

Yep I heard about that when it was still new in theaters and the entire time I've held the opinion of "yeah that's great but I don't care, gg critics." 

[MEC-777]

Ram and SSD arrived for the NAS. Just waiting on the CPU and a couple HDDs. 

 

[Lathlaer]

14 hours ago, GamerDude said:

Yep, that's why I'd gotten it, really enjoyed the movie, one of Tom Cruise's best imo

Very solid MI movie (especially considering how many films there are in the franchise) but my no1 will always be Ghost Protocol. Dat Dubai scene ^^

 

14 hours ago, GamerDude said:

I like it, but I believe a majority of others don't. There's been critique of both leads not having chemistry and the generally stiff acting, but I don't give a crap, what matters most is whether the movie entertained me....and it did, it does, in spades

Agreed, liked Valerian as well. 

 

From your new collection, I find myself returning to Dredd quite frequently. Karl Urban is spot on there.

[8uhbbhu8]

Dual GB PCIe nic as the nic on my mobile is having issues.

 

[Sousuke]

SHE LIVES!!!!!

Yes I know its being tested on my Windows XP Build (It's the only machine I have that has DVI at the moment, waiting for adapter for my iMac). 

 

Absolutely thrilled that this all works and only paid £135 for it (£50 for the monitor itself and £85 for the PSU). Which is more than half of the cost of one on eBay complete! 

 

[GamerDude]

21 hours ago, Lathlaer said:

Very solid MI movie (especially considering how many films there are in the franchise) but my no1 will always be Ghost Protocol. Dat Dubai scene ^^

 

Agreed, liked Valerian as well. 

 

From your new collection, I find myself returning to Dredd quite frequently. Karl Urban is spot on there.

Kicking myself for forgetting about Ghost Protocol, that Dubai skyscraper scene was just freaking awesome! Went online and ordered the 4K BR discs of Ghost Protocol and Rogue Nation, as well as The Incredibles to go with the Incredibles 2 that I already have.

 

Yes, Dredd played by Karl Urban was really great, best part is, he never took off his helmet which was true to the comic version. The other Dredd movie played by Stallone strayed from this....

[flibberdipper]

5 hours ago, Sousuke said:

 

Yes I know its being tested on my Windows XP Build (It's the only machine I have that has DVI at the moment, waiting for adapter for my iMac). 

 

Absolutely thrilled that this all works and only paid £135 for it (£50 for the monitor itself and £85 for the PSU). Which is more than half of the cost of one on eBay complete! 

 

 

That searchbar though. People that have that thing enabled are just... Well they're a different breed.

[Sousuke]

3 hours ago, flibberdipper said:

That searchbar though. People that have that thing enabled are just... Well they're a different breed.

I know, I've not finished working on the XP Machine software wise  Its going to be dead by the time you read this!

[flibberdipper]

54 minutes ago, Sousuke said:

Its going to be dead by the time you read this!

This fills both myself and my XP rig with glee.

[Sousuke]

2 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

This fills both myself and my XP rig with glee.

A weeeee bit better now, I have no idea but I just love the MCE theme!! 

[paradonym]

[flibberdipper]

27 minutes ago, Sousuke said:

A weeeee bit better now, I have no idea but I just love the MCE theme!! 

 

As much as I love the MCE theme, I still use regular ol' Luna instead. I dunno why, but I like Luna more for some reason. Still use the MCE wallpaper though...

[Guest]

 

New Tinkerboard S case.

[TempestCatto]

3 hours ago, flibberdipper said:

I like Luna more

Because thE NIGHT SHALL LAST FOREVER!

 

I have no idea what y'all are talking about, so I'm just gonna butt in and butt back out.

[Ja Krispie]

3 hours ago, valdyrgramr said:

Also got Far Cry 4 a lil after.  Didn't enjoy the Nintendo Switch, so I traded it+2 games in at Gamestop for a 200 buck steam gift card then used the other 73 on a trade card that I can use on their online shop.  Got 11 something bucks for one game in cash then went to 711 and got 2 Jones Sodas and 2 energy drinks.


Is what I used that trade credit for.

I actually enjoyed the switch. I just ended up selling all of my consoles to build a new PC. I'll buy another switch if/when they release the XL version. I'm done with PS4/Xbox One X though

[Lady Fitzgerald]

The Ryobi 18v jig saw (saber saw for those of us old enough to remember when they were called that) I got 20 or so years ago has a chuck that won't hold blades in it straight unless they are Ryobi blades, something that hasn't been sold for quite a few years. I can cut a straight line by holding the saw roughly 20-30 degrees crooked but I can't use a fence to make a straight cut. I tried getting a newer design replacement a couple of years ago and took it back the same day becasue it still couldn't hold a blade straight.

 

Ryobi came out with a newer version with a different chuck, as well as being brushless, so I decided to try it. This is the little beast:

 

 

It's completely tool free and actually holds a blade about as straight as one can expect. I like the speed control on it. It has a separate lever from the trigger switch making it a lot easier to keep a steady speed, useful when cutting aluminum and the speed has to be kept low to avoid loading up the blade teeth, something that is tricky with a trigger speed control. It also has extra circuitry to allow the saw to take advantage of the extra power available from the 6AH and 9AH batteries.

 

I also bought a ten CD box set of music claiming to be (it wasn't) the complete works of Thomas Tallis (16th century composer). Inside the box, each CD was in a cardboard sleeve. It also had a CD ROM inside that replaces the booklets that would have been included with each CD had they been packed in separate, plastic jewel boxes.

 

 

I've ripped all the music CDs using Exact Audio Copy (a great program once you figure out how to use it; Youtube is very helpful). I also cut apart the cardboard sleeve for each CD so I could run them through my ADF scanner and scanned the CD itself, using my flatbed scanner, combining the scans into a single PDF, using PDF Studio Pro 12 (I've had it with Adobe), and included the PDF in the folder for each CD. The CD ROM had a PDF of all the metadata on it besides an HTML menu, etc. I put a copy of that PDF in each CD folder. I also made an .ISO of the CD so I have a digital copy I can run using a virtual ODD. The CDs themselves are now in a 300 CD storage box with all my other ripped CDs (they will eventually be destroyed but I'm keeping them all for now in case I ever need to prove I actually own the CDs and didn't pirate them; I have 585 CDs, some of them decades old).

[Ja Krispie]

11 hours ago, Lady Fitzgerald said:

The Ryobi 18v jig saw (saber saw for those of us old enough to remember when they were called that) I got 20 or so years ago has a chuck that won't hold blades in it straight unless they are Ryobi blades, something that hasn't been sold for quite a few years. I can cut a straight line by holding the saw roughly 20-30 degrees crooked but I can't use a fence to make a straight cut. I tried getting a newer design replacement a couple of years ago and took it back the same day becasue it still couldn't hold a blade straight.

 

Ryobi came out with a newer version with a different chuck, as well as being brushless, so I decided to try it. This is the little beast:

 

 

 

It's completely tool free and actually holds a blade about as straight as one can expect. I like the speed control on it. It has a separate lever from the trigger switch making it a lot easier to keep a steady speed, useful when cutting aluminum and the speed has to be kept low to avoid loading up the blade teeth, something that is tricky with a trigger speed control. It also has extra circuitry to allow the saw to take advantage of the extra power available from the 6AH and 9AH batteries.

 

 

I like Ryobi tools. Got quite a few and plan on getting more in the future. I want the bigger saw, jig saw and a few other things as well.