The "I just bought..." thread.

[MrSquished]

I bought 10' of 1" wire sheathing for 12 bucks. My desk has a ton of shit going on. On each side it looked like the first photo. And just 10' of sheathing did a decent job of a bit of tidiness. I used to have it all kinda neater with velcro straps but I reorganized and added and upgraded too much shit and let it slide.

The mouse and keyboard are hooked up to a USB switch so I can go back and forth between a XIM Apex to play M&K on my XBox and back to my desktop, which adds a lot of clutter. Also have an Amp and a Schiit DAC connected via optical. The XBox of course. Two speakers connected to the PC and by speaker wire to each other.

Also a turntable that connects to my PC via USB for recording from all the way on the other side. Also multiple pairs of wired headphones, including Senns with a ModMic for Xbox, and a Senn headset for PC gaming. Plus a pair of Beyers and a pair of JVC cans. And below the desk is the FIOS converter, the desk also houses the router. A lot to handle. A wireless mouse will help a little bit. Got some smaller sheathing coming to finish it up. My brain feels fucking cleaner though.

My footrests get so dirty every week as I have a dog and a cat and I walk around in socks and pick all that stuff up and just put it there. I vacuum too much. Need a wireless Dyson stick, but too pricey.

 

[sdifox]

I bought 10' of 1" wire sheathing for 12 bucks. My desk has a ton of shit going on. On each side it looked like the first photo. And just 10' of sheathing did a decent job of a bit of tidiness. I used to have it all kinda neater with velcro straps but I reorganized and added and upgraded too much shit and let it slide.

The mouse and keyboard are hooked up to a USB switch so I can go back and forth between a XIM Apex to play M&K on my XBox and back to my desktop, which adds a lot of clutter. Also have an Amp and a Schiit DAC connected via optical. The XBox of course. Two speakers connected to the PC and by speaker wire to each other.

Also a turntable that connects to my PC via USB for recording from all the way on the other side. Also multiple pairs of wired headphones, including Senns with a ModMic for Xbox, and a Senn headset for PC gaming. Plus a pair of Beyers and a pair of JVC cans. And below the desk is the FIOS converter, the desk also houses the router. A lot to handle. A wireless mouse will help a little bit. Got some smaller sheathing coming to finish it up. My brain feels fucking cleaner though.

My footrests get so dirty every week as I have a dog and a cat and I walk around in socks and pick all that stuff up and just put it there. I vacuum too much. Need a wireless Dyson stick, but too pricey.

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Normal people just learn to not see it.

 

[MrSquished]

Normal people just learn to not see it.

I'll proudly be abnormal if that means tidying everything, including eyesore wiring

 

[manly]

HP X32 monitor
Meta Quest 2

Both are gathering dust.

 

[IronWing]

Finchville, mmm

 

[IronWing]

Stone lettering set

 

[VirtualLarry]

https://www.amazon.com/Kontax-Tensegrity-Table-by/dp/B098XSYJ31/

Anyone buy this thing?

 

[Stiff Clamp]

a variety of military surplus bags (czech, serbian, romanian), some are vinyl for rain-shedding.

also a roll-up mat for shooting from the prone position - no more wallowing in filth

 

[sdifox]

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Stone lettering set

I knew this was you!

 

[herm0016]

10.8 kw Canadian solar panels. Micro inverters, grid tie.

Sent from my Pixel 6 using Tapatalk

 

[Red Squirrel]

Nice. I have 4 of the 340w ones I need to tie in to my shed's existing 400w system. Long term goal is to build a deck pergola that is higher than the house roof (so I can get sun all day) and put them flat on that but price of lumber makes that prohibitive so need to buy and setup a sawmill first. Was going to use Unistrut to build a temp structure but even that is insane expensive now. So think I will get some 12 foot logs in the bush and use that along with some existing 2x2's I have on hand and rig something together. Then use concrete blocks as ballast. I don't want to tie into the deck yet as I don't have immediate plans where/how I would build the pergola. I'm even thinking I can probably set it up next to the shed. Maybe even keep it permanent there. It would just be a structure I walk under to get to the other side.

In a perfect scenario I would place them vertical facing south so I don't have to take snow off them every morning but my yard is just too small for that, I don't really get any sun except for high up past the roof line.

 

[skyking]

very cool Herm!

 

[Charmonium]

Finally, a new and this time pre-built rig. Don't know shit about the new chip but supposedly I can do 24 threads for WCG. Plus I still have all the parts for Ryzen based HTPC

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B4SHMBY1

 

[lxskllr]

Spendy. The sales tax on that machine is half what I spent on my last computer :^D

 

[Red Squirrel]

Going to need to get the hole saw out if you want some cooling!

 

[MrSquished]

20% off coupon at Backcountry made this a good purchase. Outdoor research Helium jacket with 800+ down. Super light, tough material. Just sold a Patagonia Down Jacket so wasn't much of an outlay (that is definitely not me)

 

[Charmonium]

Spendy. The sales tax on that machine is half what I spent on my last computer :^D

Really? For NJ, sales tax is about $140. But since I use Amazon's credit card, I do get a chunk of that back.

 

[lxskllr]

6% tax in MD. My last computer was a Dell refurb from microcenter. I paid $250 for it :^D It's not much of a computer, but it does everything I want. I don't really game anymore. The occasional old game is about it. Something would have to be very exceptional to get me to buy it with drm and the other nonsense that comes with games, never mind needing to be run on debian. The most strenuous thing I do is transcode audio files, and a gen4 I5 is more than sufficient for that. I also like using something that was already manufactured. One less piece of junk to go to the dump; for awhile anyway.

 

[Charmonium]

6% tax in MD. My last computer was a Dell refurb from microcenter. I paid $250 for it :^D It's not much of a computer, but it does everything I want. I don't really game anymore. The occasional old game is about it. Something would have to be very exceptional to get me to buy it with drm and the other nonsense that comes with games, never mind needing to be run on debian. The most strenuous thing I do is transcode audio files, and a gen4 I5 is more than sufficient for that. I also like using something that was already manufactured. One less piece of junk to go to the dump; for awhile anyway.

Thx. I hear you. I'm similar in terms of my usage. The only reason I went for I9-10900 chip was for the crunching I do for World Community Grid.

 

[snoopy7548]

20% off coupon at Backcountry made this a good purchase. Outdoor research Helium jacket with 800+ down. Super light, tough material. Just sold a Patagonia Down Jacket so wasn't much of an outlay (that is definitely not me)

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ATOT selfie thread is that way ---->

 

[waffleironhead]

REESE'S Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups Snack Size Candy (206.8 oz., 375 pc.) - Sam's Club (samsclub.com)
~$50 worth of reeses cups
(not for me, its an an outlet for my kids to spend their chore money)

 

[Kaido]

Normal people just learn to not see it.

I call it being "hoard blind". Sort of like those old Febreze commercials where the product would make you nose-blind to their stinky surroundings...our brain is an energy manager; when we see a mess, we realize we have to think about where everything goes, figure out how we want the home-location blueprint to be for each item, and then put in the work to moving it all to clean up, and our brain simply nopes out of it. In the ADHD world we call these "doom bags", i.e. "Didn't Organize, Only Moved" lol, aka "doom boxes":

Why People On TikTok Are Calling Out 'Doom Boxes' As A Sign Of ADHD

Doom boxes and doom bags are having a moment on TikTok.

www.yourtango.com

So rather than dealing with a visual mess & limited accessibility to our stuff, our brain does the same thing it does to our ability to see our nose: it blanks it out! So we go hoard-blind & don't "see" the mess of wires (or messy closet, drawers, boxes, bags, etc.) anymore. Way back when I was a wee lad in Boy Scouts, there was an old widow lady who was going to get evicted because she was a hoarder, so we had a service project to clean out her house. It took no less than THREE dumpsters to get it all chucked!

I can still remember the smell...there were paths carved in the rooms from the waist-high piles of "stuff" in the rooms. We found dead cats & rodents as well pulled stuff out. Typically those types of behavior happen due to things like trauma, mental illness, etc. & so things pile up & people's brains shut them off from "seeing" the reality of their hoard, just like how our brains turn off our ability to see our nose or feel our tongue in our mouths, just to a stronger degree of invisibility than most people.

Which is also the problem with depression hoards, which I've gone through cyclically myself...you don't have the energy to deal with crap, so you just ignore it (either via apathy or internal resistance, which feels like a mousetrap hammer pushing you back from doing the simple job of spending a few minutes cleaning up). The reality of life is that everything is pretty simple...follow the checklist, get the result...but it's not really about how fast or easy or simple or quick things are, it's about how much energy we have available to expend effort on doing things we "have" to do, combined with what system we choose to use to maintain the state that we desire (ex. a chores checklist). When you don't have the energy or system to support doing simple things, life tends to fall apart pretty quickly!

When we have the energy to do stuff, life is pretty simple. When we combine that with a system that supports the specific state we want to live in, life gets efficient! I call the barriers to doing that "ACE Resistance":

1. Agency
2. Clarity
3. Energy

First step is using our free agency to decide if we care about a particular situation or not & then to decide what we want for it. So in the case of organizing desk wires, we first have to decide if we care enough about it invest in a solution (money, time, thinking, effort, etc.). Then we have to design a blueprint & execute the solution to get it to where it needs to be. But it doesn't stop there! Then we need to maintain that solution. So it's like AA...first we have to recognize that we have a problem. Without that crucial first step, things stay the way they are!

Second step is that clarity aspect...what's the problem? How do we want to deal with it? How do we want to maintain it? Managing stuff requires cleaning, repairs, supplies (batteries, food, etc.). It's not a one-shot solution because we need to not only design the blueprint, but also maintain the blueprint! Which leads to the third step: energy! Once we accept that we have a problem that needs to be dealt with & then define some clarity around what we want & how to deal with it over time, we need the energy to do that initial setup (setting up wire sheathing, purging a hoard, etc.) & then we also need the energy to maintain that state...dusting off our computer stuff, doing chores to keep our house clean, etc.

I've struggled with energy issues for most of my life & have been through what I call Hoarding Lite™ multiple times...I just didn't have the energy to deal with simple stuff or the mental clarity to get organized. Brain fog & low energy are powerful inhibitors, haha! It's been interesting to watch some episodes of the Hoarder's TV show, as it seems to primarily be an issue with different types of trauma, mental health issues, or low energy issues coupled with lack of a personal support system, just to a more extreme level that affects the basic functionality of their day-to-day living.

Anyway, I should probably order some wire sheathing too lol

 

[BoomerD]

Replaced our almost 7 year old Neato XV series "dumb" robot vacuum. While it still worked, the screen had died so it could no longer be programed. I got this during a sale...PLUS, after chatting with their customer service, I got an additional 20% off...making this one about $20 more than I paid for the original XV series back in 2015.

 

[nOOky]

20% off coupon at Backcountry made this a good purchase. Outdoor research Helium jacket with 800+ down. Super light, tough material. Just sold a Patagonia Down Jacket so wasn't much of an outlay (that is definitely not me)

I have the hooded version of that in black. It's been around the world with me. It's light, warm, packable, just not water-proof. Very warm though.

 

[MrSquished]

I have the hooded version of that in black. It's been around the world with me. It's light, warm, packable, just not water-proof. Very warm though.

Love hearing a testimonial like that. Outdoor Research is one of the better outdoor brands for sure. I have a hooded Rab down jacket so went without the hoodie so it can dress up a bit more when needed. Shit I wish I could afford the hooded version too of the Helium but hell no.

Outdoor Research. Kuhl. Patagonia. Big Agnes. Gregory. Osprey. Prana. Marmot. Vasque. Salomon (though I heard their hiking shoes quality has dropped off). Icebreaker. Smartwool. 66 North. Kelty & Eureka for some stuff. Their stuff lasts forever.

Love them all. I have not yet tried Fjallraven because while some of the clothing looks amazing, it's just too pricey.