I don’t necessarily mean adult as in NSFW.
I’d probably bring in my RG280V. It was my first handheld emulator. I had emulated games on my phone in the past and even used a Bluetooth controller but playing on it felt different. More real in a way.
I grew up with the Game Boy so the idea of having thousands of games on the go is pretty neat to me.
I’ve since moved on to the RG405M.
What about you? Do you have anything neat or special to you that you could talk about for a couple minutes?
Would love to see photos as well
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Beer. Not to show, just to enjoy it.
I’d like to bring a tall ship sailor. Preferably from the 18th or 19th century. I bet they’d have some interesting work stories to tell.
I own a sextant. I have other cool stuff, but that’s the one that probably has the most universal appeal.
This has been a very cool thread.
Probably, my grandfather’s blades as they tell pretty incredible stories. In order of when he was received them:
- USMC Kabar knife. He was issued the knife when he joined in WW2. He was lucky to avoid combat. Really, really lucky. He was on a troop transport en route to Kyushu when the surrender was signed on the USS Missouri and Operation Downfall was cancelled.
He went on to join the rubber industry, working for a major manufacturer in Indonesia. He kept his Kabar with him and used it a lot but never in violence. The combat knife became a tool of agriculture. The original leather rotted away in the tropical heat and humidity, was replaced with an improvised aluminum one. He was an avid gardener in his retirement and continued to use it somewhat like a hori-hori. The aluminum handle is falling off at this point, so, I’m going to eventually replace it with one made from olive wood to complete the “swords to plowshares” symbolism physically.
- Indonesian Parang. This blade is similar to a machete in design, about 20-24in (~51-61cm). My grandfather was given this blade at the rubber plantation by a deeply despondent man. The man had been pressured into taking part in an honor killing but didn’t have a violent bone in his body. Not knowing what to do and not wanting to murder another human being, he came to my grandfather who was well-respected in the community (he was ceremonially adopted by the local tribe). They came up with a solution. If he didn’t have his parang, he couldn’t perform the killing. So, he left it in my grandfather’s hands, making him promise to never return it.
While that man is probably long gone, I keep that promise myself and strive to ensure that the blade is never used for violence. Perhaps I’ll see if I can figure out a good mount for it to permanently prevent its removal from the scabbard. Its continued existence, to me, provides tangible evidence that there’s always another way.
I appreciated this comment, that’s a great show and tell story.
I’d bring my Split ergonomic keyboards I’ve built/am working on.
I’d love to get others into the hobby or crowd source help in coding QMK from those who are already in it. Online forums are a great resource but for some there’s no replacing an in-person teacher.
I’ll hopefully come back and edit this post when I get home to share a picture.
If we could go outdoors I could probably bring my bootleg pelican case full of ham radio equipment, deploy an HF station and try making some contacts while explaining how each of the parts works
I’m an antenna engineer. I’d bring an antenna because after hearing a lot of adult show-and-tells I figure people could probably use some sleep.
Do you still use nec2, or do you have some sort of proprietary thing?
Never used that myself. There are many programs we use depending on what property you are looking to calculate. I’d say the main tool is HFSS. I personally used CST mostly because when I was learning all of the licenses were usually in use and CST was always available since it was not as well known. But seriously, I’d estimate there are literally dozens of programs plus programs that each of us writes, usually in Matlab.
Matlab
That might be the barrier. I seem to remember NEC2 was the only game in town for amateur use, which is why I have it installed. It’s the only thing I’ve used that still expects punch cards.
99% of audience dozing off, 1% fascinated by the mystical art of antennas and radio waves. I know the science behind it, but I still don’t know how you guys came up with some of those designs.
To be honest, we learn about the basic antenna designs, and there are many, and then usually new designs come from altering some idea to fit a new need, until there is nothing of the original idea left. LOL. Usually, we’re asked to size reduce but it’s just not physically possible to do what is often asked of us. There is a running joke in the industry that customers always want an infinitely small antenna with infinite gain. Usually we start with something like a monopole design and change the physical parameters until we can no longer meet the spec. Hopefully the antennas fitsb in the required space. At least that how did it. Necessity is the parent of invention, after all.
my laptop so i can show off gnome and emacs (and my trackball!)
I’d bring my Moog Theramini. Nothing like playing the air waves! It’s magic science!
So I’m trans. And what I would bring is the Christmas ortament I got from a friend after coming out that says “Name’s first Christmas”.
That’s both hilarious and thoughtful. I love it and am totally stealing this idea.
You absolutely should! It’s funny because she was kinda nervous about the idea because she was worried that it might be insulting since I’m not like, a baby. But I laughed so hard when I opened the box, and it’s slayed everyone I’ve shown it too.
That’s super sweet and special, love it as a show-and-tell.
My friends came and threw me an “It’s a girl!” party. Friends are great.
Hahaha aww, that’s cute and awesome!
The only acceptable use of a “gender reveal party!” 😉
Probably either a Ken Payne bronze called The Trail of Change or my Ibanez s521 guitar with the ocean fade paint job.
Inherited it from a family member who loved southwestern and native American culture and history they shared with me so it’s some sentiment along with an interesting statue.
Most of what I own is minimal and function over form but I just think it looks awesome and is fun
That’s one of the coolest guitars I’ve ever seen!
I’ve got one of those guitars too! Super light, really fun to play, looks awesome.
I’d bring my best girl Laika, because she’s awesome and I don’t have any interesting junk.
I used to paint back in college but I haven’t touched the brush ever since. I just don’t have the drive for it I guess.
I quite like that very much.
Those are amazing!
I would bring a bunch of fossil rocks & Petoskey stones!
Or my enormous collection of rare (not gonna say the brand) plushies! I’m one of the handful of people who have a special “good community citizen” plush from them!
Or my dumb lizard who was born without scales. I like to educate folks on why they should never get one.
Never get a lizard or a lizard without scales?
A lizard without scales! At least this particular lizard. It makes their natural instincts vs. their physical sensitivities a nightmare to balance.
