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sartrekid said:
More sneakers...

Adidas Ultra Boost Parley

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Adidas EQT Support

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A 4K LG TV SET
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I need to get a 4k for my upcoming xbox one x. Wanna bask in that 4k glory. Let me know how you like this one.
 
Seven Days in May (Blu-ray)

Contemporaneous (1964) New York Times review here. Excerpt:

Essentially, the film offers a gripping melodramatic account of the steps taken by the President when he is advised of a secret suspicion that the top Air Force general, who is chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is heading a plot to take over the Government on a certain Sunday in May. This general, a highly popular hero, is moved to this traitorous enterprise because he fears the consequences of a nuclear disarmament treaty with the Russians that the President has negotiated.

Leads on this mammoth maneuver are swiftly and smartly pursued in the best spy-fiction tradition, amazing discoveries are made and a climactic confrontation between the President and his adversary is reached. But the interesting thing is that the import of the drama here takes a marked turn into a delicate, critical area of political philosophy.

In some vivid and trenchant dialogue, which Rod Serling has composed in doing the screenplay from the novel, the President sadly notes the cause of such a move toward upheaval is not one man's lust for power but the consequence of a concentration of fear and anxiety. The enemy is not the general, he says, it is the nuclear age. "It happens to have killed man's faith in his ability to influence what happens to him," he says.
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Current (2017) Disc review here. Excerpt:

In his commentary, Frankenheimer points out elements in Seven Days' production design that were intended to situate the story in a future time, including making all of the cars foreign imports that didn't resemble what was then typical on American roads and the recurrent use of video-conferencing, a prescient notion that didn't yet exist. Today, none of these devices have the same effect, but perhaps what most "dates" Seven Days is its ability to unsettle the viewer without recourse to gunfire, explosions or violence. (What bloodshed does occurs happens offscreen.) For all of the military might hovering around the edges of the story, Frankenheimer achieves his impact through traditional dramatic means, in tense consultations and arguments where the actors' conviction conveys the enormity of the stakes. Highly recommended.
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bax2003 said:
I just bought a copy of Little Snitch 4......its fantastic, especially new "map" feature in network monitor.

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Aye, it's awesome.

One problem I have running a BS-mod nVidia 980ti is that the drivers are not signed by AAPL, and said Network Monitor displays nothing but the window outline/shadow.

What grfx card are you using on your 2009 cMP, bax2003?
 
MacHead84 said:
I sold my 7+ and got me the 7. I like the smaller phone better. It feels more comfortable in my hands and pocket.


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Cheers
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Interesting change to the smaller phone. I've had the 6+ for about 2.5 years and every time I go to the smaller model I feel like a giant. It was really weird using the 5s for a few days when I had it active with a smaller carrier to maintain connectivity in case of emergency.
 
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LotusLord said:
Interesting change to the smaller phone. I've had the 6+ for about 2.5 years and every time I go to the smaller model I feel like a giant. It was really weird using the 5s for a few days when I had it active with a smaller carrier to maintain connectivity in case of emergency.
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My wife had an iPhone 6 from launch and hated it's size every day of her 2 year contract. She got the SE last year and hopes Apple continue making smaller iPhones. I must admit I'd never go bigger than a 4.7" footprint iPhone. I've got an iPad if I want a big touchscreen.
 
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I've wanted the Mavic Pro for a while, my boss had a good deal on his barely used one, couldn't pass it up. I've been making videos of our camping, kayaking, and running events this year. It's been fun looking at the events from a video documenting perspective, this will give me another creative angle to get more unique shots.
 

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The-Real-Deal82 said:
My wife had an iPhone 6 from launch and hated it's size every day of her 2 year contract. She got the SE last year and hopes Apple continue making smaller iPhones. I must admit I'd never go bigger than a 4.7" footprint iPhone. I've got an iPad if I want a big touchscreen.
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I really like the better cameras and bigger batteries in the larger models, but I understand where you're coming from. I think my wife really liked the move from the 5 to the 6 but she is a one fingered texter on the phone regardless so it's no big deal to her.
 
splifingate said:
Aye, it's awesome.

One problem I have running a BS-mod nVidia 980ti is that the drivers are not signed by AAPL, and said Network Monitor displays nothing but the window outline/shadow.

What grfx card are you using on your 2009 cMP, bax2003?
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I sold 2009 cMP, but it had Apple Radeon HD5770.
 
Basics including enzymes, vitamins. Plus, mom's annual birthday calendar (Wizard of Oz) and a used copy of Guardians of the Whillls (Greg Rucka's tie in to Rogue One which hopefully fleshes out Chirrut and Baez's characters.)
 
I usually buy 2 at a time. Don't dare to buy more.
First 1 goes way too quickly. :eek: Try my best to restrain myself on the other 1 :p
Well, it's lot more nutricious then other chocolate stuff. With all hard training I deserve it :D
 
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I bought these:

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... because The Dekalog is a masterwork that anyone serious about cinema, literature, ethics, philosophy or religion should see (and I'm long overdue upgrading my shoddy DVD set). Also because Rhino Records is including out-of-print quad (4.0) and mono mixes at a reasonable enough price point that, despite not being a huge Doors fan, I want to vote my dollar in hopes of more such niche support. Stax... I didn't know they were updating the decade-old 2-CD set with a third CD — one more item off my wishlist.

Why else did I by them? Because I can no longer afford this...

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Next I'll be buying a year's worth of Ramen to offset recent indulgences like these.
 
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