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everyone loves these headphone stands made of wood and what not on top of their desks.
I bought a toilet roll holder for mine, and it's under the desk.



Never damaged a cable since.

tazz. wrote:

everyone loves these headphone stands made of wood and what not on top of their desks.
I bought a toilet roll holder for mine, and it's under the desk.



Never damaged a cable since.

nice idea. i have something similar on my DJ setup but indeed one of the wooden stands on my main desk. it can be very annoying with 2m+ cables.

i basically never buy earphones/headphones without replaceable cables. that's a bare minimum requirement.

The red dial chronograph is nice looking. I would be interested in the build quality.

the people who need to be convinced, have already convinced themselves that egg and gas prices are way down now and that their vote was thus justified, never mind every other horrible daily thing(s). guy squints at the chevron sign, "hey it went down 2 cents!" all cheerful. like you're kidding me, right?

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

SuperJail Warden wrote:

The red dial chronograph is nice looking. I would be interested in the build quality.

It uses a cheap Seiko automatic movement. Build quality for the movement is top notch, build quality of the watch itself is probably absolute shit.

I bought a new watch last week! Nice little Longines Spirit Automatic. I wanted another black dial watch and I like the look and feel of Longines Pilot watches. Haven't had a chance to size and wear it though. Hopefully this weekend.

i actually quite like their designs with leather/nylon straps. understated and minimal watches are definitely my thing.

really don't like the giant, bevelled, heavy-links types of watches.

but hey i'm literally just some schmoe off the street when it comes to this stuff. i just like how a plain nylon strap blends into a suit jacket or long-sleeve shirt.

2 MOA Dot actually seems OK for my purposes.
Parallax error is significant, its a bigger field of view, keep the dot in the middle I guess.
Haven't tried it at full range, maybe thats it.

Last edited by Dilbert_X (2026-04-27 02:24:53)

A bottle of special oil for electric motor shafts.



The gas fire fan has a shaded pole motor which has a) a low starting torque and b) porous bronze bearings impregnated with a basic oil which tends to gum up after about 10 years.

Not seen that specific one before, we will see.

Yes I've learned that lesson a few times.

why the fuck do you need a watch for house maintenance at all?

dilbert, how long have you been an australian? you should be able to tell time by squinting up at the sun. like mick dundee.

Why would having the shutter sound be a problem? Unless....

Got a 17e. In hindsight launch day for the 18 Pro was not the best time to go on spec.

Overall process was less painful than I expected, although I didn't appreciate the genius bar guy repeatedly muttering "you stupid old fuck" as he helped me set it up.
After seven years of the old phone I had no idea if the SIM would fit, if I needed a new SIM, eSIM or whatever, so I made him change it over.
I mean having just bought a new phone I did not want to be fiddling with a tiny fragile drawer which looked as if breathing on it could break it.

Using my empathy training it did occur to me it would have been a traumatic experience for my old phone after many years of faithful service - being woken up in a strange place surrounded by noisy hipsters, having the data sucked out by a newer and younger version of yourself, then being switched off forever.

Overall the new one seems to be OK, I will use it on low power mode forever.
Haven't yet found the headphone port, presumably its under one of those Doom-style doors which open if you press on them.

Last edited by Dilbert_X (2026-09-22 02:48:10)