's alright @cb-saint , am cooking a beef bourguignon and have necked the left over Burgundy on top of the Amstel 4 pack while listening to todays footie on 5 live. Nice.
I have 50p with young teenage mutant on a Lincoln win btw.
Not so much a gadget, more a bit of software I picked up that allows you to do pixel art. I am still a child daubing with crayons, of course, but Iām having tremendous fun learning the ropes. I said to @intiniki in another post that constraint begets creativity, and it really does. Iām playing with vast sprite sizes and palettes compared to the graphics people of the early 80s, but 32x32 still really aināt a lot. Itās enough, especially with Asesprite.
I love things that do a single job really well. Iāve often suspected the hybrid. TV/Videos, Midi systems, Washer Dryers, Pub restaurants were all shit. It was only when we started getting smartphones and their successors that we actually had successful hybrids, and even then, thereās a case to be made that each app is just a single thing doing a single job.
Itās purpose built for pixel art. You can load palettes from loads of old consoles and computers, so if you want to make a SNES era version of your missus, you can. I cannot promise that sheāll be very happy with the results.
I actually bought one of these on your recommendation. It works. Thanks
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Received these today.
https://www.flareaudio.com/collections/isolate-mini
Bit of an upgrade to the ones Iāve had for several years. Hoping they deliver. Bring on the gigs.
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Got a PS4 Pro over the weekend, bringing my total of PS4 purchases to three. The girls have the older units. Itās nowhere near as powerful as it needs to be to run everything at 4k. Thereās a lot of smoke and mirrors used to achieve 4k when it does, but even so, a tremendously good machine for Ā£350.
Two things Iāve been playing with this week:
Got a bit of a pen\knife thing going on at the moment:
CRKT Ryan Seven pocket knife
Tactile Turn Slider Pen
Iāve only just started writing.
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Some recommendations please from you techy lot.
My 4 year old nexus 10 is dead. Iāve tried all the suggestions on line to resuscitate it but itās not working.
So what non Apple 10 inch tablet gets your vote. Like to use it on holidays and playing films/tv shows.
My 6 year old laptop is also on itās way out. Any non Apple suggestion for a replacement would be appresciated. I dont do gaming and just really use it for photos and internet.
For your new tablet, if only a ten inch will satisfy you, go for the Google Pixel. Stock Android, which means you get fast updates and you donāt have to put up with manufacturersā attempts at differentiation. Only downer is that it doesnāt have SD expansion, but then neither did your Nexus 10. Around Ā£480.
If you can cope with eight inches, I am very happy with my nVidia Shield (2015). Nice and cheap. 169UKP for the tablet itself. Expect to spend another 40 notes on a 128Gb SD card and case.
Laptop wise, take a look at the Dell XPS 13. I bought one for the eldest for Uni and she raves about it. Very light and capable for what youāre after. About a grand.
Those new Microsoft Surface Books are very nice too. Pricey (around Ā£1200-2000+), but youād kill two birds with one stone. Itās a tablet and computer, and its getting very impressive reviews.
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I rescued the mega charger @goatboy recommended from my room in Southampton.
Charging five USBs damn quickly, my only reservation is the brand name.
Anker.
Itās emblazoned on the side of the product, and itāll only take a wag with a silver pen a W to cast aspersions about my attic activities.
And donāt try convincing me that itāll never happen because no-one is childish enough to do that. Iām planning the exact same trick if I ever see the Goatās charger in the wild 
+1, pap.
Iāve got loads of anker products in various sizes and charging capabilities. They are great. Would certainly recommend.
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Can you bring them to your next pub visit?
Iāll bring my silver pen
If youāre ok spending Ā£600 the Xperia z4 has probably the best screen, 2k stunning picture. Only 6.1mm thick and 393g.
This lot will chuck in the keyboard and guarantee the latest Android system installed.
Used them before and found them very helpful.
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The xperia is also lovely.
SD card expansion available and all.
Got a DroiboxMXG. For 30 notes, itās a genuinely astonishing machine. Itās basically Android on your TV. Kodi lightning fast. Full HD. Decent browser performance.
Just got myself one of these. Itās the pap of the torch world. Tiny but gives out loads.
Olight S1 Baton. Like the magnetic endcap. The output is amazing from such a small torch. Easy to scroll through the functions too.
I like.
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Easy to scroll through the functions??? has it got google maps or something?
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What do you do with all this stuff Goat, are you like a James Bond or something?
ā¦or a serial killer
Just the one button which operates multiple functions: 3 different power outputs, moonlight mode, strobe, plus timer function.