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Foxhack wrote:

Are you strictly talking DVD or do you need Blu-Ray too? I had a bunch of Blu Rays that came in cases where they stacked the discs (mostly TV shows). This causes scratches so I bought a bunch of 4 and 6 disc Blu Ray cases from Ebay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256090880873

I ended up buying 3 orders of the 4 disc cases (multi-buy discount) and 1 order of the 6 disc cases. The guy was really cool and ended up sending me over 10 extra cases. He packed them well and they all arrived in good shape.

Not sure if this helps you or not but thought I'd share. It was so much cheaper than anything I had seen from online stores.

Foxhack wrote:

The ones from OMGcon would be full sized. We did a bunch of game-themed cases to put our program guides in. Have done Xbox style, ps2 style, bluray style.. if you need a lot, the board is looking to make room in the storage unit

Here's an example of the ps3 style one we did

https://www.paytonrigsby.com/omgcon

Ooh neat. I'll send you a PM later tonight, once I figure things out. Thanks. :)

I was listening to a video game soundtrack compilation. Music from Pokemon Colosseum was in there (the music from Pyrite Town). Brought me back almost 20 years. Played that game for much of the summer with a friend. Reminiscing about this is painful. But why? We had a great time. Why does nostalgia hurt so much?

nonamesleft wrote:

Because you can never have that moment again.

benstylus wrote:

I just wish our generation had more of our memories recorded. I had such an amazing experience in my adolescent years and prior, but 98% of it is only in my head. Those details get more and more jumbled over the years. Kids nowa days, their entire life is recoded.

There's a beauty of not having it all digital though either. Those are your memories, and how you chose (or not) to remember/cherish/anguish, all up to you and your brain.

That and, well some of the crap we did, I'm glad it's not recorded! Haha

Still, I can't help but live in the past more than I should. I miss the 90's!

benstylus wrote:
Sigh. You're right. Good times.

My definition of nostalgia: it hurts so good.

MrBean wrote:
I live WAY too much in the past than I should. Can't help it. Miss it so much. Just recalled a cold snowy day where my cousin and I were drinking milkshakes outside. We were freezing, and hiding behind garbage cans because we didn't want his brother to feel bad that he didn't have a milkshake.

You're right that there's a certain beauty to not trying to capture every moment on camera. Live in the moment. I think that trying to capture a moment to save for later takes away from the experience of the moment.

nonamesleft wrote:

It's like people at a concert or a race holding their phones out to record the excitement...

... instead of enjoying the excitement through their own eyes.

Don’t mind me with my 1000+ videos from concerts lol:

https://youtu.be/4TZ6s23zIfI?feature=shared


benstylus wrote:

Bleed_DukeBlue wrote:


There's nothing wrong with videoing, but there is something about not videoing too.

There's also something different about having a special spot to video from that is different than most others.

If you've got side-stage access, then you can get some unique footage. I get that.

But when there is a crowd of thousands waving their arms and hundreds of them holding up video cameras to get average footage and average sound that looks like 100 other people's average video and average sound that'll be on YouTube the next day anyhow, then it might make more sense to just enjoy the moment and watch...

My wife and I just got back from two weeks on Kauai. We have a timeshare in Princeville, so this was at least the 12th time we've been there. Except for special pictures like one or both of us doing something or seeing something unique to the current trip (like we were at Poipu when several turtles came ashore), I stopped using a camera years ago. On the other hand, almost every time I looked at my wife, she had her phone in front of her face taking a picture or video. At one point she even commented on how many times we have photographed or taken video of a particular spot and because of the weather we probably have better shots from a previous trip. When I got home and took her phone to transfer the files to the computer for editing, there were over 700 files. Several years ago, after a vacation, I would put the pictures into a digital photo frame for us to enjoy, but it really wasn't worth the effort.

Be honest with yourself, admit you'll never watch it, and delete your video of the Disney fireworks display.

Tony wrote:

haha, we all have 'em, and will never watch them ...

What I do appreciate more than anything though, is having pics/videos of the kids growing up. We have them displayed on smart devices / TVs and it's so awesome revisiting kid pics on a regular basis just to see how much they've grown in such a short time.

Whenever I go to shows, I usually take at least a couple 15-30 second videos of songs that I particularly enjoy, just to have that moment saved to revisit later. I don't really care if the quality is great or anything like that, as long as I can watch the video and get "transported" back to that moment so to speak. They never show up on YouTube or anything -- at most one will be posted to my Instagram story so my friends can see and that's it.

It is sort of annoying when folks are clearly only at the show as a way to gloat about an experience on social media though -- recoding every song, holding their phone in front of their face more than actually enjoying the performance they paid to see. But alas, that's the age we live in.

I actually regret not recording more stuff back in the day. I think back to all the Warped Tours I went to and wish I had videos of some of those sets now. Although I’ve recorded a ton of bands in the last three years, I still enjoy the shows at the same time, and it’s great going back and watching them again. The sound and video quality are often pretty good too. Phone cameras have come a long way. I do have a fair number of views on my YouTube channel, but I didn’t post there for clout. I was using it as a way of saving my concert videos in one place and making them accessible for me, and other people happened to appreciate it too, so that was cool. I’ve actually had some of the bands themselves reach out and thank me for recording their sets.

theJaw wrote:

MrBean wrote:
Yeah, family pics/videos are fun to see and reminisce.

I'm still going through old photo albums, scanning pictures that have meaning to me. I definitely agree with Tony that many of the old photos are worthless. Vacation pictures of sights and such... I just flip past them. People in pictures are more often worth saving for sure. Sometimes I save places I used to live as well and I have some connection to that. Also, because I barely remember it otherwise.

I'm also noticing the complete lack of pictures I have for certain people and times in my life too though. There can be too many pictures but also too few.

My grandmother traveled extensively and had 7-8 slide carousels full of her trips to Europe, The Holy Land, etc. When she died, I borrowed a friend's slide scanner and went through each of them. I only scanned and kept the pictures of her, Dad, and other family.

We make yearly scrapbooks through snapfish.. we have hundreds of photos that we narrow down to about 100 or so and put it in a book.. makes it easier to not have all those heavy ass photo albums...

Woke up this morning, signed onto work, fiance took the dog out into the yard to let her poop and pee. I hear "oh my god, get away from it" so I grab the leash thinking the dog is trying to get a squirrel or rabbit. I go out there and... nope, big old 8 point buck (at least I think 8... it was big) dead as hell in the fenced in yard. Animal control is called to cart the poor boy outta here but they send one dude in an SUV, so I offered to give the guy some help because he was struggling. A double struggle later, we get him in what is essentially this dude's trunk. Felt terrible for the goofily departed.

Animal control guy thinks he got hit by a car and somehow leaped the fence... I'm pretty sure the sky trumpets I was hearing last week dropped him there. Aliens.

shadyfozzie wrote:
Relative of mine did that for many years, maybe they still do.

It's amazing to see people who are adults now as kids back then.

So THAT'S what my brother and them saw some time awhile back.... Starlink satellites... Dunno if he and them ever figured it out, but I sure did point him in that direction cause I think he was giving me some conspiracy theory stuff...

If all goes well I'll have a new internet setup tomorrow afternoon. Way faster than before, for like $2 more a month. Whee.

HybridCRoW wrote:

It was pretty wild to see for the 10 minutes that preceded that fateful Google search. When my pal called me it was "dude you need to come out here, there are UFOs..."

First usb-c, now rcs, finally... Way to be slightly less dicks Apple.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/britneynguyen/2023/11...

Awhile back I got a bunch of pairs of the same exact sock. After they're washed I throw them all in a drawer. No need to sort them or look for pairs. Problem solved.

My brother was always talking about getting these hot dogs from the deli at Walmart for lunch during the week... $1.50 each... they're Nathan's Famous hot dogs... I saw some in the hot food section of the Walmart deli today and thought "Well he said they're damn good, so let's see how they are."

I grabbed 2 of them. They're actually good. didn't even bother to add ketchup, mustard, and such to them.

At Sam's you get a trough of pop to go with it for the same price.

Speaking of Walmart deli, at my local Walmart you can get a white meat chicken dinner for $4.97. It comes with a wing, a breast and a side. Good value. Alternatively you can buy a breast for $1.98, a wing for $1.48, and a side for $.98. Why do places do this? It happens far more often than it should. Is it a test to see how stupid or lazy the general population is?

I streamed a game on Twitch for the first time last night!

Unfortunately I didn't realize you had to opt-in for VOD recording so it's lost. :(

KCPenguins wrote:

No. They are paying for convenience.

lordly_llama wrote:

So you vote team lazy.

How do you equate lazy w/ convenience??

HybridCRoW wrote:

You still need to tell them what side you want, right?

How much more convenient is it to say "chicken meal with a side of mashed potatoes" than "chicken breast, wing, and a side of mashed potatoes"

Unless your time is worth 50 cents a syllable or more, then it's lazy or stupid instead of convenience.

MrBean wrote:

I wouldn't give TOO much credit to Apple here. They were pretty much forced to do USB-C by the EU Commission.

As far as RCS, there are two current theories (and both are probably somewhat true):

1. Google has been doing some advertising talking about how outdated Apple is because iMessage has to fall back to old SMS instead of RCS. Apple users don't like to hear that their stuff is outdated. For a while, Apple users would just go "Well, Android users without iMessage should just switch to Apple devices", but that is eventually growing old. People are starting to catch on that when an Apple users sends a video or image to an Android user, it looks like crap because of APPLE'S side, not the Android side. So I think this "Apple is outdated" advertising is working some. Supporting RCS allows Apple users to still keep using iMessage all they want and feel superior as long as they are talking to other Apple devices -- without being subject to the "you are outdated" talk when they do send to non-Apple users.

2. After just being forced to use USB-C, they may be trying to stay ahead of future regulations so that they don't seem forced into anything again. Granted, it is unlikely the EU would force RCS, but it still gets them ahead of potential future regulations that might somewhere else (like the USA).

So, again, I wouldn't give too much credit or thanks to Apple here. They still want to be as proprietary as possible (i.e. "dicks").

nonamesleft wrote:

That's pretty much what I have done, but I have two distinct sets of socks: one is for work, the other is for everything else. They're easy to tell apart.

citizen_zane wrote:
What's the difference between the work socks and non work socks?

To each their own, but I'm not going to risk my job when traffic made me late for lunch. What about dinner? I can't get a frozen pizza, or any type of take out after working a fourteen hour shift? Shane on me for being "lazy"

nonamesleft wrote:

While my regular socks are white, these are my work socks:

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They are heavy duty merino wool socks. They are durable and breathable and are great with my steel-toe boots at work. I'm on my feet for 12 hours a night, so having good socks is very important for me.

Darn Tough? I wear Darn Tough socks, love 'em.

citizen_zane wrote:
They look comfortable.