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My almost exactly one year old Brooks are basically slicks under the balls of my feet so it was time for some new shoes. Should be delivered a few days before the trip so hopefully they break in quickly! :scared:

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Forgot about my new shirt!

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Bought my first pair of Brooks about a month ago, Adrenaline 25 GTS, and they are the best shoe I think I’ve ever owned! Comfortable like my HOKA’s but way more support. Awesome shirt. :lol:
 
A 2025 iPad Pro 13" with 256GB, specifically for the LiDAR sensor and a few other things. I think it'll be perfect for what I'm trying to achieve with my applied research. Feels I've been missing out on using the pen tablets for my design work.
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I bought a few other things along with it.
 
My latest purchase to complete my 'classic Yes era' vinyl collection - Relayer signed by Roger Dean (the album cover artist).

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It was expensive, and I'm kind of taking it on trust that the sig is genuine - based on the seller's profile, I have good reason to believe that it is real; it is, however, also a bit of a lesson - don't buy stuff in the middle of the night without properly scrutinising the photos; the seller in this case didn't explicitly point out a fairly major flaw, even though it is clearly visible in the photos they uploaded - I just didn't bother to look at them closely enough; I was perhaps a bit hasty because of the pretty rare nature of the item, and that it would likely be snapped up quickly. The cover is slightly damaged, but it also has some writing in biro above the logo which is quite annoying, but I'm hoping that I can get that fixed a bit, but otherwise I'm pretty happy with it.

I also have 'Fragile' and 'Going For The One' on vinyl, the former being one of Roger Dean's most iconic and classic album covers - it's not on the shelf because I don't have room, but it is there. GFTO is not a Dean cover but has Dean's classic Yes logo - it was designed by Hipgnosis, who also did 'Dark Side Of The Moon' among many other classic rock album covers, but GFTO was, alas, not their finest hour - great if you like naked men's butts, but not my cup of tea. Their next album, Tormato, was also Hipgnosis and was arguably one of their worst album covers, so they brought back Roger Dean soon after that.
 
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@Pako and anyone else looking for Brooks, they're currently in Woot. Can usually save a handful of dollars.

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Brooks Running Shoes

Get an EXTRA 20% OFF any items in this sale! New customers get an extra 30% off!
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Decided to chase down the last available local copy of this:
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Heard some good things about it, and being an 80's kid so I couldn't miss it
Randomly stopped by my local game store, I didn't even know it was just released today.

And I don't even have a Nintendo Switch 2....

But will be getting the Zelda 40th anniversary edition whenever that comes out ...

In the meantime, my reward early dinner :
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TB
@Pako and anyone else looking for Brooks, they're currently in Woot. Can usually save a handful of dollars.

sport.woot.com

Brooks Running Shoes

Get an EXTRA 20% OFF any items in this sale! New customers get an extra 30% off!
sport.woot.com sport.woot.com
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Bro! Just saved me $80 on a new pair of shoes. Thank you sir!!!
 
Bowers and Wilkins HTM 72 S3 to compliment the 706 speakers I had bought recently.
It's was on back order for around 6 weeks so very happy to finally receive it, came with a bonus pair of PI6 earbuds so not complaining.

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Arcam A15+ stereo amplifier predominantly for all my 2 channel music listening but I also wanted an amp to integrate to my HT setup, as the Arcam has HT Bypass it ticked that box also as it allows me to drive the front two speakers with the Arcam in multi-channel sound when connected to my AV Receiver via the Receiver's pre-outs.

Between the new amp and speakers it's almost as if I'm re-discovering some music again as I'm just happy to sit back and listen to album after album.
My Receiver does a good job with 2 channel music but to get it to sound very nice I had to turn it up pretty loud, the Arcam does a much better job at lower levels for late night listening as well as louder volumes.

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Besides the new kicks (thanks @TB ), just got my car back after being gone 4 days. Getting some paint corrections, pff, and ceramic done. They did a great job! They did my truck 5 years ago and it still shines.
 

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August 13th and 14th is the largest outdoor stationery festival in the US. I went this year, and it was my 2nd year heading to it. The event is always a lot of fun, taking the train to and from Chicago, and walking everywhere while I'm there. Just as last year, I grabbed a couple things while there. Notebooks for school, and letter pads so I can keep up on replies to pen pals were the smaller purchases, but in terms of pens, here's the 3 I grabbed:
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Penlux Concerto Kyanite with a fine nib. It was super hard to photograph under such harsh lighting, but this is just a gorgeous pen. Super comfortable in the hand, very good writer, a fabulous custom ink and it's a piston fill as well, all for a great price!
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Sheaffer Legacy Chevron with a medium nib. This is just a cool looking pen lol. So dang stealthy, and it's really quite comfortable for longer writing sessions! It's also a slightly wetter pen, which I very much prefer
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Platinum 3776 Celluoid with a journaler nib. This is a pen I've wanted for probably 2 years at this point! They had an incredible price during the sale, so I had to grab one! After buying it, I immediately took it to get a custom nib grind on it by the fantastic nibmeister Gena Salorino.
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On the final day, just before I had to head back to the train station, I walked to the Montblanc boutique and grabbed a bottle of Montblanc Midnight Blue, an ink that has been on my list to get forever! Just an awesome way to finish a super fun journey!
 
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Bought a house. :) Took a hot minute, but when you have a fellow gearhead for a wife, we had to find the right place for the cars. ;)

Having our private celebratory toast, we’re congratulated by our first visitor.
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Meet, as my wife calls him, “Sack”. Not Zack. Just “Sack”. 🤔 :lol:
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About ten minutes later, we were congratulated by another neighbour of nature, “George”. He was a bushy-tailed fellow(brushtail). Gave a quick “Waddup?!” as he ran across the top of the fence.
Also greeted by a couple, on the bigger side, kookaburras. Having a hearty laugh by the pool.

Crazy hot today 40 degrees C 🥵and the heat will continue through the weekend as we finish moving in. Good stuff!
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Just an update. Somebody been busy. Dad is to the left of the pic between my two palm trees. He was making sure his family was good to go.
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