Best and/or most affordable sidewall string brands that can be purchased by the roll?

I want to add some color to my mostly white pockets. What are some good brands i can purchase by the roll rather than dedicated kits?

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u/BookkeeperOK14 — 8 days ago

Original Scans of Tolkien Poems Published in Oxford Magazine?

Are scans available for these older publications that werent mass produced? Im specifically looking for “Looney” from the 1934 issue.

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u/BookkeeperOK14 — 14 days ago

ESPN 30 for 30 “Coraçao” 10 part Vingnette from 2014 World Cup

As part of the ESPN 30 for 30 Soccer Stories series they made for the 2014 World Cup in brazil, there was a 10 Part series that aired randomly throughout the month during ESPNs coverage of the tournament. It was hosted by the Brazilian Musician pictured, Roge.

The segments were only a couple minutes in length each. There is not much information on it, but i managed to find a couple of the segments that were part of “World Cup Tonight” which aired after all the games each day. I believe the other segments aired randomly in the pregame and postgame shows. Maybe the halftime shows too, but i doubt it because of time, who knows though.

If anyone has this series or has ESPNs coverage of all the games and can look through to see if they find any of these segments, it would be appreciated. Any information at all would be appreciated. Julie Foudy was the one to introduce him in the segments I found. She also hosted a similar segment herself, i am just not sure if its part of the series, or something separate.

Here is the first segment from the preview show. It starts just before the 1:11:00 mark.

u/BookkeeperOK14 — 23 days ago

Atomiswave Ports on CDR Dreamshell question.

Ive been playing all the Atomiswave ports that have a .cdi conversion to burn to CDRs (i know they play much better using the .gdi versions, this is just for fun and nostalgia). Is there a way to to have the CDRs load automatically without having to change the settings in Dreamshell at the beginning each time?

Just wondering if there is some type of script you could add to the CD to automate it so they load like any other Dreamcast game.

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u/BookkeeperOK14 — 1 month ago

Looking for info on this Yamaha “Marksman” calculator/dry erase/rolodex

I was curious if this was an accessory to one of their products. I couldn’t find any info on any Yamaha product called the “Marksman”. Any info on it is appreciated, thanks in advance.

u/BookkeeperOK14 — 1 month ago

Bulk image resizer for both dimensions & resolution?

Years ago my grandma got all her photo slides digitized from her friends kid, a few thousand total. Somehow the dimensions got distorted so they look squished. There is also a wide range of resolutions from 300dpi to 1200dpi, the later is overkill. She was too nice to say anything at the time. Right now they are organized in a couple hundred different folders, but I can move them all to the same location in that’s necessary. Is there some software that i can select all the folders and adjust all the dimensions and resolution at once? Changing the resolution isnt vital, its just to save space. Dimensions are the main issue.

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u/BookkeeperOK14 — 2 months ago

Grand Theft Auto London Prima Guide Scan?

Does anyone have a scan of this guide? Probably the rarest guide there is. There has only been two listings for it in the past 15 years. Someone posted a bunch of photos of some of the pages in one of the GTA forums some time ago, but thats all I could find.

u/BookkeeperOK14 — 2 months ago

Looking for a Brine MX in Forest Green to string and recreate my first stick.

Does anyone here have a Brine MX head in the Forest Green color way lying around that they are willing to part with? My first stick was that head with a “Rock-It-Pocket” and a graphite shaft. I want to recreate it. Any help tracking that head down would be appreciated. Every other color except that one seems to be available. I have a white one already, but i dont want to go the dye route. I want to track down the original. The only picture i could find is from an old YouTube video.

u/BookkeeperOK14 — 2 months ago

External Enclosures corrupting data on SSDs?

I have two Sabrent enclosures (EC-UASP) for 2.5” drives that I have used with regular mechanical WD 1TB drives for the last couple years without a single issue. They are plugged in individually via USB to an always on PC hooked up to my TV. I use them to store TV Shows/Movies/Music/Audiobooks. I recently upgraded both to Verbatim Vi550 S3 2.5” 4TB SSD drives, and I have noticed that random files have been corrupted after accessing it. One day it might be two files, the next day it may be 20, then it will go a few days without any. Its not just limited to files that I watch/listen to. I looked online for info on the issue and it said that it could be a power issue and that I should turn off the sleep mode, which I did, but it didnt change anything. I also upgraded the PC with the same verbatim SSD drive, just 1TB, and that has worked flawlessly so far.

Im assuming its just a compatibility issue with the enclosures, but I wanted to double check here before I purchase new enclosures so i dont purchase incompatible ones again. All three drives were purchased new and its happening to both of the external ones, so I dont believe the drives are the issue. The PC is an older Dell Inspiron desktop if that matters. Any input is appreciated.

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u/BookkeeperOK14 — 2 months ago

Different Sized Verbatim DVD+R DL Discs (7.3GB vs. 8.5GB)

I have two spindles of Verbatim DVD+R DL discs, one spindle is only 7.3GB, the whole 50 disc spindle. I cant find any info on them online. Other than the size, the only difference i see is the “changeable” at the bottom being “No” on the smaller capacity disc. The physical discs also have a noticeably brighter purple bottom on the smaller capacity, much brighter than both the 8.5GB DL discs and the normal 4.7GB DVDRs. The stickers on the spindles are exactly the same, both saying 8.5GB and having the P/N as 98319.

I have had the smaller capacity discs for many years, i just never noticed the size until recently when i was burning an 8GB file and imgburn said the file was too large.

I was just curious if anyone else has seen these 7.3GB discs before. I am genuinely curious about them. Could it be a defective batch, maybe a compatibility error since they are old? It just seems like a waste to only be 7.3GB when the disc can obviously hold more. The smaller ones work perfectly too, never had an issue with them. The screenshots are from imgburn.

u/BookkeeperOK14 — 3 months ago