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Not sure if it is but my account still says CPC free carriage offer over £20 exc VAT

 

I'll have to find my Scan password and check sometime, i didn't think of checking the account details.

Thanks

 

yeah anything i ordered from scan usually has the 0 postage fee via Btech in the invoice. hope fully DPD will on balls up the delivery today like my last order

 

ah UPS good luck dealing with those guys, proper nightmare

 

Meanwhile, aboard a burning container shop in the North Sea...

 

I can confirm that after all these years, it's still in effect

 

Christ, good thing you didn’t plug that mess in…

Wasn’t it an eBay thing? Hopefully you’ll have some recourse with eBay itself if the seller messes you about.

 

Fancy pants bourbon glasses, super heavy bases that keep the drink cool without ice adulterating the drink

 

Thought I'd try some AR glasses to breakaway from that uncomfortable head down, sore neck position when gaming on the handhelds etc. so picked up a set of Viture Pro glasses, a little concerned about how they'd work as I am needing glasses for small screens these days, these have in built myopic adjuster to help with that, works well though one eye is obviously just over its limit but its pretty clear. If my eyes deteriorate further it maybe a problem but for now great.



Screen clarity is great, good brightness, at absolute extremities in the corners its not that sharp, is that my eyes or the optics, dunno, but its fine for my gaming and media uses, was even good for browsing, being 1080p I was concerned it might be blocky emulating a 135" screen but it's good ( I'd say it's not quite as large as suggested more lik 100") using FSR etc on the handheld PC it looks good, of course on an APU, even the 890M using framegen, struggles to hit 120hz, so for this that is more of a marketing thing in my use case at least.

Having played a bit with VR when gaming I find my self wanting to look around the landscape in Wukong or monster hunter with these on and of course screen just follows my head

Watched the F1 qualy on it, it was great, sure a proper big 4k screen running it in UHD is better but when you don't have access to the telly, this was pretty good, the built in sound from the arms is loud enough to drown out MAFs or whatever bollox the family were wasting the TV screen on, though I was told they could hear a DIN, I did have it cranked to the max. Electrochromatic blackout of glasses for the background is very good.

They all of course told me I look like a twit, but they soon shut up when I offered to take over the TV instead.

Seems like it's going to be a useful travel addition beyond my home uses.

Software seemed like it might be good for multi screening or emulating a 3080x1080 screen but I have not tried that in anger but it tracked my head well. On my handheld PC it has undesirable effects as they don't use normal screens they are flipped landscape screens and so it went upside down, as it's not a usecase I would really use l did not explore display manager to see if I could correct it but if you are looking into these and that might be a case for you I'll look further.

 

Does it clamp down on the workpiece before it cuts?

 

My personal mantra

 

Quite a few bits & pieces lately...

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Kindle edition) - throroughly enjoyable book, would recommend if you're a fan of The Martian (which I am, a big fan).



All the magnets! 10x3mm and 6x2mm - 10x3's are for some cable management loops I printed, and the 6x2's are for Gridfinity stuff





Elegoo PETG filament



Silica gel, with which to make filament dryer boxes



Waveshare 1.28" round display with RP2350 board (link) - I'm making a dedicated hardware Pomodoro timer so that I don't need to use apps on my watch or phone, which carry the ability to get me distracted very quickly



And... a whole bunch of miniature gubbins...

WH40K starter set of Blueberry Boys and a few handfuls of paint



Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game minis, 'Warriors of Minas Tirith'



Some tools from a local store (Firestorm Games) - flush cutters, files, and a stabby boi



Some better flush cutters...



Few more brushes, 'cos one ain't enough!



Mould line scraper



Tamiya extra thin cement, 'cos that Citadel stuff is rubbish



Wet palette



And another set of Citadel paints



Was a bit pissed with the quality of the MESBG minis, but I'll talk about that in the Warhammer thread, I've waffled on here for long enough

 

I picked up the Viture One from CeX a few weeks back. I didn't want to spend the extra on the Pro version in case I really didn't get on with them, but I was pleasantly surprised with just how well they work. I haven't used them all that much as an external display because I find it hard to read text that close without corrective lenses. My myopia prescription isn't that strong really, but the astigmatism is fairly pronounced in one eye. For moving images, like watching films or playing games, they're great - but for 'doing actual real work' stuff they're a nightmare to read text.

So I'm trying contacts lenses again to see how I get on...