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I got some shit cool shit though, so watdidya all get???

[Deepsycher]

Hi there,

True in some respects of items needed. But not too much of quantity of what I do not need.

As well as being "chocolatized" by chocolates, the only present I expect.


I brought one of these:

http://www.netgear.d...24t_800x600.jpg


Four Seagate Cheetah Ultra 160, 36 gigabyte drives from Ebay at a good price, with the 80 pin converters for my raid controller.

http://www.seagate.c...s/cheetah36.jpg


Sadly a Hauppauge HVR 1300 I sent back due to problems.


What did you buy or receive?

[Revan-47]

ive been wATching my jurassic park movies that i got, they came with a free king kong ticket so im happy bout that

[Heccubus]

I got a fairly respectable haul this year.

DVD Player (this is my second)
Mr. Show vol. 1 boxed set
The Oblongs boxed set
Home Movies season 3
A digital camera
512mb memory card for said camera
Socks
A couple of very nice ties
A pirate skin for my cell phone

So I am happy.

[Jane Sherwood]

DVDs
Tenacious D - The Complete Masterworks
Ed Wood (Special Edition)
Don Juan DeMarco

GAME
Sid Meier's Pirates!

BOOKS
The Chronicles of Narnia
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory/Great Glass Elevator

RANDOM/UNASKED FOR
Two sketchbooks
*A necklace




*People like me + shiny things dangling from our bodies = hours of distraction and needless fiddling, so I really don't know why I got this...but damn it's pretty...

[Madam Corvax]

I got an absolutely fantastic alarm clock- it projects the hour onto a wall. No more groping in the dark, switching on the lights, waking up half the house - you just see the hour clearly in red on the wall. And the damn thing is radio controlled, so no more setting the alarm clock either! Well, the manual said the radio setting works within 1500 km radius from Frankfurt on Main, and I guess I am still inside it. Brothers have their uses, apparently.

[SimeSublime]

Projecting alarm clock? Now that's a good idea. I'm housesitting atm, so I have to rely on my phone to wake me up. Sure, I could bring my own alarm clock, but it's a 15 minute drive home and I'm lazy

And Heccubus, it's good to hear of somebody else who even knows what the Oblongs is. I thought it was just my brother and I.

edit: I got a collection of chocolates and jelly beans. Also, a pair of shorts, some money, a birthstone and a bottle of Canadian Club. I also got the "Rock Stars" DVD made buy the guys that do Little Britain.

This post has been edited by SimeSublime: 28 December 2005 - 10:29 AM

[Dr Lecter]

I got:

A Mac Mini
A USB hamster
10 vokda shots
4 small bottles of whiskey (hip flask size)
A Duff beer holder
A Fossil-Atari watch
The "Have I got News for You" DVD that just came out
And some other stuff

Oh yeah, Jane:

BOOKS
The Chronicles of Narnia
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory/Great Glass Elevator

Would that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory be from Dahl's recent "adult" collection?

This post has been edited by Dr Lecter: 28 December 2005 - 10:44 AM

[Revan-47]

heccubus....where did you find that avatar....

[SimeSublime]

heccubus....where did you find that avatar....

See here, in the obvious location:
http://www.chefelf.c...ndpost&p=112201

[Deepsycher]

Doctor Lecter:

The USB hamster, you mean a mouse or a remote controlled toy?
For spirits do you also prefer chocolate liquors?


Talking of projecting alarm clocks, I have seen them around but looking to buy one when my requirements are met.
I require; adjustable to project into the air to a fair distance away, as well as surfaces. Programmable to upload tunes, alarm features (USB or wireless transfer) remotely, with a remote control. Does not make buzzing noises, a built in recharger and batteries.
Hopefully waiting for these to exist in time.

At the moment I rely on one of these:
http://www.bmstc.uku.../specs/LZ64.htm

[Madam Corvax]

I was kind of wondering about USB hamster as well.

My alarm clock does not project into the air, surfaces only. Anyway, I can see some technical problems with a holographic projection like that (How would you make the numbers legible from any possible angle???)
The rest of the features are quite possible, though. I bet you can easily fit such clock with USB port and some memory for uploading tunes. (I would never bother with those anyway). As it happens, my clock does have a built in batteries and a recharger.

I am really happy to get one, though, even if it lacks some gadgets

[Chyld]

http://www.livejourn...d666/90364.html

Its all there...

[Jane Sherwood]

Oh yeah, Jane:

Would that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory be from Dahl's recent "adult" collection?

"Adult" collection? What do you mean "adult" collection? I never saw anything about that when they were being ordered. Would that have been the revised editions I saw? If so: DAMMIT!

What's different in the adult versions?

[Deepsycher]

Madam Corvax:


[quote] My alarm clock does not project into the air, surfaces only. Anyway, I can see some technical problems with a holographic projection like that (How would you make the numbers legible from any possible angle???)


Theoretically to get the left and right side angles, by shining shades of brightness, different colours using a large amount of tiny leds, to prevent visible overlaps from getting to the top. Each led is to be able to sustain a higher and lower voltage, with the effect of outputting light at a certain distance based on how much power each led receives.

So for a rotating clock in a side angle, each led is allocated a cycle (up and down voltage), to make the effect of the image move and for geometry adjustments.

Just a solution I thought of some time ago. Do you have any solutions on how it might be possible to display a rotating image at a common/conflicting angle using leds or laser?

Well that is reliable for a built in with recharger and batteries, one important feature that should not be missed.

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 28 December 2005 - 04:35 PM