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Photos Latest Purchases Thread: v2.0

Discussion in 'General' started by RTT, 29 Oct 2007.

  1. fix-the-spade

    fix-the-spade Multimodder

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    It's download dude, unless you like the idea of commuting in from Leicester I'd say you should book somewhere to stay now.

    PS, went in 2005, SOAD, Slayer, Slipknot all on the same night. It was quite good... and almost 20 years ago Oh God...
     
  2. bawjaws

    bawjaws Multimodder

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    @ModSquid : if I had to guess, I'd say you might have an IKEA GALANT - it was the predecessor of the BEKANT you've linked to, but was sadly discontinued quite a few years back. In fact I think the BEKANT has also just been discontinued...

    I'm still rocking my GALANT which must be 12 years old now. Non-corner version, trestle legs, 120 x 80cm, and I added a extension piece (semi-circular 60 x 30cm) on top as a monitor riser using some short IKEA kitchen cabinet legs. I've recently been thinking about switching to a standing desk but it's hard to justify when my existing desk is rock-solid and still looks mint.

    Is your desk something like this?
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  3. ModSquid

    ModSquid Multimodder

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    Aha! It's something exactly like that indeed! And the name definitely rings a bell - top work :rock:. Also some good inside scoop there on the product lines. I have an elongated quarter-circle as the printer/monitor riser with aluminium straight legs, not the matching ones I erroneously said earlier, but the surface is identical. Then the additional square bit of desk on the short end and the under-hanger for the "Box of Grief". Thing must have been going for twenty years or so at a guess, no intention of replacing, as you say.

    'Pressive skillz, yo.
     
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  4. DeanSUNIAIU

    DeanSUNIAIU Modder

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    Boring but necessary purchases. Heating element went in the condensing tumble dryer, replaced it with a heat pump version to hopefully cut down on the electric bill.

    New oven/hob as one of the rings on the hob has died and the heating element in the oven is dying. Took an hour to cook a frozen pizza..

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    That’ll do.
     
  5. Almightyrastus

    Almightyrastus On the jazz.

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    As you said, boring but needed. We need to do the same at some point. The cooker is all gas (I like a gas hob, but can't stand a gas oven) and has most certainly seen much better days. The bearings in the somewhat aged dryer are starting to complain, the washing machine could do with updating, and then there's the rest of the kitchen, and and and....
     
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  6. Byron C

    Byron C I was told there would be cheesecake…?

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  7. Cookie Monster

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    On my bike, I just attach a playing card so it gets hit by the spokes to make a cool noise.
     
  8. Byron C

    Byron C I was told there would be cheesecake…?

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    This got here on Monday. I've not used it that much yet, but initial thoughts:

    Overall the responsiveness seems impressive and the screen quality is pretty damn good. In lower light conditions I can definitely notice the very small amount of lag, but I haven't really tried it in a "proper office" environment yet - I will be doing so tomorrow however. I haven't yet found a "pen" setting I like, tbh. The "fine ballpoint" has noticeable aliasing, and the "medium ballpoint" feels too thick. The "fine fineliner" is too damn fine, and the "medium fineliner" looks like the medium ballpoint...

    Also the cheapest "folio" case really sucks, and the official "book folio" case is hilariously expensive. It would have been a £50 add-on if purchased with the device, but that wasn't an option because this cost is coming from a grant and there are some very strict rules about the budget allowed - best not to mess with that. Bought separately from the device it's £120. Yeah I think I'll look at some third-party cases, thanks...

    Biggest ballache right now is software.

    I often keep URLs in my typed notes, so I want to copy/paste them into the reMarkable files using a keyboard; I don't always need or want to bookmark these URLs because they sometimes only have a lifespan of a couple of days. I also don't always want to keep a million browser tabs open because that's a total PITA to manage.

    As far as I can tell, the official desktop/mobile applications are the only "offical" way to edit files with a computer. The macOS software is on the Mac App Store. For reasons that are not worth elaborating here, our company Macbooks don't have iCloud accounts - no iCloud account means no Mac App Store. I did contact reMarkable's support team (who replied very quickly) but they have no plans to offer direct downloads.

    Really puts a big dent in the whole "one notebook to rule them all" idea if I need some other way of storing certain types of information... "One notebook to rule them all" is the reason the device is even sitting on my desk in the first place...
     
  9. David

    David μoʍ ɼouმ qᴉq λon ƨbԍuq ϝʁλᴉuმ ϝo ʁԍɑq ϝμᴉƨ

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  10. adidan

    adidan Guesswork is still work

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    My OH seems convinced we need one.

    Do we? Don't suppose the drawers are dishwasher friendly?
     
  11. David

    David μoʍ ɼouმ qᴉq λon ƨbԍuq ϝʁλᴉuმ ϝo ʁԍɑq ϝμᴉƨ

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    Yes, they are. That one in particular is a bit cumbersome and will take up most of the bottom tray though.

    I already have the AF160 and handwashing it's drawer is a doddle. I'm veryy happy with our current one but, if are going to lean into it a bit more, we need a second (or bigger) one (or both, in this case).
     
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  12. sandys

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    I have that one, if you have a dishwasher big enough it is fine, the drawer is massive, the grill plates etc go in dishwasher no problem. I do put the big drawer in the dishwasher but I do have an extra deep/high dishwasher. Easy to hand wash though.

    Do you need one, dunno, it's a good kitchen tool does some things lovely but loaded up as in the picture it'd never cook well IMO. If you have a decent electric oven, that'd be better in there, people seem to be convinced these thing are cheaper to run than an oven, me not so much unless you are doing small bites, like my daughter will do her dinner when we neglect her :D it is perfect for this as it is a quick heat up and small amounts. That said my rack of ribs came out of this machine lovely this evening when then oven was full of other stuff :D
     
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  13. andrew8200m

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    Book now for the love of god!! You don’t want to have to drive in and out every day as I did, it’s a trek with the crap roads in and out. Not recommended
     
  14. adidan

    adidan Guesswork is still work

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    Cheers @David and @sandys, you've given me something tp ponder on.

    I'm not completely against the idea, I've learned my lesson.

    She said we needed a rice cooker years ago, I mumbled about why do we need a rice cooker - it's fantastic, easy clean and perfect rice.

    She saw an little egg cooker free on gumtree, again several years ago.. We know how to boil eggs..... Again, great little thing - perfectly boiled eggs using barely any water....

    So when she says an air fryer is a good idea I have to think about it. My only issue is we don't use the oven that much anyway...

    Maybe it'd get used more? Dunno, but when our microwave died we just didn't get another because we don't actually use one enough to warrant.

    Saying all that, I do know she has good ideas and the new vertical stack ones don't look as countertop hogging.
     
  15. Byron C

    Byron C I was told there would be cheesecake…?

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    We wanted to replace our slow cooker, and I also wanted to get a rice cooker and an air fryer. But our worktop space is seriously limited, and we just wouldn’t have had the room. Instead we got one of those Ninja multi-function jobbies. Slow cooker, pressure cooker, steamer, dehydrator, air fryer, grill, oven, etc. Bloody pricy, but it’s a handy bit of kit.

    My only complaint with it is that I can only do one thing at a time in the air fryer, I can’t cook, for example, chips and sausages at the same time - I always need the oven. But having a dehydrator is pretty awesome, I can make my own beef jerky :grin:
     
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  16. Mister_Tad

    Mister_Tad Will work for nuts Super Moderator

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    Have arranged to crash at some friends around 15 minutes out - I don't live a million miles further so that was always the fallback plan, but its still far enough to be a real drag.
     
  17. andrew8200m

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    Oh good! Well, who knows, may bump in to you :rock:
     
  18. Cookie Monster

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    @adidan check Ninja's referbs on eBay. I just got a £220ish 2 draw air fryer, reduced to £120, then was a coupon for extra off. I think I may have paid £85 in the end.

    Prices may be wrong, but not far wrong. I got the fryer, temp control kettle and toaster all for under £200 I think.
     
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  19. adidan

    adidan Guesswork is still work

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    Cheers @Cookie Monster I'll keep that in mind if it comes up in conversation again.

    I just can't think of that much we do in the oven besides the odd baked potato or pizza and a pizza ain't gonna fit in those air fryer drawers.

    Maybe it's one of those things, once you get one you use it more than you thought.

    But, yeah, I'll keep an eye on those returns when there's a coupon about cheers :thumb:
     
  20. Arboreal

    Arboreal Keeper of the Electric Currants

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    Small haul from the big river, I use them as little as possible as I don't want to line Bezos' pockets if I can help it.

    2m DP cable to connect RX 6700XT to my 1440p monitor

    WiFi 6 PCIe card for my son's PC

    Toothbrush heads at half price

    Multi fit USB charging cable

    Tennis elbow support straps because carrying on lifting heavy stuffs and pushing boats round is better for me than resting the strain!

    As (mostly) empty nesters, an air fryer has cut down oven usage at 3x the kWh.

    Yes, it has its limits, but does cook a lot of stuff more economically and at least ⅓ faster.

    I don't feel bad about cooking a couple of cheeky frozen bake at home pastries for example!

    Sausages cook faster and more evenly, which is a win too.
     
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