teh "what did you buy today"-thread

[Medic_wheat]

^^What cables?

Sorry wrong video.



Skip to the 12 minute mark. Unless you want to watch the whole thing.

[IvanBeavkov]

^^What cables?

These cables
http://www.hdretrovision.com/

They take the native RGB that comes out of a SNES or Genesis multi av out and convert it to component in the cable.

[Medic_wheat]

Well my wife bought it. But I just spent four hours putting it together so I am posting it lol. 

[Necromancer]

That's a pretty fancy coat hanger.

[Medic_wheat]

That's a pretty fancy coat hanger.

Honestly I dot think she will use it.


She is one of those naturally skinny people who never hands ounce of fat.


Then we had our first child and she feels fat with left over baby weight which honestly would make most women jealous if they had her body.  But no. My wife feels fat and wanted to work it. Something she has never done in her life. I told her to join a gym but she doesn't feel she would have time due to having a 9 month old.

So I said well buy something to help you work out at home. Which she did.  I don't see it being used. She has never had to work out or develop a work out plan. I could be wrong. But something. Tells me we got ourselves an expensive coat rack that in a year she will want to get ride of because seeing it never used makes her feel worse that she bought it.

[IvanBeavkov]

Well my wife bought it. But I just spent four hours putting it together so I am posting it lol. 

Your wife uses groupon too!?! I just put the same thing together this past weekend.

I did find out that it is not recommended to use the included grease for the axle but go buy a tube of White Lithium Grease otherwise it will start squeaking after a while.

To increase its chance of being used we positioned ours so the TV can be watched while using it.

[Medic_wheat]

Well my wife bought it. But I just spent four hours putting it together so I am posting it lol. 

Your wife uses groupon too!?! I just put the same thing together this past weekend.

I did find out that it is not recommended to use the included grease for the axle but go buy a tube of White Lithium Grease otherwise it will start squeaking after a while.

To increase its chance of being used we positioned ours so the TV can be watched while using it.

Lol we use grip on but I didn't think to check when we bought this.

I didn't know about the grease. Oh well.

My wife had the same idea about the TV. Who knows maybe she will use it while watching reality tv lol

[xelement5x]

Honestly, the main reason I go to the gym is so that I can watch anime/Netflix undisturbed by my family.  The building up endurance is a nice bonus, though I've been doing cardio for a loooong time and should probably switch to weights a bit, I really don't want to since you can't really lift and watch waifus. 

[nectarsis]

splatter with the hook up 

[PunkicCyborg]

I hosted Tampa's first annual retro game swap meet at the local Hackerspace. It had an awesome turn out and everyone had a lot of fun. Here's a pic from when everyone first started setting up

I got rid of a ton of crap and came home with some pretty sweet stuff!
from the top I got Macross Scramble Valkyrie, Joy Mech Fight, VR Troopers, Rampage World Tour, Adventure Island, Krion Conquest (finally!!!), Rally Bike, Bionic Commando, Freedom Force, Stinger, Battletoads, Pesterminator (messed up label but very rare unlicensed game), Phantom Fighter, Solomons Club (the game boy game), Vindicators and Skull and Crossbones

[Mathius]

^^I need to do a swap meet like you did, Evan. Indiana is barren regarding retro gaming conventions and meet ups. Maybe I'll do one in Lafayette (home of Purdue)

[PunkicCyborg]

^^I need to do a swap meet like you did, Evan. Indiana is barren regarding retro gaming conventions and meet ups. Maybe I'll do one in Lafayette (home of Purdue)

My friends and I started a local facebook group two years ago and has turned into an awesome local community. That's our platform for holding these events and regular meet ups. It's been great and I've made a lot of friends in the process

[Mathius]

^^I need to do a swap meet like you did, Evan. Indiana is barren regarding retro gaming conventions and meet ups. Maybe I'll do one in Lafayette (home of Purdue)

My friends and I started a local facebook group two years ago and has turned into an awesome local community. That's our platform for holding these events and regular meet ups. It's been great and I've made a lot of friends in the process

Thanks for the tip, buddy. Any others would be mighty helpful.

[johnnykonami]

Looks like something I'd like to attend!  Nice haul, too.

[xelement5x]

^^I need to do a swap meet like you did, Evan. Indiana is barren regarding retro gaming conventions and meet ups. Maybe I'll do one in Lafayette (home of Purdue)

My friends and I started a local facebook group two years ago and has turned into an awesome local community. That's our platform for holding these events and regular meet ups. It's been great and I've made a lot of friends in the process

Thanks for the tip, buddy. Any others would be mighty helpful.

There is a retro gaming Facebook group based up in Denver near me which is really good about building community instead of just "look wut I bought!" threads.  They do regular swap meets which is super cool but I've yet to go to one since Denver is a bit of a drive. 

Keeping a Facebook group active is a surprising amount of work, I am personally a bit amazed by how active the Denver one is.  There was also dramu too, which is funny.