Andrew (Television Executive)Dec 12, 2022
My mom, who has passed on, told me that buying gifts for me was frustrating because it was *really easy* to figure out what kinds of things I would appreciate, and *very difficult* to find them.
Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)

I'm thinking about this again this year as I revisit my Look Out List, which I used to keep updated for friends and family to help them have a general idea of where my hyperfixations had taken me that year.

There's a section that's just Various Models of british tube televisions from the 60s and 70s.

There's a section of Soviet radios.

There's a section of super obscure computer peripherals.

A list of the palm pilots I have owned, and their current working status (as of 2019).

Dec 12, 2022 at 5:13pmWeb
Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)Dec 12, 2022

One year, mom gave me a Stylophone, a board game from 1974, a novel from the 50s that had been out of print since the 50s.

She was good at the whole weird vintage gifts thing. She's the reason I spend so much time in little vintage shops.

Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)Dec 12, 2022

To be clear, I don't think any of those items were on the list.

The list is mostly like "things I'm interested in at the moment" + "I already own these examples of these things, so if you're going for it, don't get these specific things"

It's a vibe thing, mostly; A mood board.

I haven't updated this list in years, I'd still be happy to own most of the items here. I've never sought the majority of them out myself, because it's all vibes.

Show threadKebo KitanariDec 12, 2022

@ajroach42 I need to make a list like this for myself lol

It’d mostly be retro computers and cameras, niche open hardware, obscure cheap old synths, and the most random little knickknacks you can get from a vintage store ran by someone who could be your grandma

Show thread"Extinct" OncelerDec 12, 2022
@ajroach42 dude.
Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)Dec 12, 2022
@aka_quant_noir I don't understand what this means.
Show thread"Extinct" OncelerDec 12, 2022
@ajroach42 "I am so with this idea."
Show threadkarmacDec 12, 2022
@ajroach42 LG phenom running Windows CE I think it was? Slick machine. Loved it back in the day
Show threadShae ErissonDec 12, 2022
@ajroach42 do you need a Soviet radio? I can send you mine.
Show threadShae ErissonDec 12, 2022
@ajroach42 srsly: https://photos.app.goo.gl/gtURFBZBzmNUyHBr7
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Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)Dec 12, 2022
@shapr Need? Not remotely, but I like weird old radios.