Mike
SuperDork
6/4/18 5:30 p.m.
Might as well try something.
When I was a kid, phones weren't the ubergadget they are now. You needed a camera, and a compass, and a pocketknife. So many things seemed so nifty, whether they were fake spilled cereal, talking watches, a two-way radio shaped like a giant cell phone, or a CD player you could use underwater.
I have a few bucks in my pocket, and would like to buy something hella nifty.
What's about a hundred bucks or less, and seems to you to be the coolest thing since Takara Robot Watches?
I'll throw one in to start:
Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators are a collection of single purpose music sequencers that run $50-$90 across most models.
This thread isn't about headlights?
Mike
SuperDork
6/4/18 5:43 p.m.
Appleseed said:
This thread isn't about headlights?
Hey buddy, you want "The Nifty Hella thread," you start it!
Zanco Tiny T1 cell phone:
I bought one. Why? Because I thought it would be cool? Maybe I wanna be like Zoolander? I dunno.
It hasn't shipped yet (Kickstarter) but I'm going to try Mint with it.
You into camping? Biolite Cookstove for smokeless cooking source....about $50. Generate large amount of heat with just twigs.
btw...just up the road from you in ms...
Mike said:
Might as well try something.
When I was a kid, phones weren't the ubergadget they are now. You needed a camera, and a compass, and a pocketknife. So many things seemed so nifty, whether they were fake spilled cereal, talking watches, a two-way radio shaped like a giant cell phone, or a CD player you could use underwater.
I have a few bucks in my pocket, and would like to buy something hella nifty.
What's about a hundred bucks or less, and seems to you to be the coolest thing since Takara Robot Watches?
I'll throw one in to start:
Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators are a collection of single purpose music sequencers that run $50-$90 across most models.
I will admit to owning multiple Pocket Operators. Boop beep boop!
Mike
SuperDork
6/4/18 6:35 p.m.
Ovid_and_Flem said:
You into camping? Biolite Cookstove for smokeless cooking source....about $50. Generate large amount of heat with just twigs.
Whoa. I appreciate the clever design.
Mike said:
Ovid_and_Flem said:
You into camping? Biolite Cookstove for smokeless cooking source....about $50. Generate large amount of heat with just twigs.
Whoa. I appreciate the clever design.
Kind of cool that combines primitive camping tools with something with a USB port to recharge the fans that helped generate the Heat
Don't go here or that money will probably be gone rather quickly....
https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/
But, to suggest something specific, I'm thinking about getting one of these:
http://www.thewondercube.com/
-Rob
In reply to rob_lewis :
Who doesn't want human skull fireplace logs?!
rob_lewis said:
Don't go here or that money will probably be gone rather quickly....
https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/
Omg like the vast majority of that stuff is borderline parody it’s so bad. Some of it is legitimately a joke I’m sure but “modern glass cereal bowl?” “Giant beanbag chair?” Hmm maybe I’m not the target audience but I can come up with a whole lot more lustworthy things.
Keith Tanner said:
Mike said:
Might as well try something.
When I was a kid, phones weren't the ubergadget they are now. You needed a camera, and a compass, and a pocketknife. So many things seemed so nifty, whether they were fake spilled cereal, talking watches, a two-way radio shaped like a giant cell phone, or a CD player you could use underwater.
I have a few bucks in my pocket, and would like to buy something hella nifty.
What's about a hundred bucks or less, and seems to you to be the coolest thing since Takara Robot Watches?
I'll throw one in to start:
Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators are a collection of single purpose music sequencers that run $50-$90 across most models.
I will admit to owning multiple Pocket Operators. Boop beep boop!
You’re the operator with your pocket calculator.
Swiss Army Rambler. Same tiny footprint as the classic, but just a smidge thicker, and it adds a magnetic tipped Phillips head screwdriver. Very nifty, and extremely useful to have around.
rob_lewis said:
Don't go here or that money will probably be gone rather quickly....
https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/
I have plenty enough self-control to not buy any of those things, but not enough to not scroll through them forever.
This is another one of those kind of sites: https://www.wish.com/
eastsideTim said:
Swiss Army Rambler. Same tiny footprint as the classic, but just a smidge thicker, and it adds a magnetic tipped Phillips head screwdriver. Very nifty, and extremely useful to have around.
I'd get that if the blade had a lock. I'm not keen on small knives without locks.
pheller said:
eastsideTim said:
Swiss Army Rambler. Same tiny footprint as the classic, but just a smidge thicker, and it adds a magnetic tipped Phillips head screwdriver. Very nifty, and extremely useful to have around.
I'd get that if the blade had a lock. I'm not keen on small knives without locks.
I've everyday-carried almost identical keychain knives for over a decade and I can count on one hand the number of times the knife has been out when I didn't want it to be...which was always because I forgot to fold it back in.
In reply to GameboyRMH :
I think the issue is more about locking it open, rather than closed. In fact, I can't think of any pocketknives that lock closed.
GameboyRMH said:
rob_lewis said:
Don't go here or that money will probably be gone rather quickly....
https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/
I have plenty enough self-control to not buy any of those things, but not enough to not scroll through them forever.
Dammit...
How many 150ml bottles of Vantablack would I need to paint a car? For reasons.
Right, some Victronox knives have a blade lock that keeps them from closing. I wish the smaller knives had that same feature.
GameboyRMH said:
I have plenty enough self-control to not buy any of those things, but not enough to not scroll through them forever.
Seriously...I've been on this freaking site for 40 minutes!!!!
Dammit bobby
I just lost an hour to whuimbroke....
