stars wars trilogy
dragon age orgins for 360
left 4 dead 2
money couple books i havent opened yet
handle of jim beam
gift basket of turkey, honey ham, other food
I got a cutting board and decent knife from girlfriend, plus this weird bendable mini tripod called a gorilla pod for my camera, it's weird but useful.
tonight will probably be all money and blanket/pillow
post by FuckIsMySignature at Dec 24,2009 11:19am edited Dec 24,2009 11:19am
this is the first xmas i will actually be happy to receive socks and any useful clothing.
They emulate barefoot walking. Huge rubber soles can weaken your feet and calves and throw off your balance. I usually work out barefoot but when I go to the gym back at school, I need to wear some sort of footwear.
i keep buyin myself new games for the 360 and not playing them cuz i'm still addicted to Call of Duty. maybe i should just buy more copies of call of duty
post by C.DEAd at Dec 24,2009 12:16pm
Bought myself the Orange Box for 360, Painkiller- "Execution Ground" dbl cd and Ulver-"Shadows of the Sun" cd. I am happy enough with those stellar purchases.
i keep buyin myself new games for the 360 and not playing them cuz i'm still addicted to Call of Duty. maybe i should just buy more copies of call of duty
All my pants had holes in them from work so my mom bought me a few new pairs of jeans. I haven't opened any gifts yet but I'm guessing I'll get more cool shit the day after Christmas because I'll probably go up to Providence and do some shopping.
a new house to rent. we are leaving a small 2 bedroom house, wifey and I were in the living room, the kitchen is huge but useless, the bathroom is more like an outhouse, has old drafty windows all this for 625$/month!
the new place is a 5 bedroom, nice kitchen, 2 car garage, huge loft upstairs which means wifey and I will have a door on our room, has new windows all around, all this and more for 700$ a month
how are they gay? they've got nothing but positive feedback on photography-on-the.net which is the only site that I looked at for reviews of these batteries.
how are they gay? they've got nothing but positive feedback on photography-on-the.net which is the only site that I looked at for reviews of these batteries.
not that it matters much as if I need them to last longer or provide more power I have 8AA external packs to use on each flash.
post by the_reverend at Dec 24,2009 3:57pm edited Dec 24,2009 3:57pm
Eneloops are low discharge batteries and if left unused will have more power in them after 6 months then will Powerex batteries. However, if both are used immediately or shortly after charging Powerex 2500/2700NIMH would last longer since they have more power to start with.
I have both batteries and mainly use Powerex in my D300 grip & SB-900 flash. I also have a battery tester and test the extra batteries I take with me. If I didn.t do any charging before leaving I will always take at least 1 set of eneloops because they loose less charge just sitting around.
Normally, I use the eneloops for weather radios, LED flashlights & small lanterns that sit for long times between use & charge.
those external packs are worthless too if you get powerex 2700's. You will end up just melting your flash. Oh that's right.. nikon's flashing system is better than canon's. How could I forget.
post by porphyria at Dec 24,2009 4:39pm
Canon speedlights work okay for me, I'd rather use actual strobes over speedlights for anything I do. Besides, a picky-ass bitch could find something wrong with Nikon speedlights if they wanted to.
It's recommended not to shoot more than 20 continuous flashes. I almost never shoot at full power with my speedlights, nor would I ever spray more than 2-4 shots at a time anyways. The packs I mainly need to extend the life.
I have TONS of problems with nikon's flashes. I'm just glad that I don't use canon cause I would find even more things wrong with them I'm sure. I usually shoot manual 1/16 since I shoot ISO 1600 for everything. I would probably never use strobes. I would just use flashes and CLS unless I was in a studio. Still, I would wish that the strobes did CLS. I have another SB-900 on my xmas list.
saw this somewhere:
"If you have your flash hooked up to an external power source like a Quantum Turbo and shoot burst mode, Canon's set up will shut the flash down if it gets to a certain temperature. Nikon's will not....yep....it will physically melt. Now, whether this happens in a mixed manufacture mode, I don't know. Depends where they put the circuitry to take care of all that.....however, because they fixed it in the SB900, I have to assume it's all in the flash."
"".....however, because they fixed it in the SB900" - you give too much credit to Nikon for the SB-900 melt down fix. All what they did they installed a temperature sensor and logic that will shut down the flash when the tube/head gets too hot. This logic can be disabled and the SB-900 will melt down as quickly as the SB-800 or even faster.
The SB-900 has a bigger flash head, but otherwise is not much better than the SB-800 as far as the heat resistance or flash "rugedness" is concerned."
post by porphyria at Dec 24,2009 5:05pm
I got a PW FlexTT5 so I could trigger my strobes + have a speedlight still connected to the camera.
you are right about the nikon temp thing. It's great and sucky that you can fry your SB-800's easily. But that is wrong about the temp-sensor. The themo is in the battery compartment and not on the tube. The SB-900 turns off way before it would over heat. Kind of pisses me off.
I got a PW FlexTT5 so I could trigger my strobes + have a speedlight still connected to the camera.
we're ruining this thread. awesome!
So you can control different flashes and change their modes from that? Like say you want
1) flash/strobe at M 1/32
2) flash/strobe at iTTL -2.5
3) flash/strobe at M 1/64
and then you change your mind and want
1) flash/strobe at M 1/8
2) flash/strobe at A - 2/3
3) flash/strobe at iTTL + 1.3
etc... with just changing things on the back of your camera?
post by porphyria at Dec 24,2009 6:07pm
ideally yes, but for me, just to trigger the strobes. of course the 580 connected to the camera would still maintain ETTL, ect. You're suppose to be able to control modes/power wirelessly to all your speedlights but supposedly there's an issue with RF interference from the speedlight which causes misfires. Not sure if that's been taken care of yet, I heard they were supplying something to wrap around your flash as a temporary solution but I didn't get one with my TT5 so maybe it's fixed. I would need all my other PW's to be either the FlexTT5's or the mini's with hot-shoe connectors on the top... I use 4 Plus II's and a MultiMax.
my dad got me a bass micro cube, awesome! although this pretty much means im contractually obligated to play steely dan songs w him at every family gathering now
A Stewie dashboard mount and a Simpsons book of some sort (Planet Simpson, I think it's called) from my older bro
A new computer chair from my dad
Heavenly Sword and King of Fighters XII for the PS3 from....well, technically me, but I said they were from my little bro (He's broke this year. College student.)
My dad's going to get us all more stuff, he just really didn't have time for the real Christmas shopping yet.
a Presto Cool Daddy deep fryer, cozy slippers, a cup holder car organizer, my folks sent 500$ a week ago which RULED HARD cuz we needed to pay some bills.
Got my wife and daughter a Wii, which they are totally siked about, got wifey a mat that massges the back and has heat that you sit on in a chair. But really, moving into a bigger better palce is gonna rule
Clothes
Workout equipment
Sam Adams Winter Classics twelve rack (includes the Holiday Porter and the Old Fezziwig Ale, along with the regulars) nothing will beat this one
My dad got me the Hangover and Family Guy vol. 6 on DVD. A couple books. Some other cool stuff. My mom got me mostly cash and a new phone. My sister bought me five boxes of lemon cookies.
GREAT mouse! I would have one, but the button placement is very right hand dominant. As a lefty, I switch sides for some games, so I got the Lachesis instead. You're going to rip up every FPS you play. Switchable DPI buttons makes headshots easy as pie.
So far I got a box of mints, a guitar strap, and some cutting boards. Those are likely to be the good ones this year, too. I bought myself a Zune 120 to replace my 80, but as my other thread says it arrived with a busted hard drive.
ipod (my first ever)
socks
winter boots
$50 gift certificate to daddys
sweet multi layer jacket that makes me look mad gangsta
lots of bathroom supplies (a tradition in my family)
ipod (my first ever)
socks
winter boots
$50 gift certificate to daddys
sweet multi layer jacket that makes me look mad gangsta
lots of bathroom supplies (a tradition in my family)
i get a new bathroom reader book from my folks every year, my wife got me deoderant and shave gel
and I got MW2, L4D2, and Street fighter IV for 360...MAJOR WIN
Some guy who considers himself a genius of whiskeys wrote it. He basically tasted, evaluated, and rated over 3,000 different kinds of whiskeys from around the world and gives a very detailed description of how they taste. I know where large portions of my paychecks are going next year.
and I got MW2, L4D2, and Street fighter IV for 360...MAJOR WIN
Some guy who considers himself a genius of whiskeys wrote it. He basically tasted, evaluated, and rated over 3,000 different kinds of whiskeys from around the world and gives a very detailed description of how they taste. I know where large portions of my paychecks are going next year.
holy shit! yea, I def want that
post by blesssed offal at Dec 25,2009 8:22pm
i wanted the tick on dvd, and what i got was this weird live-action version of the tick with puddy from seinfeld playing the tick. its actually pretty awesome though
tons of socks!
2 pairs of identical gloves.
pin hole camera
1 bottle of reserve apple cider
1 bottle of special kaluha.
a bunch of home depot giftcards (for a new faucet/water purifier/front door lock)
a water bottle
a bottle of mead
some gormet popping corn
boxers
the office office supplies
post by reimroc at Dec 25,2009 8:32pm edited Dec 25,2009 8:32pm
total from all 3 parties/get-togethers I had this christmas.
socks
boxers
fleece pullover
nice striped sweater
2 new pairs of jeans
random stocking stuffer shit like gum/car freshener/new belt/candy
$100 cash
$50 amex gift card from work for keeping my cases under 30 for a month
$25 best buy gift card
and a ipod nano because my sister got a new 8GB ipod touch so she handed me her old 8GB nano.
tons of socks!
2 pairs of identical gloves.
pin hole camera
1 bottle of reserve apple cider
1 bottle of special kaluha.
a bunch of home depot giftcards (for a new faucet/water purifier/front door lock)
a water bottle
a bottle of mead
some gormet popping corn
boxers
the office office supplies
you listed mt gifts to you..LOL but forgot the lenses and "eating animals" and Patron tequila
Coffee table (I get to pick it out myself, so I technically don't have it yet)
Cookware
A little over $300 in cash and gift cards to almost every place in existence
The best ice cream scoop ever
Up DVD
Scrabble
Mandatory boxers, gloves, pajama pants...no socks though :(
MagnetiChess (I guess I have to learn how to play chess on a fridge now)
Glucosamine Sulfate (for my terrible knees)
Stupidest Things Ever Said calendar
And a few other stocking stuffers
My parents bought a Wii; figures I live over an hour away from them now so I can't regularly enjoy it, so I think presents to myself this year will include a Wii, Dark Days doctumentary (about the underground society underneath NYC subways, or "mole people"), The Office season 5 DVD and The Hangover DVD.
I'm going to pick one up that won't break when I put my feet on them after a hard day of sitting on my ass at work. That is my only criteria.
post by MikeOfDecrepitude at Dec 26,2009 11:28am edited Dec 26,2009 5:11pm
My sister and brother-in-law got me a Thergothon shirt and a diSEMBOWELMENT long sleeve. They are far and away the greatest people on this wretched planet.
Little big planet:goty edition
gift cards
monies
and my brother and I put a $25 cap on each others gift. So the faggot got me $25 worth of pennies individually wrapped in paper. Worst/best present ever.
Got my awesome sheets, the Stuff White People Like calendar from my little brother, and some new clothes.
that sounds like an awesome calendar! my mom gets me a calendar every xmas and this year i got THE ULTIMATE SPORTS MANIAC CALENDAR or something like that
A new job...as a Federal Officer working out of Seabrook, NH. Based at the nuke plant...FINALLY! Hooray for good pay and bennies!
post by gslice at Dec 27,2009 2:18pm
socks that are too small
underwear that are too big
pants that are too small (and pants that fit)
10 dvds of movies that I've never heard of (dollar store?)
a machete
a bitchin knife/brass knuckle combo from my brosef
a musical xmas tie
some sweet flannel shirts
a digitech wh4
hangover dvd from my gf's sister
arrested development season 3 from her brother
a third copy of blazing saddles from her parents (thats right, now I have three, two of them from her family)
psych season 2 and 3 from my gf
bones season 1-4 from my gf
some sweet vinyl from my gf
a red sparowes hoody from my gf
Thanks Pam. Rev, I may be working for Obama, but I don't know a soul that likes their boss.
I'm just happy that after all of the background investigations, PT (physical fitness) tests, and academic tests, psychological analysis and all of the other BS...I finally made it. I will keep you all as safe as I can, to include all hippy liberal douchebags.
post by Hoser at Dec 27,2009 5:16pm edited Dec 27,2009 5:19pm
"And from now on the first and last words to come out of your filthy sewers will be 'sir'!"
"Do you maggots understand that?!"
post by Hoser at Dec 27,2009 5:18pm edited Dec 27,2009 5:18pm
work shirts
pants
massive tupperware full of potato salad
hooded sweatshirt
High Life pub glasses
new George Foreman grill
Drudkh - Autumn Aurora, Songs of Grief and Solitude
Nile - In the Beginning...
Dodheimsgard - Kronet Til Konge
post by C.DEAd at Dec 28,2009 11:03am
Good year I must say.
Castlevania DS game
Korg synth program for DS
Borderlands for Xbox360......more addictive than crack
$$$
Fear Factory DVD
New Unearthly Trance
And the greatest t-shirt in existence given to me by the best GF evar....
yes, it is that green.
post by blessed offal at Dec 28,2009 11:22am
uriah heep + day of the dead t shirts, the tick dvd, dj shadow-entroducing lp, and i bought myself dawn of war: soulstorm
and I got MW2, L4D2, and Street fighter IV for 360...MAJOR WIN
Some guy who considers himself a genius of whiskeys wrote it. He basically tasted, evaluated, and rated over 3,000 different kinds of whiskeys from around the world and gives a very detailed description of how they taste. I know where large portions of my paychecks are going next year.
Late entry: My tasteful and worldly singer scored me a bottle of Ardbeg 10, which this guy (Jim Murray) called the best whisky in the world. I may have to concur. Fucking delicious.
