Author Topic: What's The Geekiest Thing You Own? (Read 38844 times)

fohat.digs · « **Reply #100 on:** Sat, 27 October 2012, 20:09:32 »

I have several pocket protectors, most of which have been well used (by me, personally).

Years ago I worked in an architectural firm and I needed to have at least half a dozen pens and pencils of varying colors, widths, etc, in my pocket at all times.

In that situation, a plastic pocket protector is the best and only realistic way to keep the tools of your trade handy and organized.

Today, I still keep my vital drawing instruments in these containers, inside my black bag.

Piss off, twerps!

SmallFry · « **Reply #101 on:** Sat, 27 October 2012, 21:04:54 »

Quote from: fohat.digs on Sat, 27 October 2012, 20:09:32

I have several pocket protectors, most of which have been well used (by me, personally).

Years ago I worked in an architectural firm and I needed to have at least half a dozen pens and pencils of varying colors, widths, etc, in my pocket at all times.

In that situation, a plastic pocket protector is the best and only realistic way to keep the tools of your trade handy and organized.

Today, I still keep my vital drawing instruments in these containers, inside my black bag.

Piss off, twerps!

You were saying...?

I use a similar thing in my back pocket to prevent my pencils from breaking when I sit down.

chaumeow · « **Reply #102 on:** Mon, 29 October 2012, 23:32:52 »

Quote from: SmallFry on Sat, 27 October 2012, 21:04:54

Quote from: fohat.digs on Sat, 27 October 2012, 20:09:32
I have several pocket protectors, most of which have been well used (by me, personally).

Years ago I worked in an architectural firm and I needed to have at least half a dozen pens and pencils of varying colors, widths, etc, in my pocket at all times.

In that situation, a plastic pocket protector is the best and only realistic way to keep the tools of your trade handy and organized.

Today, I still keep my vital drawing instruments in these containers, inside my black bag.

Piss off, twerps!

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You were saying...? :P I use a similar thing in my back pocket to prevent my pencils from breaking when I sit down.

Lol does that actually work for the back pocket? I'm kind of curious now lol

Hmmm I think for me is a light saber and a R2D2 suit. And probably signing up for an account here on Geekhack, hehehe ;D (no regrets!)

SmallFry · « **Reply #103 on:** Mon, 29 October 2012, 23:35:51 »

I have a case that is almost a slender glasses case that works well to hold my pencils from not breaking. Works well.

tjcaustin · « **Reply #104 on:** Mon, 29 October 2012, 23:55:05 »

Ok, another geeky thing. All my lego technic and star wars stuff

bilbobagginz · « **Reply #105 on:** Tue, 30 October 2012, 15:57:34 »

Quote from: Appeac on Thu, 19 July 2012, 22:53:43

Not the rarest, but definitely the most looked down upon by peers thing I own is a 1952 Gillette Superspeed that I use for shaving.

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I have it too! aahhahahah

Scurq · « **Reply #106 on:** Tue, 30 October 2012, 19:36:28 »

it could be my periodic table or my rubiks cubes that i cant even solve, lol

noisyturtle · « **Reply #107 on:** Wed, 31 October 2012, 01:12:00 »

Either my Magic The Gathering card collection(haven't played in years, but they are a great artistic reference) or my classic video game collection(SNES, Atari, Genesis, Saturn, and Neo Geo) those I do still play.

NKRO · « **Reply #108 on:** Wed, 31 October 2012, 01:38:58 »

Quote from: Appeac on Thu, 19 July 2012, 22:53:43

Not the rarest, but definitely the most looked down upon by peers thing I own is a 1952 Gillette Superspeed that I use for shaving.

http://api.ning.com/files/Bv58RIrVeGQF8Y*--obOaL1BjH-4nK6oykLQQiWhCBLkbV1t-lPhlpuVOqTvF*VuuOlscvHY-5WvRCom3uKqQazVduADKcF1IhvzayE2reI_/1952GilletteSuperSpeedSafetyRazor3.JPG

DE Razors are geeky/looked down upon?

modulor · « **Reply #109 on:** Wed, 31 October 2012, 11:08:58 »

Quote from: NKRO on Wed, 31 October 2012, 01:38:58

Quote from: Appeac on Thu, 19 July 2012, 22:53:43
Not the rarest, but definitely the most looked down upon by peers thing I own is a 1952 Gillette Superspeed that I use for shaving.

http://api.ning.com/files/Bv58RIrVeGQF8Y*--obOaL1BjH-4nK6oykLQQiWhCBLkbV1t-lPhlpuVOqTvF*VuuOlscvHY-5WvRCom3uKqQazVduADKcF1IhvzayE2reI_/1952GilletteSuperSpeedSafetyRazor3.JPG
DE Razors are geeky/looked down upon?

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Classy if you ask me!

Findecanor · « **Reply #110 on:** Tue, 04 December 2012, 13:27:13 »

Not owned by me. A guy at work got this delivered to him, and I felt inclined to take a picture of it for this thread.

baldgye · « **Reply #111 on:** Wed, 05 December 2012, 12:28:39 »

my MGS/Kojima collection that includes;
MG
4x copies of MGS
7x copies of MGS2
7x copies of MGS3
3x copies of MGS4
5x copies of MGS:HD
4x copies of MGS:PW
4x copies of ZoE
ZoE2
2x copies of ZoE:HD
etc etc etc (I have much more stuff CEs/PP and console's etc etc)

and my 6 copies of SC2: WoL !

YMSNoms · « **Reply #112 on:** Wed, 05 December 2012, 13:06:24 »

every wow and starcraft collectors and special edition released

metalliqaz · « **Reply #113 on:** Wed, 05 December 2012, 13:20:36 »

I know it is pointless to ask this question in this thread, but why? What do you get from 7x copies of Metal Gear that you can't get from 2x? I can see two. One to play one to keep mint.

baldgye · « **Reply #114 on:** Wed, 05 December 2012, 13:24:55 »

Quote from: metalliqaz on Wed, 05 December 2012, 13:20:36

I know it is pointless to ask this question in this thread, but why? What do you get from 7x copies of Metal Gear that you can't get from 2x? I can see two. One to play one to keep mint.

well they are all diffrent, I could have tried to list all the variant names etc but I'm really lazy lol... but for example, I have a jap version, an xbox version, a CE version, a PC version, a steal tin version etc etc etc...

The only game I have more than one version of that are identical is Zone of the Enders, I have 3 copies of that becasue amazon ****ed up and one guy sent me two copies my mistake and neither had the MGS2 demo inside so I ordered another one that did (which ended up not having it but I got my money back and didnt have to return it so meh lol)

okooko · « **Reply #115 on:** Wed, 05 December 2012, 17:33:22 »

A work colleague in the station next to me had an Albert Einstein and a Crazy cat lady action figurine. They looked pretty old considering the packaging was fading and turning slightly yellow

microsoft windows · « **Reply #116 on:** Sat, 08 December 2012, 14:33:41 »

The geekiest thing I own is about 15 desktop computers.

Smeagol_RP · « **Reply #117 on:** Sat, 15 December 2012, 15:31:00 »

XFX 6800GS XXX Edition

PointyFox · « **Reply #118 on:** Sat, 15 December 2012, 15:43:13 »

Quote from: bilbobagginz on Tue, 30 October 2012, 15:57:34

Quote from: Appeac on Thu, 19 July 2012, 22:53:43
Not the rarest, but definitely the most looked down upon by peers thing I own is a 1952 Gillette Superspeed that I use for shaving.

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I have it too! aahhahahah

I use an Edwin Jagger double edge or a straight razor if I have more time.

longweight · « **Reply #119 on:** Sat, 15 December 2012, 15:49:38 »

My Mont Blanc fountain and roller ball pens, pencil will be here soon and then I will finally be able to buy the case!

I need to get some out of house insurance!

Hak Foo · « **Reply #120 on:** Sat, 15 December 2012, 21:06:45 »

If I may ask, why is the 6800 lightboxed?

noisyturtle · « **Reply #121 on:** Sat, 15 December 2012, 21:43:49 »

Probably my video game and system collection. Some of the top geekiest prized possessions are my Neo Geo AES system, Atari 7800, copy of Chrono Trigger and Super Metroid with box and all inserts and my Sega Nomad.

mrboli · « **Reply #122 on:** Sat, 15 December 2012, 22:22:59 »

Probably the N64 and Perfect Dark I spent like a year delivery newspapers as a kid saving up for...
But that's at my parent's house.

in my possession:

What's inside the case?

noisyturtle · « **Reply #123 on:** Sun, 16 December 2012, 01:25:52 »

Quote from: mrboli on Sat, 15 December 2012, 22:22:59

Probably the N64 and Perfect Dark I spent like a year delivery newspapers as a kid saving up for...
But that's at my parent's house.

Me and my potato cam got you bro.

PointyFox · « **Reply #124 on:** Sun, 16 December 2012, 03:13:52 »

How in the world is a N64 geeky? As of December 31, 2009, 20.63 million units were sold just in America. Seems pretty common to me.

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #125 on:** Tue, 18 December 2012, 10:34:59 »

Not exactly rare but extremely geeky, I have a TeamLiquid hoodie and shirt. And I am now the most hipster of SC2 fanboys since Quantic disbanded: I have a Quantic shirt.

nullstring · « **Reply #126 on:** Tue, 18 December 2012, 10:41:18 »

DIY tube headphone amp probably...

PointyFox · « **Reply #127 on:** Tue, 18 December 2012, 22:25:59 »

Quote from: nullstring on Tue, 18 December 2012, 10:41:18

DIY tube headphone amp probably...

I also have one :B8

bear95 · « **Reply #128 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 20:12:53 »

My NES setup:
2 normal controllers
1 advantage controller
1 quickshot controller
15ish games(Favorites are Gradius, Supersprint, super Mario bros, kirby, and teenage mutant turtles 2.)

scoot · « **Reply #129 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 20:46:11 »

My collection seemed much larger at the time, guess it isnt too bad. I never got really good at any of them, my average on the normal 3x3 rubiks cube was ~25 seconds. Got made fun of to no end in middle/high school. Guess it was too geeky a hobby for people to go without comment or ridicule. Hah! Still play with a few occasionally, though my interest in collecting/modding them has long since died out.

Or it could be this. I remember watching an episode of Robot Wars where one of the people had made chain maile out of soda tabs. I took some pliers to a few on my own and found out how to get them to link together. Never finished it though, collecting those tabs took time and I cut my hands a lot. xD This was in elementary school too. haha

bear95 · « **Reply #130 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 22:10:33 »

^Impressive!

samuelellis · « **Reply #131 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 21:52:20 »

I have a few geeky things

Bluetooth OBD connector in the car so my cars ecu communicates with my phone and runs a programme called torque (shows me everything the car is doing in real time)
Two RaspberryPi's - one in the front room as a media client (stuff stored on my 12tb server upstairs) and the other in my car acting as a media player feeding the mother of all sound-systems
Edwin Jaeger DE safety razor

Oh and this poster

absyrd · « **Reply #132 on:** Fri, 28 December 2012, 11:31:13 »

Quote from: scoot on Wed, 19 December 2012, 20:46:11

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Or it could be this. I remember watching an episode of Robot Wars where one of the people had made chain maile out of soda tabs. I took some pliers to a few on my own and found out how to get them to link together. Never finished it though, collecting those tabs took time and I cut my hands a lot. xD This was in elementary school too. haha

Hahahaha. That is awesome. You should really finish it.

spacecase · « **Reply #133 on:** Sat, 29 December 2012, 03:19:08 »

It would be my keyboards. Seriously I have eight sitting in my computer center and only three computers. Three are topre. $1500 in keyboards must be geekier even than chainmail... almost.

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #134 on:** Sat, 29 December 2012, 22:05:35 »

Quote from: spacecase on Sat, 29 December 2012, 03:19:08

It would be my keyboards. Seriously I have eight sitting in my computer center and only three computers. Three are topre. $1500 in keyboards must be geekier even than chainmail... almost.

What are the other five keyboards @.@.

sammsorensen · « **Reply #135 on:** Sun, 30 December 2012, 21:15:39 »

Quote from: WRXChris on Mon, 25 June 2012, 22:52:11

Either my HypnoCube or my Parallax Basic Stamp stuff, although they are not really collectibles they are probably the geekiest things I own other than my keyboards!

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I want that cube!

TheQsanity · « **Reply #136 on:** Mon, 31 December 2012, 15:35:20 »

Quote from: mrboli on Sat, 15 December 2012, 22:22:59

Probably the N64 and Perfect Dark I spent like a year delivery newspapers as a kid saving up for...
But that's at my parent's house.

in my possession:

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What's inside the case?
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Nice window I can tell you have some good airflow.

Cataleet · « **Reply #137 on:** Wed, 02 January 2013, 20:41:33 »

Probably my Nintendo Famicom

TAdams · « **Reply #138 on:** Thu, 03 January 2013, 19:44:17 »

I am going to have to think on this one. But for now I would say a vacuum tube checker.

missalaire · « **Reply #139 on:** Thu, 03 January 2013, 23:51:57 »

Besides my keyboards? Probably my Final Fantasy VIII PC version game.

reverkiller · « **Reply #140 on:** Fri, 04 January 2013, 18:51:17 »

I have a slide rule that my parents bought me for Christmas 3 years ago. I'm actually quite quick at using it - I've used it on physics exams before.

Other than that, I have a 40 count programming book collection, made of mostly "Introduction to C" and "Learn C++ in 24 days!" books.

I think to everyone but frequenters of this forum, my 5 keyboard collection (With some coming in the near future!), and the 1000 keycaps I ordered from SP is by far the nerdiest

KangarooZombies · « **Reply #141 on:** Fri, 04 January 2013, 23:55:38 »

Nerdy? More like awesome. this thread is rad. I wish i had something super nerdy to post.

Wildcard · « **Reply #142 on:** Sat, 05 January 2013, 17:37:16 »

Quote from: KangarooZombies on Fri, 04 January 2013, 23:55:38

Nerdy? More like awesome. this thread is rad. I wish i had something super nerdy to post.

I'm sure you can find something. Ever make a pen/pencil holder out of floppy discs?

KangarooZombies · « **Reply #143 on:** Sat, 05 January 2013, 19:20:22 »

Quote from: RiffRaff on Sat, 05 January 2013, 17:37:16

Quote from: KangarooZombies on Fri, 04 January 2013, 23:55:38
Nerdy? More like awesome. this thread is rad. I wish i had something super nerdy to post.

I'm sure you can find something. Ever make a pen/pencil holder out of floppy discs?

Cant say that i have, but im pretty sure i could find a ton of floppy disks in my basement. lol.

__red__ · « **Reply #144 on:** Sat, 05 January 2013, 20:00:29 »

Wow, tough question.

A long time ago I built the UK's largest ISP. I have an original floppy with the internet software on and one of the original modem cards from the POP.

Both ends if you will...

SmallFry · « **Reply #145 on:** Sat, 05 January 2013, 22:16:07 »

Quote from: __red__ on Sat, 05 January 2013, 20:00:29

Wow, tough question.

A long time ago I built the UK's largest ISP. I have an original floppy with the internet software on and one of the original modem cards from the POP.

Both ends if you will...

How does one build an ISP?

ihasmario · « **Reply #146 on:** Sun, 06 January 2013, 02:42:23 »

Three IBM T221s

And a NOS stylophone 350s complete with a never used vinyl demo narrated by Rolf Harris

phetto · « **Reply #147 on:** Sun, 06 January 2013, 02:44:50 »

Replacement buttons for a ****ing keyboard, thats the nerdiest **** I got.

bigsneakysnake · « **Reply #148 on:** Sun, 06 January 2013, 16:38:24 »

An E-Mu Systems Emulator II. It's an 8-bit keyboard sampler from 1984 that stores its sound banks on 5 1/4" floppy disks. Expensive, prone to breakage, but awesome nonetheless.

llovro · « **Reply #149 on:** Tue, 08 January 2013, 11:32:05 »

Hmmmm... My geekiest thing is probably my gameboy advance sp and pokemon games (ruby, fire red, sapphire).

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Author Topic: What's The Geekiest Thing You Own? (Read 38844 times)