The official "Look what I gots!" purchases thread

Asphyxia · 25-01-2011 02:46PM

I picked up a few bits while I was out and about but this is my favorite!

The Bartender's Book. It was 15.99 but I got it for 4.50 thanks to my sister's boyfriend who works there

Having friends stay at the weekend so planning on making some fancy drinks with the help of this book

Carl Sagan · 25-01-2011 04:42PM

It's huge and the writing is tiny :pac:

TrustedApple · 25-01-2011 07:11PM

With out the red dots on it

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Got this on the cheap

Also got this at TNA Wrestling last night

Ricky91t · 26-01-2011 01:52AM

Jackobyte wrote: »

I'm going to wait until they do normal SSD's in HDD sizes at non-ridiculous prices. :P

You'll be waiting a looooooooooooooooooooong time :pac:

A 32GB SSD is about 80 euro, that's 30 more than a 500gb HDD :P

Adriatic · 26-01-2011 10:24PM

Ricky91t wrote: »

You'll be waiting a looooooooooooooooooooong time :pac:

A 32GB SSD is about 80 euro, that's 30 more than a 500gb HDD :P

Is it worth the extra price for the average broke person?

Ricky91t · 27-01-2011 12:54AM

Adriatic wrote: »

Is it worth the extra price for the average broke person?

I'm the average broke person, And only got it due to knowing that I was getting some money over christmas.

There's advantages and disadvantages. My oringal HDD was slow and I needed to upgrade so this was 50 ish more and I decided I'd take the chance and get it.

It performs a lot better, Way quicker boot (30 seconds differnce on OSX) and resource intensive programs open very quickly too.

I find it's good for me, But I used Photoshop, after effect, FCP and alot of programs that make use of this.

Jackobyte · 27-01-2011 01:07AM

Ricky91t wrote: »

I'm the average broke person, And only got it due to knowing that I was getting some money over christmas.

There's advantages and disadvantages. My oringal HDD was slow and I needed to upgrade so this was 50 ish more and I decided I'd take the chance and get it.

It performs a lot better, Way quicker boot (30 seconds differnce on OSX) and resource intensive programs open very quickly too.

I find it's good for me, But I used Photoshop, after effect, FCP and alot of programs that make use of this.

I ran Photoshop Cs5 (64-bit) for the first time on my new laptop tonight and it was so fast compared to my old one and I'm only on a 7200rpm HDD(though I do have a decent graphics card and processor). On an SSD, it'd be ridiculous. :P

Ricky91t · 28-01-2011 10:54PM

Jackobyte wrote: »

I ran Photoshop Cs5 (64-bit) for the first time on my new laptop tonight and it was so fast compared to my old one and I'm only on a 7200rpm HDD(though I do have a decent graphics card and processor). On an SSD, it'd be ridiculous. :P

Yeah, that's the one thing with windows, even win 7, After a while the start up time will get slower over time, Maybe not on your machine (cause I think I saw it in this thread and it's pretty decent) but for a lot of them. I installed windows 7 about 4 times on my dell over the space of 9 months, because it was getting slow :pac:

Jackobyte · 28-01-2011 11:25PM

Ricky91t wrote: »

Yeah, that's the one thing with windows, even win 7, After a while the start up time will get slower over time, Maybe not on your machine (cause I think I saw it in this thread and it's pretty decent) but for a lot of them. I installed windows 7 about 4 times on my dell over the space of 9 months, because it was getting slow :pac:

It has noticeable changed since I got it. The time the boot-splash shows hasn't changed but after login the time before you can perform actions has changed substancially but I'm going to blame it on the 40gb of video I currently have on it for a video project since I haven't installed a huge amount of programs. When I'm finished with that project, I'll move the files to a hard drive and see if that speed changes then.

challengemaster · 28-01-2011 11:44PM

Considering I finally have all my archery stuff, i think a post here is in order

This in cobalt blue (Riser)

Limbs

Sight

arrows

Coeurdepirate · 29-01-2011 02:36PM

Colm! · 29-01-2011 05:25PM

On that note^

120g Aero Mint bar.
It's €1.

..I think I'll have to say hello to obesity. delicious, minty, obesity.

Coeurdepirate · 29-01-2011 11:22PM

Colm! wrote: »

On that note^

120g Aero Mint bar.
It's €1.

..I think I'll have to say hello to obesity. delicious, minty, obesity.

My local Londis is selling that and Centra is selling like every flavour of Milka. Love my life, even if I do end up as a fat hairy man who tries to meet teenagers through the internet.

Adriatic · 30-01-2011 02:25AM

I got a Nikon film camera but I can't change the aperture on my lens, it's stuck at f22 because new cameras change it in camera but ye olde Nikon needs an aperture ring, I took those photos myself that's the actual camera and I use photoshop CS5 too Ricky91t.

Jackobyte · 30-01-2011 02:31AM

Adriatic wrote: »

I got a Nikon film camera but I can't change the aperture on my lens, it's stuck at f22 because new cameras change it in camera but ye olde Nikon needs an aperture ring, I took those photos myself that's the actual camera and I use photoshop CS5 too Ricky91t.

I'm still waiting to get a film cam off a family friend. He gave me all the equipment for self development and said he had an SLR to give me almost a year ago and said he'd show me how to do it all but never has.

Pigwidgeon · 30-01-2011 06:51PM

A potato ricer. Makes the best mashed potatoes ever, no lumps for me. Nom nom nom.

Carl Sagan · 01-02-2011 10:28PM

:pac: Om nom nom

kev_s88 · 01-02-2011 10:38PM

booked myself in for a summer of fun in America

woooooooo J1! :cool:

Asphyxia · 04-02-2011 08:16PM

I bought this today

I've been glued to it for the past couple of hours putting music on it and getting some apps.

I know a friend who works in the store I purchased it from so I got it for 85 euro

Thank you K

It came with a 2GB SD card as well.

Delighted

seanbmc · 04-02-2011 09:15PM

kev_s88 wrote: »

booked myself in for a summer of fun in America woooooooo J1! :cool:

Jealous

Ricky91t · 04-02-2011 11:20PM

Adriatic wrote: »

I got a Nikon film camera but I can't change the aperture on my lens, it's stuck at f22 because new cameras change it in camera but ye olde Nikon needs an aperture ring, I took those photos myself that's the actual camera and I use photoshop CS5 too Ricky91t.

Nice camera, and nice pics of it too!

cork*girl · 05-02-2011 01:38AM

kateos2 wrote: »

A potato ricer. Makes the best mashed potatoes ever, no lumps for me. Nom nom nom.

Where did you get this

my dad loves his mash, I'd say he would appreciate a device like this!

Pigwidgeon · 05-02-2011 01:44AM

cork*girl wrote: »

Where did you get this my dad loves his mash, I'd say he would appreciate a device like this!

In tesco. Think it was about a tenner, but it's 3 for 2 on stuff like that at the moment

suitcasepink · 05-02-2011 12:05PM

kateos2 wrote: »

In tesco. Think it was about a tenner, but it's 3 for 2 on stuff like that at the moment

Totally Off Topic this<.<
Butttttt I think you should have a place in your blog for different purchases related to cooking! I love looking at the different things you got tbh :P Like that, or those icing markers or when you were making that massive cupcake and the special tins/mould for that!

Coz yea you always buy really cool cooking thingsys that I didnt even know existed!

Pigwidgeon · 05-02-2011 01:23PM

deise_girl wrote: »

Totally Off Topic this<.<
Butttttt I think you should have a place in your blog for different purchases related to cooking! I love looking at the different things you got tbh :P Like that, or those icing markers or when you were making that massive cupcake and the special tins/mould for that!
Coz yea you always buy really cool cooking thingsys that I didnt even know existed!

That's actually a good idea I'll probably do it

although the giant cupcake I did wasn't proper I just doubled my usual mixture and made it in a cake tin and iced it. I plan on getting a proper mould at some point, the only one I've seen that wasn't silicone was like €45!

seanbmc · 06-02-2011 08:37PM

Went to Dundrum today, pretty sweet place, just kind of a confusing layout. Went to Urban Outfitters and got a pair of Cheap Mondays for 20 quid, can't really go wrong

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shefellover93 · 10-02-2011 06:08PM

Got a pair of 7A's in Crowleys. Badly needed a new pair of sticks!

flyswatter · 10-02-2011 10:14PM

shefellover93 wrote: »

Got a pair of 7A's in Crowleys. Badly needed a new pair of sticks!

How do you find them?

I'm usually a Vic Firth man myself but I've owned a pair of Vater New Orleans Jazz sticks before, I think I broke one of them, tends to happen from time to time. :P

shefellover93 · 11-02-2011 07:35PM

flyswatter wrote: »

How do you find them?

I'm usually a Vic Firth man myself but I've owned a pair of Vater New Orleans Jazz sticks before, I think I broke one of them, tends to happen from time to time. :P

Just started using em, they're fierce light, and not really suited to the style I'm playing. But I love to bate the bejsus out of the kit so it doesn't really matter, and it's handy for the faster parts. I had a pair of vater's before which were handy enough but at only €11.50 I thought I'd give those ones a go. Probably be broken by the end of the month but sher...:pac:

Ricky91t · 13-02-2011 12:05AM

shefellover93 wrote: »

Got a pair of 7A's in Crowleys. Badly needed a new pair of sticks!

I thought these were chopsticks *facepalm*

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