# What's Your New Shiny? **URL:** \ **Category:** general\ **Created:** [September 19, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462 "2013-09-19T20:23:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![Darktan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/darktan/32/36_2.png) [@Darktan](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Darktan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462/464 "2015-11-16T20:45:07Z")
Bye bye cheese car. ---
**Author:** ![Force10](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/force10/32/1550_2.png) [@Force10](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Force10)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462/465 "2015-11-16T22:29:14Z")
Yep. The cheese car had engine issues that were going to cost too much to fix. ---
**Author:** ![ClockWorkXon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/clockworkxon/32/593_2.png) [@ClockWorkXon](https://cog.discourse.group/u/ClockWorkXon)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462/466 "2015-11-16T22:53:30Z")
Too much mozzarella? ---
**Author:** ![RoadRunner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/roadrunner/32/63_2.png) [@RoadRunner](https://cog.discourse.group/u/RoadRunner)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462/467 "2015-12-01T21:06:47Z")
I got black Friday deals on a stove and over-the-range microwave. I had not planned on also buying and installing a new upper cabinet, but it was necessary. The whole job took a lot longer than I had planned. I’m happy with the end result, though! Before (a couple years ago) and after pictures… ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/cog/original/1X/b692f6ee923350f381c56ef5bf14084d17e13af9.jpg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/cog/original/1X/d994861cf241f3e7c2be7248647fb600d78b1ec5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Force10](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/force10/32/1550_2.png) [@Force10](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Force10)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462/468 "2015-12-01T21:36:55Z")
![](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91Z4XilqHqL._SL1500_.jpg) I don’t have it in my possession yet, but it’s a 50" screen, just like the one it’s replacing. Got a great Cyber Monday deal on Amazon. My old Samsung DLP has these annoying white dots all over the screen, which means the mirrors are failing, so it was time for an upgrade. This one is a Vizio. Also the term “4K” bothers me because it’s marketing speak. They’re not measuring the same thing as with the previous generation of TVs. It should be called 2160p. But I get that they want to make people think it’s 4 times as good instead of twice. ---
**Author:** ![Darktan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/darktan/32/36_2.png) [@Darktan](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Darktan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462/469 "2015-12-02T01:04:18Z")
I dunno. Gratch and I bought a 4k last year and you can really tell the difference sometimes. Its hooked up to the HTPC so I can actually test it and show a real 4k file. ---
**Author:** ![dakboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/dakboy/32/68_2.png) [@dakboy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/dakboy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462/470 "2015-12-02T01:41:38Z")
He’s coming from 720p DLP. **Anything** modern will be a huge improvement. Source: Had a 720p DLP. Even bumping up to 1080p LED-backed LCD was impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Ook](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/ook/32/72_2.png) [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462/471 "2015-12-02T13:37:00Z")
Got a Huawei Mediapad T1-701u on contract four months ago. Very impressed with it, the battery life is excellent and it is nimble and performs well. One feature I like about it is that it will shut 3G down after a certain period of inactivity, so battery drain is so much less. Downside is that whatsapps/gtalk/etc doesn’t come through, but I don’t care, as the only time 3G is not in use is when I sleep. Great not to get woken up by incoming messages or the such… and it’s also a great excuse to ignore work-related emails, especially over weekends. Muhuhahaha. ---
**Author:** ![Force10](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/force10/32/1550_2.png) [@Force10](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Force10)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462/472 "2015-12-02T18:40:09Z")
@dakboy, my current one is actually 1080p. ---
**Author:** ![CaffeinatedNoms](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/caffeinatednoms/32/3779_2.png) [@CaffeinatedNoms](https://cog.discourse.group/u/CaffeinatedNoms)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462/473 "2015-12-02T19:27:47Z")
My new shiny is on hold because “3-5 business days” becomes 2-3 weeks when a large financial establishment is giving you money that they would much rather stayed in their holding account earning them interest. For those interested, the new shiny when it DOES happen is a gaming Z87 flavour PC mit GeForce 970\* and a case that looks like a PS2 (console, not that IBM _thing_) ate too many cheeseburgers. Obviously the case was chosen first, so as to integrate well into a collection of Sony consoles 😛 º there’s an actual, _tangible_ difference between the x60 and x70 cards this time round, which is a nice surprise because they’ve also shrank the price gap, at least here in the UK… ---
**Author:** ![PadrinoFive7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df788c/32.png) [@PadrinoFive7](https://cog.discourse.group/u/PadrinoFive7)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462/474 "2015-12-04T00:04:59Z")
Bought a 2-in-1 HP to be the family lappy. Happy with the specs and that it came with Win10 Pro instead of Home, especially for $550. Any regular lappy had worse specs and flimsier (is that a word?) casing. ---
**Author:** ![RoadRunner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/roadrunner/32/63_2.png) [@RoadRunner](https://cog.discourse.group/u/RoadRunner)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462/475 "2015-12-04T00:42:31Z")
Might be the same one I got for the wife (ostensibly for Christmas, but she’s already using it)… around $550 after $250 off at Best Buy - screen flips around 360 (I don’t love leaving the keyboard exposed, but hey), i5, 8GB, 1TB. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![PadrinoFive7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df788c/32.png) [@PadrinoFive7](https://cog.discourse.group/u/PadrinoFive7)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462/476 "2015-12-04T00:55:29Z")
Yeah, sounds like the same one, except we got a 128GB SSD instead of the 1TB of data. Frankly, all of our data is housed on my desktop and multiple external HDDs, so the local storage isn’t really necessary. Thinking about getting the kids their own Google Drive account so they can save their schoolwork there. EDIT: It’s really for the wife. The kids will get limited access when they need to for schoolwork or when my oldest gets to try out Minecraft. ---
**Author:** ![Force10](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/force10/32/1550_2.png) [@Force10](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Force10)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462/477 "2015-12-09T18:01:43Z")
The 4K TV is installed and it’s beautiful. Fallout 4 looks amazing now. ---
**Author:** ![sig](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/sig/32/286_2.png) [@sig](https://cog.discourse.group/u/sig)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462/478 "2015-12-18T03:16:52Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/cog/original/1X/2911a89d8612dcdfdf01ff9b9d403a0d2f8bae1d.jpg) [Ibanez Artcore AG95](http://www.ibanez.com/products/u_hb_page15.php?year=2015&cat_id=7&series_id=113&data_id=16&color=CL01) ---
**Author:** ![ClockWorkXon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/clockworkxon/32/593_2.png) [@ClockWorkXon](https://cog.discourse.group/u/ClockWorkXon)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 4:53am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462/479 "2015-12-18T04:53:15Z")
Congratulations. Which of the boys is that for? /duck ---
**Author:** ![PadrinoFive7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df788c/32.png) [@PadrinoFive7](https://cog.discourse.group/u/PadrinoFive7)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462/480 "2015-12-18T21:16:41Z")
Haven’t purchased it yet, but I’m looking at upgrading computer cases from my Rosewill Challenger to an NZXT H440 Silent. While the Challenger has done wonderfully for me, it collects dust so easily (it’s entire front face is a grate), and it’s a pain in the arse to clean effectively. I especially love the compartmentalized PSU, which helps cause I haven’t invested in a modular PSU yet. I can tuck away those extra cables easily. Too bad, Amazon is out of stock… ---
**Author:** ![Woodman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/woodman/32/24_2.png) [@Woodman](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Woodman)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462/481 "2015-12-21T13:57:04Z")
My Christmas present was a family trip to Chicago and then The Blue Man Group. Awesome show. ---
**Author:** ![Woodman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/woodman/32/24_2.png) [@Woodman](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Woodman)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462/482 "2015-12-28T14:19:26Z")
I got a Kreg Joiner a while back. Finally got a chance to use it a week ago. I am a believer, I’m putting two pieces of wood together and they don’t wobble. I made a 4’x8’ frame out of 2x2" wood and it doesn’t wobble or shimmy. We slapped some chicken wire on it and now the girls have a mobile home. The chickens are now cleaning out the crap from the garden and preparing it for Spring. I’ll post pictures later. But this tool [https://www.kregtool.com/store/c13/kreg-jigsreg/p35/kreg-jigreg-k4-master-system/](https://www.kregtool.com/store/c13/kreg-jigsreg/p35/kreg-jigreg-k4-master-system/) is going to make some serious changes in how I build things, and now I’m looking forward to making some shelves. Edit: And speaking of chickens, we’re getting about 6 eggs a day out of 7 birds. Four ginormous brown eggs from the Golden Comets, one light brown smaller egg from our Barred Rock, and one of the Araconas is finally laying a pretty light green egg. And they all taste awesome. ---
**Author:** ![DocDubious](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/docdubious/32/995_2.png) [@DocDubious](https://cog.discourse.group/u/DocDubious)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462/483 "2015-12-28T19:05:10Z")
> [@Woodman](#): > > I got a Kreg Joiner a while back. Yep, the Kreg is a neat answer to a whole bunch of tricky situations. I used it to mount horizontal 2x4s in my new shed, then mounted a rail for hangers to them. If I didn’t use the Kreg stuff, I’d have had to toenail… and I’ve never liked toenailing. This is an elegant solution. [Previous page](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462.md?page=23) [Next page](https://cog.discourse.group/t/whats-your-new-shiny/462.md?page=25)