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Graham88
Completely surprised by the lack of blade diversity here on Drop...
I’ve been a collector of Blades since before my teens, and a retailer coming up on 15… or maybe 20 years. Drop has really been kind of an interesting experience for me, because I do occasionally get to see some unusual tech and sometimes EDC items that otherwise I might not have been aware of. And maybe it’s because I have a deep love of cutlery and bladed weapons, but I find myself trolling through the site looking at it what’s available; and it’s just it’s pretty much the same. And the bladed community here is just always confused me.. every single knife is about the same, they’re almost all drop points and although the handle materials change and brands change.. it’s really just the same knife over and over and over again... occasionally you’ll see a tanto or a slight variant; but rarely… and almost never a serrated blade. And I’m just deeply amazed at this diversion of serrated blades. And I’m just surprised there isn’t more of a request for diversity here.... and I...
Mar 12, 2020
JellyDPhoto
Can we get Sony E-Mount or other mirrorless camera options please..
Would be nice to see some Sony E mount full frame cameras on here. I currently shoot with a A99 and they killed the lense path for better or more option lenses and now is all E-Mount. 🤔
Jan 13, 2020
RayF
There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
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For me, and for many I would imagine, it depends on what I'm trying to accomplish with the writing. I can type pretty quickly, so for meetings at which computers are allowed, I might be inclined to go the digital route. Obviously, email is done digitally. And, although this is a discussion in the "writing" section, it's online so it's ... um ... digital. I'll also write digitally (literally and figuratively) if I'm out and about and don't have any handy paper, pen(s) or surface on which to write. I usually have my phone with me and enjoy displaying my adept use of opposable thumbs, especially in the presence of dolphins.
For serious studying, brainstorming, scheduling/planning, brain-dumps, journaling, etc I will default to my pen and paper. I find that I remember things much better when writing. It's a slower process, easier on the eyes, requires more thought and stays in front of me longer. It requires me to be more deliberate. For brain dumps and journaling, this is especially important.
The closest I've gotten to the two modes converging was using a stylus on my tablet. With newer, more advanced products being developed, it's becoming easier to do handwriting on the screen. This enables sharing with others and OCR (if included) in whatever app you're using. Of course, chicken scratch doesn't usually get translated correctly, so this system has limitations as well.
I've been using fountain pens almost exclusively for about 3 years and various kinds of paper, ink and pens (the trifecta) that work well together - for me.
In the past month, I've drifted away from digital writing except when necessary. But it's still integral to my day-to-day.
Cheers.
Couldn't agree more. I can't absorb any but the most basic concepts without writing them out.
I used a Lenovo X220 tablet notebook for a couple of years. Well before tablets and ipads became mainstream. The X220 has an actual Wacom tablet for a screen with 2K pressure resolution. Its chicken scratch recognition software was very impressive, even back then. And it only got better the more you used it. I tried ArtRage on it once and I was awed by what you can accomplish with it... if you have the talent. I don't. Despite the potential; even though you could undo/redo your hand writing; move, resize and rotate your drawings and equations; change the color of what you just wrote, etc. etc.; Despite it almost merging the best of both worlds, I still preferred keeping the two formats separate.
There just is no substitute for the physical aspect of "the trifecta". And, despite persistent attempts to replace it, the keyboard/mouse combination remains the most efficient means of getting things done.