Topic: Calling All Internets (Read 47400 times)

jsnlxndrlv · « **Reply #500 on:** August 12, 2013, 03:46:22 AM »

Quote from: Mongrel on August 12, 2013, 03:34:49 AM

Somebody on here once linked a truly bizarre parody of the Dr. Who theme (more or less), which looked to be half 80's "CGI" along with non-musical sections of people mumbling a situation/operations control room or something. I know it's on YouTube, but for the life of me I can't find it again.

That sounds like something docfuture would make! Let me see...

Could this be it?

Lost Doctor Who Intro (RARE)

Mongrel · « **Reply #501 on:** August 12, 2013, 03:49:42 AM »

That's the one!

Thad · « **Reply #502 on:** August 21, 2013, 04:53:25 PM »

Having had a bit more time to actually watch some things on the TV, I can now state that the picture is not simply pinched near the top, it's inverted -- there's a ghost image of what's supposed to be on that top couple of inches, upside-down and at about half its proper height, overlaid on top of the video that's supposed to be there.

Makes it kind of a bastard to watch anything 4:3; it cuts people's heads right off. But I imagine it'd be all right for letterboxed movies.

Mongrel · « **Reply #503 on:** August 21, 2013, 04:56:01 PM »

I think you might be entering packrat territory with this one, Thad.

EDIT: You know the greatest place ever to dumpster dive? Outside a storage facility. You get people ditching relatives' stuff after that relative has died, or maybe people come back and they've already bought new stuff, or maybe they just don't care. But you can get a ton of stuff in good working order.

One guy I know who has a workshop in the same building as a storage facility even got a whole freaking coin collection that way. Someone literally just threw out a suitcase full of money!

Thad · « **Reply #504 on:** August 21, 2013, 05:15:55 PM »

Well, I'm using it just at the moment.

Long-term? Well, next time I'm in touch with some of my more technical friends I'll ask if they or anybody they know does tube TV repair. If I can get a good deal on it I think it's something I can get a lot of miles out of.

Mothra · « **Reply #505 on:** August 22, 2013, 04:13:08 AM »

BEARD MEN

My little brother asked for a beard trimmer for his upcoming birthday. I'm usually clean-shaven, so I've never needed to seriously invest in a decent razor, but he's got a pretty hefty grizzly adams going. I'd want to get him one that lasted for a while, and whose battery would not die in like four months.

What do you folks use?

Mothra · « **Reply #506 on:** August 22, 2013, 04:17:09 AM »

Squizzle has just recommended the REMINGTON MB-300.

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<Squizzle> I use this and can endorse it with small reservations.
<Squizzle> The plastic slidy spacer thing can break if you're clumsy or indelicate with it.
<Squizzle> But it works well and trims nicely.
<Squizzle> And as a friend who borrowed it noted, "I've used a lot of electrics, and this is he first one that didn't make me want to kill myself".
<Squizzle> Also, don't be always clean-shaven, or always wear the same beard. Facial hair grows quickly, and you should play around with your options.
<Squizzle> I recommend growing a beard for a couple of months in summer.
<Squizzle> Just let the thing grow, maybe trimming moustaches for neatness.
<Squizzle> But it keeps the sun off your face and lets your skin recover from the minor trauma that is regular shaving, and makes you feel like an axe-murderer.
<Meikai> I thought maybe you were going for coup d'etat and was very disappointed >:I
<Mothra> Noted
<Squizzle> NOTHING I DO IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU
<Squizzle> MOM
<Squizzle> MOMKAI
<Mothra> Squizzle you are a king among men
<Squizzle> I'm more of a Mumm-Ra.

Mongrel · « **Reply #507 on:** August 22, 2013, 04:46:42 AM »

I only shave weekly, so sometimes I need to trim down before doing a proper blade shave. The trimmer adaptor on my electric razor (which I don't use much anymore, because it's starting to get wonky) is wearing out. So I could actually use a good recommendation too, preferably something with a really good... *ahem*... nose hair trimmer.

Classic · « **Reply #508 on:** August 22, 2013, 04:54:30 AM »

The last time I tried to use an electric on my nose hairs I smelled blade oil for hours after the fact. Use a cuticle trimmer and be careful.

Mongrel · « **Reply #509 on:** August 22, 2013, 05:03:07 AM »

I used to use an electric on my nose hears but it was cheap and would cut up the inside of my nose. I actually pluck now. A bit painful, but I'm used to it now and lets me go way longer between "trim sessions". If I don't, I have monstrous nose hair that constantly tickles me from inside my face, which drives me fucking CRAZY. But it's tedious and I can miss hairs, so I could potentially be interested in an electric again if it was REALLY good.

Classic · « **Reply #510 on:** August 22, 2013, 05:28:41 AM »

I've heard that plucking those hairs is bad because they're helpful to your body's immune system.

Mongrel · « **Reply #511 on:** August 22, 2013, 05:51:35 AM »

Well, your nose hairs are a filter.

I don't pluck everything, just the long ornery ones that I feel constantly. The problem is that that's most of them, LOL.

Büge · « **Reply #512 on:** August 23, 2013, 05:59:25 AM »

Why is it that people say you can find anything on the internet but I can't find that episode of Beat The Geeks with the KISS Geek anywhere?

Joxam · « **Reply #513 on:** August 23, 2013, 09:19:21 AM »

Narrowed it down to season two episode 42. It's in your hands now.

Büge · « **Reply #514 on:** August 23, 2013, 01:07:56 PM »

I know the episode.

I just can't find it anywhere.

Thad · « **Reply #515 on:** August 31, 2013, 03:44:10 PM »

...so I've been talking about wanting to find someone who can fix CRT's for WEEKS now and for some reason my wife never thought to mention that oh yeah her stepdad did that for a living for a number of years.

Fortunately he's visiting and I happened to ask somebody about it while he was in earshot. He says he'll check it out for me tomorrow.

Ocksi · « **Reply #516 on:** September 10, 2013, 06:06:30 AM »

I'm fairly sure R^2 is the only professional cook and Mothra is the only Bostonian here, but if anyone does desserts professionally in the Boston area and is looking for work in an upscale restaurant, I have a friend in "hire on the spot" need, as their dessert guy walked out this morning.

R^2 · « **Reply #517 on:** September 10, 2013, 07:39:00 AM »

And here I just signed a six-month lease.

Beat Bandit · « **Reply #518 on:** September 11, 2013, 12:18:38 AM »

I need a bagless vacuum. Preferably one that isn't huge and is pretty inexpensive. I don't really know anything about which companies have the best performance or longevity.

Anyone have specific or company suggestions?

Brentai · « **Reply #519 on:** September 11, 2013, 02:55:04 AM »

The only vacuums I've actually been pleased with are from Dyson, but that's probably going to fail pretty hard in the "inexpensive" column.

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