The "New Toys" Thread

[smib]

I bet they could cram a culv into something the size of the Dell Streak.

 

[nsx_23]

And then you'd need a fuel cell to power it for a day =P

 

[Galantti]

And then you'd need a fuel cell to power it for a day =P

don't they make methane fuel cell powered laptops nowdays?

 

[Koenig]

That's not a great advertisement for the camera in that phone

LOL yeah.....my photos are much better now, but I completely botched that shot.

 

[h-p]

Ordered a Samsung Galaxy S today...

and my tv broke. This is getting expensive.

 

[killpanda]

New freebie from work:

What a beast, AMD Sempron 3000+ (1.8GHz), ATI XPress 200M, 60GB IDE Hard Drive and 512MB of RAM which I just bumped to 1.5GB... The only good part might be the display, which is actually quite nice

 

[PacketCollision]

Finally got myself a good soldering station. It's a Xytronic digital temperature controlled station, with a holder and brass-curl cleaner.

 

[Hidden_Hunter]

really? I thought they'd all be the same.

The Apple one is like $45.....

I paid $0 for mine, the guy at the store through it in for free with my MBP

 

[nsx_23]

Well, I got my MBP for like $400+ less than retail, so....

But anyway, the VGA one I got off DX works fine at uni, and I just received the DVI one yesterday. Haven't tried it yet though.

 

[Blayde]

Finally got myself a good soldering station. It's a Xytronic digital temperature controlled station, with a holder and brass-curl cleaner.

We only ever got to use the cheap wet sponge, brass curl sounds much better at cleaning off extra solder

 

[GRtak]

Finally got myself a good soldering station. It's a Xytronic digital temperature controlled station, with a holder and brass-curl cleaner.

I is jealus.

 

[nsx_23]

Nothing quiet like a good soldering station. I'm saving for a Hakko for when I get the time after uni to build amps again.

 

[h-p]

Got myself this:
https://pic.armedcats.net/h/h-/h-p/2010/08/24/1.jpg
Sony KDL-40EX402 for ~600?
and
https://pic.armedcats.net/h/h-/h-p/2010/08/24/samsung_galaxy_s.jpg
Samsung Galaxy S, 1 year contract, unlimited data (only at 384kb/s), 400?+5?/month

I could have got the Samsung for 360?+2?/month, but then I would had to accept receiving marketing spam.

 

[smib]

384k? Euch.

 

[thevictor390]

384k? Euch.

Eh, on a phone, it's fine. It would limit tethering ability though....

 

[h-p]

I think it will be fine (haven't got the phone yet), if it's not enough I can upgrade to 1M for 10?/month or unlimited for 14?/month.

 

[cvrefugee]

Got it for $99 at my college bookstore:

https://pic.armedcats.net/c/cv/cvrefugee/2010/08/25/Lightroom-3-Box-Shot.png

I'm not even a student there anymore

 

[PacketCollision]

My two LG Flatron E2250 22" 1920x1080 LED monitors have arrived. I like them a lot, although I'm not used to how wide it is having two wide-screen monitors next to each other. My old monitors were oldschool 4:3 monitors. Still, it is great to finally have matching dual monitors.
Here they are:

and here is a wider shot of them on my (messier than usual) desk, complete with laptop and cat:

 

[Buba]

Awesome fat cat...

 

[Archie411]

Its Garfields black and white cousin! :lol: and....is it dead?