Things you recently bought or got
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I just bought a USB3 extension cable so I can put my WiFi dongle in a part of the room with better signal without having to move the entire PC. My download speeds went from ~400kB/s to over 4MB/s, so I'm a happy camper.
Some pick ups from the last couple of months
Soldering Iron Kit!
Handsaw and a huge 20 inch one!
Huion Inspiroy Tablet!
Wii2HDMI!
Screwdriver kit!
Sunday/Monday will try to get a CRT TV!
Handsaw and a huge 20 inch one!
Huion Inspiroy Tablet!
Wii2HDMI!
Screwdriver kit!
Sunday/Monday will try to get a CRT TV!
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A buddy of mine was cleaning out his grandparent's house, and stumbled across an old late 90s era desktop in it, told him I'd pay him $50 for it if it turned on and he claims it did. So I'll probably be picking that up sometime next week if it actually works works.
Seems to have an old 266mhz AMD K6 in it, he says he "thinks" it has 16mb of RAM, 3.2GB HDD that I bet is dead, and a couple expansion cards he can't identify and the pics he sent me are useless so that'll be fun. Some kind of soundcard, video output, and networking thing though.
Be a nice Win95 PC to play with if it all works, been a bit since I've gotten my hands on a nice vintage PC so figured eh why not if it works
Seems to have an old 266mhz AMD K6 in it, he says he "thinks" it has 16mb of RAM, 3.2GB HDD that I bet is dead, and a couple expansion cards he can't identify and the pics he sent me are useless so that'll be fun. Some kind of soundcard, video output, and networking thing though.
Be a nice Win95 PC to play with if it all works, been a bit since I've gotten my hands on a nice vintage PC so figured eh why not if it works
Got my 2nd pfizer shot, bought on a psn sale God Of War(the newest one) and Farcry Primal Apex Edition because both were $10 each. Also ordered a 3rd party switch pro controller, that works with amiibo. Bought it to use with my tv with retroarch cause apparently works wireless with android, if not I'll give it to my nephews and take their wired controller to use.
Picture is of the controller
Picture is of the controller
Our new roommate has a techie friend who was throwing out an old Dell Inspiron from 2011 and an LG Flatron TV monitor for it. I asked if he could salvage both for me, and he did. I'm not going to do much with the Inspiron--maybe keep the SATA drive, it's a WD Caviar Blue in pretty good condition--but the LG Flatron's perfect for my desktop in my bedroom, so I have it hooked up as my new computer monitor.
I love getting shit second-hand if it's in good condition, I absolutely do.
I love getting shit second-hand if it's in good condition, I absolutely do.
I got an Xbox One controller Airpods case... cause I wanna rep Xbox even when using an Apple product.
Got this thing yesterday
Just a cheapo coffee maker ($30 USD at Wallyworld). Our old cheapo B&D started leaking the other day. But the old one made coffee just the way we like it -- strong and rich. This new thing has a "strong" and "regular" option. So, for the first batch today I set it to strong. Tastes weak and very mediocre. We buy the good shit (Gevalia Majestic Roast -- best coffee known to poor men). So, a cheapo coffee maker does the job. Only this piece of shit doesn't. And it's so high maintenance to get started (loading coffee and water, etc.). Honestly, I think the main reason it sucks is because, whereas the old maker had a wide dripper, this new one just has a small nozzle that goes over the middle of the filter. I think it's missing a lot of the coffee.
Anyway, I just ordered a B&D exactly like the one we have off Amazon (they didn't have it yesterday at Shitemart).
And sorry for venting. My coffee in the morning is what keeps me functional. When I don't get it or get the good stuff, I'm a bag of poop.
Just a cheapo coffee maker ($30 USD at Wallyworld). Our old cheapo B&D started leaking the other day. But the old one made coffee just the way we like it -- strong and rich. This new thing has a "strong" and "regular" option. So, for the first batch today I set it to strong. Tastes weak and very mediocre. We buy the good shit (Gevalia Majestic Roast -- best coffee known to poor men). So, a cheapo coffee maker does the job. Only this piece of shit doesn't. And it's so high maintenance to get started (loading coffee and water, etc.). Honestly, I think the main reason it sucks is because, whereas the old maker had a wide dripper, this new one just has a small nozzle that goes over the middle of the filter. I think it's missing a lot of the coffee.
Anyway, I just ordered a B&D exactly like the one we have off Amazon (they didn't have it yesterday at Shitemart).
And sorry for venting. My coffee in the morning is what keeps me functional. When I don't get it or get the good stuff, I'm a bag of poop.
A Dreamcast vibration pack, a set of 20 cheap CR2032s and a copy of postal fudge pack
My wife and I both now have iPhone 12 Maxes ^-^ We were able to get them pretty cheap by trading in our old phones.
bought all these games this week paid almost $300 I'm kinda pissed because I bought PS Strikers for $50 and it went on sale at GameStop for $40 literally the next day besides paper mario and stikers I paid $20 for the rest of my games and I snagged links awakening and takes of vespria for $50 on offerup.
My switch controller came in today and it works on my tv. It shows up as "Pro Controller"on the TV itself and on retroarch(running on the tv) it shows up as "8BitDo SN30 Pro+ (Switch mode)". So im happy it works.
Also bought some drinks for me at the LCBO. I'm not much of a drinker, hell I think the last time I got anything close to drunk was about 5 or 6 years ago at my cousins wedding.
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Also bought some drinks for me at the LCBO. I'm not much of a drinker, hell I think the last time I got anything close to drunk was about 5 or 6 years ago at my cousins wedding.
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Have a new TV being delivered tomorrow (Sony 65" X900H), so my little man cave area will inherit the 55" X810C from the living room.
And, picked up a bottle of Lagavulin for my birthday. It costs a lot more, but I'll actually be surprised if I like it more than the Laphroaig 10 that I usually buy for my birthday and at Christmas.
And, picked up a bottle of Lagavulin for my birthday. It costs a lot more, but I'll actually be surprised if I like it more than the Laphroaig 10 that I usually buy for my birthday and at Christmas.
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My mother, bless her heart, had been dating for a month or so after we resolved everything with my father's passing. Last night, her steady boyfriend dropped that he had found an old Sony Walkman in the barn on his land that he's been working on renovating for himself.
Drops it in my lap, basically, and it's a Sony MiniDisc Walkman, model MZ-E40, in pretty damn good condition. Motherboard's fine, no fried circuits, just a bit of corrosion on the bottom battery terminals bridging the batteries; I had to cannibalize my emergency AA phone charger for the terminal, but it was a sacrifice I was fine to make ('cause those things are like five fucking bucks on AliExpress, no big deal).
Works perfectly, though the audio *on* the MiniDisc leaves me questioning the previous owner's tastes. Who mixes Christian contemporary with Collective Soul or Roxette? I think I need to find a MiniDisc recorder on the cheap if I can, this shit's getting replaced with some Eurobeat, it's so 90s to use.
Have some photos: DENSETSU NO YAMADA TAE for scale.
Drops it in my lap, basically, and it's a Sony MiniDisc Walkman, model MZ-E40, in pretty damn good condition. Motherboard's fine, no fried circuits, just a bit of corrosion on the bottom battery terminals bridging the batteries; I had to cannibalize my emergency AA phone charger for the terminal, but it was a sacrifice I was fine to make ('cause those things are like five fucking bucks on AliExpress, no big deal).
Works perfectly, though the audio *on* the MiniDisc leaves me questioning the previous owner's tastes. Who mixes Christian contemporary with Collective Soul or Roxette? I think I need to find a MiniDisc recorder on the cheap if I can, this shit's getting replaced with some Eurobeat, it's so 90s to use.
Have some photos: DENSETSU NO YAMADA TAE for scale.
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The snack that smiles back, Ballsack!
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K3Nv2:
You could probably run duals in this Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE V2 AMD Ryzen 5000 ATX Motherboard with WiFi 6, 2.5GbE LAN, 12+2 Digital VRM, and PCIe 4.0 https://a.co/d/7554toQ+1
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Psionic Roshambo:
Wayyyy back in time you could run dual pentiums on crazy expensive mobos I think under a special edition of Windows NT+1
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@Psionic Roshambo, And even later computers around the beginning of the 2000's up to 04-05, can run Windows 98 as long as the hardware is backwards compatible.+1 -
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Be careful when going to Wordpress sites, since plugins can easily be exploited with malware.
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Psionic Roshambo:
My phone is pretty secure the Chinese spies tell me it's really locked down and I probably should eat more fiber lol+2
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