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Hotway 4-Bay USB3.0/eSATA RAID enclosure
Now i need to buy the HDDs.
4x3TB or 4x4TB.
Both are going to cost big money to get 4.

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• 14 candles for my grandma - I always have one lit up for my grandma and other family relatives that have passed away
• Portland Timbers jersey
• back to my Pokemon TCG spending again (Yveltal Deck, another Yvetal Elite Trainer Box, and 4 Legendendary Treasures packs)

I plan on buying a 32gb SD card for my 3DS XL on my next Pay Day in April.
 
Gone and got myself a microphone stand so I don't have to try use three hands to hold the microphone whilst playing guitar.

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My "Samtron" and "Linktron" shirts came in today. Sorry for the poor quality but my camera doesn't like to cooperate indoors.





 
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1/18 Ford Focus RS (Otto diecast)
1/18 Ford Escort RS Cosworth (UT Models)
1/18 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (Minichamps)
bought these three from eBay and a trade deal for the Otto Focus RS

And a few new components for my pc upgrade
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Otto are resin arnt they.?
 
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Aluminum, silicone, vacuum hose bungs, and hose clamps. Any air intake can't be shelf-bought for the Impreza 2.5RS because there's a specific "resonance" in the intake, which is rectified by the fender. However, the piping between the stock airbox, (which draws air in from the fender to reduce resonance) and the manifold is both highly turbulent and hot.


My solution was simple: make straighter piping downstream of the stock airbox and MAF sensor, which conveniently also avoids the intake manifold until it goes into the intake manifold.


I've included my version (which needs to be trimmed, vacuum bung'd and clamped) and the OEM version in the photo so you can see it.

So... I'm thinking "job well done" already. I'm finishing it up this weekend.
 
Got my jerseys today - and so much better than I had been expecting them.

One from the Japan national team --I'm ready for the World Cup!!--

and two from the Mexican club team from where my grandma was from, Leon FC (one for me and one for my uncle).

edit: just spend some money again! Just bought the Korean Republic jersey
 
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Went to the Lego store in the Mall of America this weekend and came across this:



I'm pretty sure it was the only one in the store and it was in the wrong spot. Pure luck that I happened to have seen it.

And my wife found this desk on craigslist.



I think it looks pretty nice in the office and it's a lot better than the computer hutch we were using.
 
Just pre-ordered ELP Brain Salad Surgery Super Deluxe Edition Boxset.

Super Deluxe Edition box set (6-disc)

CD1: Original album, remastered.

CD2: The Alternate Album

  • Karn Evil 9 – Third Impression Original Backing Track
  • Jerusalem First Mix
  • Still …You Turn Me On First Mix
  • Toccata *Previously Unreleased
  • Karn Evil 9 – First Impression (part one) *Previously Unreleased
  • Karn Evil 9 – First Impression (part two) *Previously Unreleased
  • Karn Evil 9 – Second Impression *Previously Unreleased
  • Karn Evil 9 – Third Impression *Previously Unreleased
  • Excerpts From Brain Salad Surgery NME Flexi Disc
  • When The Apple Blossoms Bloom In The Windmills Of Your Mind I’ll Be Your Valentine B-Side Single (K13503)
  • Brain Salad Surgery B-Side Single (K10946)
  • Brain Salad Surgery Instrumental
  • Karn Evil 9 (3rd Impression) Diff Version
  • Karn Evil 9 (3rd Impression) Instrumental
CD3: New stereo version of album.

DVD-A: Original album in new 5.1 mix and also @24bit; the new high resolution stereo mixes @ 24bit.

DVD: Feature-length documentary featuring highlights of the 1973 World Tour.

LP: 180gms heavyweight vinyl of the original album, remastered.

Released in May can't wait.
 
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Just pre-ordered ELO Brain Salad Surgery Super Deluxe Edition Boxset.

Wow! ELO was my favorite group before they went disco.:yuck:

I had no idea they had a newer album called Brain Salad!

But, I was disappointed when I googled and found out that you meant to say ELP.

But, I was very excited when I discovered ELO had actually come out with a new album in 2001, and it wasn't disco, it was orchestrational rock like their old stuff!

Thank you Sprite, for your typo! 👍

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So, I decided to post a follow-up to what I had mentioned earlier. This lovely looking intake is called a "hybrid" intake, because it utilizes bits of the OEM filter (mainly the Helmholtz resonator and OEM airbox) with custom piping beyond the OEM airbox.



Read more here:
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1471819


So, I'm attempting to further improve the design with less sharp angles and more easy-flowing "lazy" turns, to thus improve air speed at higher RPMs. And it just looks amazing..


I'll have it fully installed by Sunday. :D
 
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