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nismo4life · 05-01-06, 06:14 PM

My Toy

Top one is the old, bottom one is teh new

brandr · 05-01-06, 06:20 PM

Nice box.. it would be cool to see it glowing with a little less blur

nismo4life · 05-01-06, 06:24 PM

thats the crappy point and shoot Canon PowershotS230 for ya. If I take it with the flash its all bright, if i dont its blurry. Dont worry im getting a Nikon D50 soon

. Ill try with my dads rebel later on today.

Serg · 06-01-06, 03:09 AM

Wow.... that's some serious power you got there. The lighting is way cool as well!

nismo4life · 06-01-06, 02:43 PM

I plan on upgrading my cpu soon, probably an AMD 3700+ 64

Storm · 07-01-06, 07:33 AM

Just upgraded the cooling fans in mine too to 2x green with 6x LED's, our office wall lights up pure green even with the covers all on there

Trish · 07-01-06, 07:54 AM

oooh... I like the lights!

TerryS · 07-01-06, 01:45 PM

Many years ago, when my son graduated from HS, he built his computer. It was huge compared to my Dddddell (can you tell I hate it?) It had a lexan door and all kinds of blue lights inside, with way more LEDs than the space shuttle. I made some wize crack about this fact, but it wasn't a new fad, as most of the 'show' car mounted amps had clear covers and chrome electrolytic caps and LEDs that did nothing more than show off the guts.
To put this into perspective, I am 58 years old. When I was a kid, I used to love to lie in bed, lights off, and listen to the baseball game, on AM radio. Most often it was the Yankees, but sometimes when atmospheric conditions were good, I could also listen to the Cubs. (I'm in CT) As far back as I can remember, I was 'into' radio, and there was something soothing about the glow from the five tubes in my old Hallicrafters radio. Years later someone gave me a bumper sticker that said " Real Radios Glow In The Dark". I didn't yet have a car, so I stuck it on my bedroom door. Technology, today, moves at such a huge pace, it far outstrips my ability to keep up with it. Only the high end stereo amps still use tubes, in lieu of transistors, but one thing remains the same; we still have a fascination with the visual appeal of seeing the innermost workings of our electronic GIZMOS. The old colored wires have given way to green, red, and brownish PC boards. The resistors may still have their colored coded values imprinted, and ICs and other 'devices' have their own unique shapes. It all adds up to an eye appealing assembly. Gone are the 'glow in the dark' tubes, so we add artificial light, so we can still lay in the dark and take comfort.
I still like to lie in bed and listen to the Yankees, but I've grown up. I now have six cars, and I now listen on a Collins radio that has 17 tubes.

bernardmann · 07-01-06, 02:31 PM

That's pretty sweet. If I didn't spend so much money on my rover, I'd have one of those sitting next to me here in the office. I guess this shitty Dell hasn't been bad, but I'd like to have a toy like your's...

Bwana · 11-01-06, 12:28 PM

Remember when Radio Shack and even all the convenience stores had tube testers and a whole rack of tubes for do-it-yourself TV repair? It was like a slanted table with about 50 different plug ins for different size tubes.

05-01-06, 06:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
nismo4life Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rocky Hill, Connecticut Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My Precious My Toy Top one is the old, bottom one is teh new

05-01-06, 06:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
brandr Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Snoqualmie Posts: 52 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	that is pretty sick Nice box.. it would be cool to see it glowing with a little less blur

05-01-06, 06:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
nismo4life Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rocky Hill, Connecticut Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	thats the crappy point and shoot Canon PowershotS230 for ya. If I take it with the flash its all bright, if i dont its blurry. Dont worry im getting a Nikon D50 soon . Ill try with my dads rebel later on today. __________________ My Rig: AMD XP 2800+ Western Digital 60GB/Sata 250GB Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe eVGA nVidia 6800GT 2gb Corsair XMS Dual Channel PC3200 Thermaltake Tsunami WindowsXP Home SP1

06-01-06, 02:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
nismo4life Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rocky Hill, Connecticut Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I plan on upgrading my cpu soon, probably an AMD 3700+ 64 __________________ My Rig: AMD XP 2800+ Western Digital 60GB/Sata 250GB Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe eVGA nVidia 6800GT 2gb Corsair XMS Dual Channel PC3200 Thermaltake Tsunami WindowsXP Home SP1

06-01-06, 03:09 AM	#4 (permalink)
Serg Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 161 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Wow.... that's some serious power you got there. The lighting is way cool as well!

07-01-06, 07:33 AM	#6 (permalink)
Storm Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Coromandel New Zealand Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Just upgraded the cooling fans in mine too to 2x green with 6x LED's, our office wall lights up pure green even with the covers all on there

07-01-06, 07:54 AM	#7 (permalink)
Trish Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	oooh... I like the lights!

07-01-06, 01:45 PM	#8 (permalink)
TerryS Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bloomfield, CT Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Many years ago, when my son graduated from HS, he built his computer. It was huge compared to my Dddddell (can you tell I hate it?) It had a lexan door and all kinds of blue lights inside, with way more LEDs than the space shuttle. I made some wize crack about this fact, but it wasn't a new fad, as most of the 'show' car mounted amps had clear covers and chrome electrolytic caps and LEDs that did nothing more than show off the guts. To put this into perspective, I am 58 years old. When I was a kid, I used to love to lie in bed, lights off, and listen to the baseball game, on AM radio. Most often it was the Yankees, but sometimes when atmospheric conditions were good, I could also listen to the Cubs. (I'm in CT) As far back as I can remember, I was 'into' radio, and there was something soothing about the glow from the five tubes in my old Hallicrafters radio. Years later someone gave me a bumper sticker that said " Real Radios Glow In The Dark". I didn't yet have a car, so I stuck it on my bedroom door. Technology, today, moves at such a huge pace, it far outstrips my ability to keep up with it. Only the high end stereo amps still use tubes, in lieu of transistors, but one thing remains the same; we still have a fascination with the visual appeal of seeing the innermost workings of our electronic GIZMOS. The old colored wires have given way to green, red, and brownish PC boards. The resistors may still have their colored coded values imprinted, and ICs and other 'devices' have their own unique shapes. It all adds up to an eye appealing assembly. Gone are the 'glow in the dark' tubes, so we add artificial light, so we can still lay in the dark and take comfort. I still like to lie in bed and listen to the Yankees, but I've grown up. I now have six cars, and I now listen on a Collins radio that has 17 tubes.

07-01-06, 02:31 PM	#9 (permalink)
bernardmann Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	That's pretty sweet. If I didn't spend so much money on my rover, I'd have one of those sitting next to me here in the office. I guess this shitty Dell hasn't been bad, but I'd like to have a toy like your's...

11-01-06, 12:28 PM	#10 (permalink)
Bwana Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Remember when Radio Shack and even all the convenience stores had tube testers and a whole rack of tubes for do-it-yourself TV repair? It was like a slanted table with about 50 different plug ins for different size tubes.