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@Gareth Halfacree Who knew a wonderbra would make a mess of your computer desk.

Everyday is a school day

 

3 sets of these binding posts






some polyester wool for infil, much cheaper and same thing as the "snake oil" premium angel hair most audio parts places sell

 

I do love a Nakiri style knife, especially for dealing with large amounts of veg. I’ve got a Nakiri, a ‘deep’ Nakiri, and Chinese veg cleaver and love them to bits.

 

Doing a LAN game soon and I'm going on the bike, so there's no way in hell I'm carrying a monitor with me. So.... portable monitor:



One of those "smash your face against a keyboard and see what comes out" brands on Amazon.

Seems decently bright; I can't see any immediately obvious image quality issues; can't notice any obvious blurring or ghosting; colours are probably oversaturated, and although HDR is "supported" you're probably in for a piss-poor "HDR" experience, so just... don't. Only 1080P 144Hz but I think I can live with 1080P for one weekend... . Bonus points for the fact that it can be powered by a Type-A to Type-C cable; the manual says it needs at least 5V 2.4A but it's coping just fine on a motherboard USB port. This means one of two things: my motherboard's Type-A ports do not limit current to 1.5A like the spec says they should, or the screen manufacturer is lying about power requirements - both options are equally likely. Camelcamelcamel says that the price bounces between £240 and £120, so it turns out that "limited time deal" isn't quite so "limited"!

 

Yes, very.



Easy enough to go up, especially if you have a relative (if not wanton) disregard for ladder safety. Definitely a two ladder job as well, would have taken all day and then some with just one.

Well put together, everything fits, no jimmying anything into place and feels very sturdy even before anchoring.

 

Some gaff that.

 

My very old Dyson is making all the right noises but is unable to suck any better than the worst of dad jokes. So I went for a bit of a newer one, a v11 with all the bells and whistles. I think my old one is a v6? It's lasted about 14 years or so! It's a shame the fittings don't look to be compatible as I like using the bendy hose when vacuuming the car, ah well.

 

My wife got me a lovely 3 set of knives from pro cook for Christmas. Really nice knives and you can't beat a good Damascus pattern.

 

I went and got a block and a near full set (8 knives) in this range. I absolutely love them. The edge is rock hard and holds well regardless of what I am using them for. Only sharpened them 3 or four times with a very light wet 600/2000 and on to leathers in the 12+ months of ownership. For a mainstream readily available set you can’t go wrong.

 

All I ever use my printer for is printing shipping labels, so...



Got a label printer instead.

 

I still like playing Star Citizen, so:-

• Ticket for this year's event in Manchester
• Long weekend in a 4* hotel nearby.

 

Very nice!

 

Bought a Pure Gym membership for £20.99 with no joining fee, which I'll use for the month and then I'll be moving to a local 24/7 gym that's just opened.

Turns out nobody likes to lift weights at 8am on a Sunday morning:

 

Now that I'm drinking much less, I've changed my gym times from lunchtime to 0530/0600ish for the same reason. Equipment all free, in and out and back home and logged on by 0730 if not before, ready to attack the day!

Feel much better and more positive for it as well, starts the day off with a massive tick as well as making me feel like I haven't just spent the whole day in the same office room should meetings etc. start to encroach on available lunch time.

 

Wish my puregym was that empty, tried early morning but it's still busyish and I don't much care for the shower facilities.
The local JD is now 24/7 but that gets full of "lads" ego lifting last I checked and most machines are full when I used to go

Gym hunting continues