Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 2073

SneakySnake · 06-21-2011, 03:02 AM

bluddy boring airports. Can you find a quiet corner with a coffee and play on the internet?

FlorenceArt · 06-21-2011, 03:20 AM

Yup. Drinking tea now. Can't type long messages on mobile version of MR

Stitchawl · 06-21-2011, 05:01 AM

I just came back from a run to the computer shop. Bought myself one of them new fangled USB.3 external drives. 2-terabyte (I almost bought the 3-tera but I figured my wife would shoot me.) I have five external drives already, each 1 or 1.5 terabyte. The cost of a 2-terabyte USB.3 drive was less than $150. I remember paying almost $350 for a 250 megabyte drive back in the day. I had to install a new card in the tower to handle the new USB.3 Now I'm copying files and getting blown away by how much faster USB.3 is over USB .2

Stitchawl

Rumpelteazer · 06-21-2011, 08:54 AM

I have found the ideal lampshade for my desk lamp project: a smallish wine cooler. Now I only need to get the hardware and the wood. And I need to decide which wire to use: plastic silver or white twisted with fabric.

kindlekitten · 06-21-2011, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

I have found the ideal lampshade for my desk lamp project: a smallish wine cooler. Now I only need to get the hardware and the wood. And I need to decide which wire to use: plastic silver or white twisted with fabric.

wow!post pictures!

Rumpelteazer · 06-21-2011, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

wow!post pictures!

It might take a while before it's done. I'm going to get the winecooler tomorrow and then I need to get my dad to come with me to the DIY store to pick out good wood. I'm hoping he'll allow me to use the saw-bench this time, I hate sawing by hand!

SneakySnake · 06-21-2011, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I just came back from a run to the computer shop. Bought myself one of them new fangled USB.3 external drives. 2-terabyte (I almost bought the 3-tera but I figured my wife would shoot me.) I have five external drives already, each 1 or 1.5 terabyte. The cost of a 2-terabyte USB.3 drive was less than $150. I remember paying almost $350 for a 250 megabyte drive back in the day. I had to install a new card in the tower to handle the new USB.3 Now I'm copying files and getting blown away by how much faster USB.3 is over USB .2

Stitchawl

*SIGH* SS remembers the 8" floppy disks! They were actually floppy then and you could see the little arm inside the drive tapping away. A great big 8" black and green monitor on a stick went with it as well as a 9 pin dot matric printer!. didn't know what the internet was, but we still had to connect to a modem!

bjones6416 · 06-21-2011, 11:30 PM

I just finished watching a charming little movie on Netflix -- Gadjo Dilo. The music and dancing are fantastic, and I immediately turned around and bought the soundtrack from iTunes. (It's available streaming through Netflix for those of you with that option.)

phenomshel · 06-21-2011, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by bjones6416

I just finished watching a charming little movie on Netflix -- Gadjo Dilo. The music and dancing are fantastic, and I immediately turned around and bought the soundtrack from iTunes. (It's available streaming through Netflix for those of you with that option.)

Hmmm, going to have to look that up, if you liked it that much!

Listening to music, letting the fan blow on me (ahhhhhh), replying to various silly threads here, and contemplating making dinner for Chris.

DixieGal · 06-22-2011, 07:20 AM

I am going to try a self-fulfilling prophecy:

"Today the condo owners association will condescend to see us."

Maybe that will speed things up a bit.

orlok · 06-22-2011, 07:31 AM

*Crossing fingers that they will condoscend to see you*

WT Sharpe · 06-22-2011, 04:20 PM

At the moment I'm resting my aching back. I just finished building a new ramp to the shed I built several years ago (the ramp my son built had rotted out). It was my first time using my new Porter-Cable battery-powered circular saw. I bought it because I had such good luck with one of their battery-powered drills and a battery powered reciprocating saw, and since they all use the same battery, there was no need to get another (I have two). Unfortunately, that circular saw eats batteries like they're going out of style. I manage two to five cuts, and it's time to charge the battery already. That sucks.

Jessica Lares · 06-22-2011, 05:43 PM

Being annoyed! There's this awful noise that has been going on outside all day and it sounds like popcorn being popped in the microwave!

And when I got up this morning, that's when it started... I fell back asleep and saw this big tub of "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" just sitting there in my dreams.

maianhvk · 06-23-2011, 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

The cost of a 2-terabyte USB.3 drive was less than $150. I remember paying almost $350 for a 250 megabyte drive back in the day. I had to install a new card in the tower to handle the new USB.3 Now I'm copying files and getting blown away by how much faster USB.3 is over USB .2

Stitchawl

I always wonder at the price of electronic devices, it drops greatly as new technology is "discovered".

usb 3.0 is that fast?...

no, I'll wait until they launch usb 4.0

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Originally Posted by SneakySnake

*SIGH* SS remembers the 8" floppy disks! They were actually floppy then and you could see the little arm inside the drive tapping away. A great big 8" black and green monitor on a stick went with it as well as a 9 pin dot matric printer!. didn't know what the internet was, but we still had to connect to a modem!

I guess I'm not the "odd one out" here. I remember the "floppy" disks too! But just a later generation from yours SS. They were much smaller. And if you leave one in the CPU floppy disk drive, Windows 98 won't run...

WT Sharpe · 06-23-2011, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by SneakySnake

*SIGH* SS remembers the 8" floppy disks! They were actually floppy then and you could see the little arm inside the drive tapping away. A great big 8" black and green monitor on a stick went with it as well as a 9 pin dot matric printer!. didn't know what the internet was, but we still had to connect to a modem!

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Originally Posted by maianhvk

...I guess I'm not the "odd one out" here. I remember the "floppy" disks too! But just a later generation from yours SS. They were much smaller. And if you leave one in the CPU floppy disk drive, Windows 98 won't run...

I remember backing up the BASIC files I had written for my CoCo 3 on a cassette tape.

06-21-2011, 03:02 AM	#31081
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis	bluddy boring airports. Can you find a quiet corner with a coffee and play on the internet?

06-21-2011, 03:20 AM	#31082
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	Yup. Drinking tea now. Can't type long messages on mobile version of MR

06-21-2011, 05:01 AM	#31083
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	I just came back from a run to the computer shop. Bought myself one of them new fangled USB.3 external drives. 2-terabyte (I almost bought the 3-tera but I figured my wife would shoot me.) I have five external drives already, each 1 or 1.5 terabyte. The cost of a 2-terabyte USB.3 drive was less than $150. I remember paying almost $350 for a 250 megabyte drive back in the day. I had to install a new card in the tower to handle the new USB.3 Now I'm copying files and getting blown away by how much faster USB.3 is over USB .2 Stitchawl

06-21-2011, 08:54 AM	#31084
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,348 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	I have found the ideal lampshade for my desk lamp project: a smallish wine cooler. Now I only need to get the hardware and the wood. And I need to decide which wire to use: plastic silver or white twisted with fabric.

06-21-2011, 11:30 PM	#31088
bjones6416 ↓↓ Skirt!! Earrings!! Posts: 3,394 Karma: 17432172 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Georgia, USA Device: Acer netbook, JetBook Lite, Sony PRS-300, Kindle 2, Kindle Fire	I just finished watching a charming little movie on Netflix -- Gadjo Dilo. The music and dancing are fantastic, and I immediately turned around and bought the soundtrack from iTunes. (It's available streaming through Netflix for those of you with that option.)

06-22-2011, 07:20 AM	#31090
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	I am going to try a self-fulfilling prophecy: "Today the condo owners association will condescend to see us." Maybe that will speed things up a bit.

06-22-2011, 07:31 AM	#31091
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	Crossing fingers that they will condoscend to see you

06-22-2011, 04:20 PM	#31092
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	At the moment I'm resting my aching back. I just finished building a new ramp to the shed I built several years ago (the ramp my son built had rotted out). It was my first time using my new Porter-Cable battery-powered circular saw. I bought it because I had such good luck with one of their battery-powered drills and a battery powered reciprocating saw, and since they all use the same battery, there was no need to get another (I have two). Unfortunately, that circular saw eats batteries like they're going out of style. I manage two to five cuts, and it's time to charge the battery already. That sucks.

06-22-2011, 05:43 PM	#31093
Jessica Lares Wizard Posts: 2,240 Karma: 5759170 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Near Dallas, Texas, USA Device: iPad Mini, iPod Touch (5th gen)	Being annoyed! There's this awful noise that has been going on outside all day and it sounds like popcorn being popped in the microwave! And when I got up this morning, that's when it started... I fell back asleep and saw this big tub of "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" just sitting there in my dreams.