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[Inked]

Omega Seamaster Professional Planet Ocean 42MM

Nice choice, I have the same PO in 45.5mm

 

[Vogue Harper]

Shopping spree..
Fisher Space pen

The Americans spent millions of dollars developing the Fisher Space pen for their astronauts because early astronauts discovered that ball point pens did not work in space in weightless conditions.

The Cosmonauts discovered similar - the Russians gave them pencils

 

[Dmannn]

very nice! I really like Kartell so I'm a fan of all those items! also the velocity chair is quite nice. If you don't mind me asking, Where did you get the humidifier?

 

[GotMyOrangeCrus]

very nice! I really like Kartell so I'm a fan of all those items! also the velocity chair is quite nice. If you don't mind me asking, Where did you get the humidifier?

Thanks! Yeah Kartell is awsome and I actually just ordered a couple more items from them, 2 round Componibili's. They are great little misc storage pieces. The best thing about Kartell is thier much more affordable than some of the other companies out there. Again those Trix seats are the bomb. My wife's girlfreind has a bunch of them in her loft and they are just such a great design. Then again all of thier stuff is top notch in regards to the design. You just cant go wrong with Kartell.

As for the humidifyer, its from Blomus. If you have never heard of them before, they specialize in stainless steel and have literally like 60 collections of items. They have just about anything you could ever think of.

Here is thier page over at AllModern.com which is one of the best online stores for modern furniture and accessories on the net. I warn you though, it takes like at least an hour to view all of thier items. To save you some time the humidifyers are in the Humydo collection.

http://www.allmodern.com/Brand-C29055.html

I really want to get a couple of thier wall mounted fireplaces. I just cant decide which model to get.

 

[nicinabox]

The Americans spent millions of dollars developing the Fisher Space pen for their astronauts because early astronauts discovered that ball point pens did not work in space in weightless conditions.

The Cosmonauts discovered similar - the Russians gave them pencils

Ha I know,
Apperently thats not true tho, pencils have never been used in space, as the lead (when it breaks) can get inside the consoles. Hey Stephen Fry said it, it must be true

 

[ec51]

Two round trips for my wedding in October..........

 

[MattZani]

Bad Boys 1+2 Boxset

For a total of £33, Play.com Sale worked out good

 

[nomar383]

Anyone else notice how quick movies seem to be hitting blu ray lately? Didn't Taken JUST come out a few weeks ago?

 

[phungy]

Anyone else notice how quick movies seem to be hitting blu ray lately? Didn't Taken JUST come out a few weeks ago?

It was released in other countries one year ago (Feb '08).

 

[Prof.]

I had to. The ads were killing me.

 

[alphaod]

My basic amp/DAC broke, so I settled for these as an upgrade:

I may upgrade to something better later, but this is as much as my wallet can support.

Man the sound is sooo much better.

 

[sansa11]

I love this band for a long time now.

Wow! A friend told me about them 2 days ago and I fell in love with them too!!!

 

[conshok26]

I got the Robert one about a month ago. The boxes for Perreault and Martin are signed by all three.

 

[dllavaneras]

Bouncing the flash with my lovely new Canon Speedlite 430EX II.

Awesome! I have the same unit and it's wonderful!

 

[GotMyOrangeCrus]

You must have spent mad cash on all that. Some serious industrial design stuff there. If you don't mind asking, how much was all of it? I reckon around $12k to $15k, but what do I know.

It's definitely not my style at all, but I'm sure it will look really nice when put together. Take a photo when everything's finished and post it here.

Yes it was extremely expensive. Believe it or not its the flat files and storage cabinets that are really the most expnsive items but thier so worth it. Those flat files are the best way to store large prints and I do alot of 20x24 printing. To be honest if I had to pay full price I would not have chosen the items I did. I actually have a lot of connections in the furniture industry as I shot furniture for many years so I was able to get some really great deals. Overall had I purchased this stuff full price it would have cost around 38,000. I wound up paying a little over 26,000. My budget for designing the entire room, start to finish, is 50,000 so while I hve already spent half my budget, most of the really expensive items are now out of the way. I am having a light box specially designed and that is gonna cost around 2250. Besides that light box the only really expensive pieces left to buy is the HDTV, my main photography work desk, the lighting fixtures and I want to get a wall mounted matt board cutter.

The room is really going to be divided into two seprate areas, my computer/business area and my photo studio/HDTV Lounge area so I am tempted to buy a really nice partition to really seprate them. I found one I really like but its pricey and I dont know if I want to spend that much on a partition. Here is a picture of it, its really something!!

For those requesting that I post up pictures, I will absolutely post up pictures but not until its completely finished. I am hoping to have it 100% done by the beginning of May or June at the very latest. Lots of work to be done still but again I will definitely post up some really nice pictures when its done as I am gonna give it the full 4x5 architectural style shoot when its done.

 

[SlasherDuff]

Tis the season

We did need one though, so I shouldn't complain

 

[eldy]

Nice choice, I have the same PO in 45.5mm

What are your guy's serial numbers?

Did you guys request your calibration certificates?

 

[bartelby]

This

these

and this (again. for the 4th time since it first came out...)

 

[marbles]

The Americans spent millions of dollars developing the Fisher Space pen for their astronauts because early astronauts discovered that ball point pens did not work in space in weightless conditions.

The Cosmonauts discovered similar - the Russians gave them pencils

That's funny,.......way too many num nuts about spending $£$ on ***** like this....and not just in America either

Just got a third gen nano off the refurb store because my first gen wont charge anymore
(sorry for generic pic...I couldn't be bothered this morning)

 

[Inked]

What are your guy's serial numbers?

Did you guys request your calibration certificates?

Haven't got it handy, will get the COSC cert at some point but I think they now charge $50

 

[ThunderRobot]

The Americans spent millions of dollars developing the Fisher Space pen for their astronauts because early astronauts discovered that ball point pens did not work in space in weightless conditions.

The Cosmonauts discovered similar - the Russians gave them pencils

It's a lovely story but completely false I'm afraid. Here's the truth from snopes.com.

NASA never asked Paul C. Fisher to produce a pen. When the astronauts began to fly, like the Russians, they used pencils, but the leads sometimes broke and became a hazard by floating in the [capsule's] atmosphere where there was no gravity. They could float into an eye or nose or cause a short in an electrical device. In addition, both the lead and the wood of the pencil could burn rapidly in the pure oxygen atmosphere. Paul Fisher realized the astronauts needed a safer and more dependable writing instrument, so in July 1965 he developed the pressurized ball pen, with its ink enclosed in a sealed, pressurized ink cartridge. Fisher sent the first samples to Dr. Robert Gilruth, Director of the Houston Space Center. The pens were all metal except for the ink, which had a flash point above 200°C. The sample Space Pens were thoroughly tested by NASA. They passed all the tests and have been used ever since on all manned space flights, American and Russian. All research and developement costs were paid by Paul Fisher. No development costs have ever been charged to the government.

Because of the fire in Apollo 1, in which three Astronauts died, NASA required a writing instrument that would not burn in a 100% oxygen atmosphere. It also had to work in the extreme conditions of outer space:

1. In a vacuum.
2. With no gravity.
3. In hot temperatures of +150°C in sunlight and also in the cold shadows of space where the temperatures drop to -120°C

(NASA tested the pressurized Space Pens at -50°C, but because of the residential [sic] heat in the pen it also writes for many minutes in the cold shadows.)

Fisher spent over one million dollars in trying to perfect the ball point pen before he made his first successful pressurized pens in 1965. Samples were immediately sent to Dr. Robert Gilruth, Manager of the Houston Space Center, where they were thoroughly tested and approved for use in Space in September 1965. In December 1967 he sold 400 Fisher Space Pens to NASA for $2.95 each.

Lead pencils were used on all Mercury and Gemini space flights and all Russian space flights prior to 1968. Fisher Space Pens are more dependable than lead pencils and cannot create the hazard of a broken piece of lead floating through the gravity-less atmosphere.

 

[Vogue Harper]

It's a lovely story but completely false I'm afraid. Here's the truth from snopes.com.

The truth doesn't make the whole thing any less ridiculous. I love this line:

Because of the fire in Apollo 1, in which three Astronauts died, NASA required a writing instrument that would not burn in a 100% oxygen atmosphere.

If there's a fire on a spacecraft in which there is a risk that everything including pens and pencils would burn, I would not be too concerned about losing a few $2.95 pens, presumably whatever was recorded with the pens would also have gone up in flames too - unless NASA also had fire proof paper?

I wonder how many spacecraft the Russians lost because of errant pencil lead/wooden pencil catching fire?

 

[Fonzijr1964]

This

these

and this (again. for the 4th time since it first came out...)

nice

 

[ThunderRobot]

The truth doesn't make the whole thing any less ridiculous. I love this line:

If there's a fire on a spacecraft in which there is a risk that everything including pens and pencils would burn, I would not be too concerned about losing a few $2.95 pens, presumably whatever was recorded with the pens would also have gone up in flames too - unless NASA also had fire proof paper?

I wonder how many spacecraft the Russians lost because of errant pencil lead/wooden pencil catching fire?

I don't know if you're being sarcastic or just don't understand what happened in that situation.

The danger wasn't about 'losing' things in fire. The danger was having components which would essentially be kindling in that atmosphere. After the Apollo 1 disaster even the amount of velcro used in the cabin was reduced significantly because in the highly-pressurised oxygen fulled cabin any spark (in this case from exposed radio wires if I remember correctly) would cause combustible material to ignite almost instantly.

Adding very thin wood to the situation would not be at all helpful.

It's worth reading up or watching a documentary about Apollo 1 to fully understand just how dangerous combustible (as opposed to flammable) material in the capsule could be.

 

[Shotglass]

My basic amp/DAC broke, so I settled for these as an upgrade:

I may upgrade to something better later, but this is as much as my wallet can support.

Man the sound is sooo much better.

Review plzkthx? I've been drooling over the headroom gear for a while, but I'm hesitating because of the price.
I'm using a Sennheiser HD 595, do you think I would benefit from your combo?