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Fine wine, Italy continues to lead the recovery of Liv-Ex, with Tuscany standing out

If the wine market as a whole is still moving at a slower pace than in the past, the world leading fine wines continue to look for a recove…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #ItalianWine #Italianwine ##investments #collecting #finewine #Italia #Italian #italiano #italy #ITALY100 #Liv-ex #Wine
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2767526/fine-wine-italy-continues-to-lead-the-recovery-of-liv-ex-with-tuscany-standing-out/

Fine wine, Italy continues to lead the recovery of Liv-Ex, with Tuscany standing out

If the wine market as a whole is still moving at a slower pace than in the past, the world leading fine wines continue to look for a recove…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #ItalianWine #Italianwine ##investments #collecting #finewine #Italia #Italian #italiano #italy #ITALY100 #Liv-ex #Wine
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2767526/fine-wine-italy-continues-to-lead-the-recovery-of-liv-ex-with-tuscany-standing-out/

Fine wine, Italy continues to lead the recovery of Liv-Ex, with Tuscany standing out

If the wine market as a whole is still moving at a slower pace than in the past, the world leading fine wines continue to look for a recove…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #ItalianWine #Italianwine ##investments #collecting #finewine #Italia #Italian #italiano #italy #ITALY100 #Liv-ex #Wine
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2767526/fine-wine-italy-continues-to-lead-the-recovery-of-liv-ex-with-tuscany-standing-out/

Fine wine, Italy continues to lead the recovery of Liv-Ex, with Tuscany standing out

If the wine market as a whole is still moving at a slower pace than in the past, the world leading fine wines continue to look for a recove…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #ItalianWine #Italianwine ##investments #collecting #finewine #Italia #Italian #italiano #italy #ITALY100 #Liv-ex #Wine
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2767526/fine-wine-italy-continues-to-lead-the-recovery-of-liv-ex-with-tuscany-standing-out/

Fine wine, Italy continues to lead the recovery of Liv-Ex, with Tuscany standing out https://www.diningandcooking.com/2767526/fine-wine-italy-continues-to-lead-the-recovery-of-liv-ex-with-tuscany-standing-out/ ##investments #collecting #FineWine #Italia #Italian #ItalianWine #italiano #italy #ITALY100 #LivEx #Wine

Fine wine, Italy continues to lead the recovery of Liv-Ex, with Tuscany standing out https://www.diningandcooking.com/2767526/fine-wine-italy-continues-to-lead-the-recovery-of-liv-ex-with-tuscany-standing-out/ ##investments #collecting #FineWine #Italia #Italian #ItalianWine #italiano #italy #ITALY100 #LivEx #Wine

Fine wine, Italy continues to lead the recovery of Liv-Ex, with Tuscany standing out https://www.diningandcooking.com/2767526/fine-wine-italy-continues-to-lead-the-recovery-of-liv-ex-with-tuscany-standing-out/ ##investments #collecting #FineWine #Italia #Italian #ItalianWine #italiano #italy #ITALY100 #LivEx #Wine

Fine wine, Italy continues to lead the recovery of Liv-Ex, with Tuscany standing out

If the wine market as a whole is still moving at a slower pace than in the past,…
#Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #collecting #FineWine #investments #ITALY100 #LIV-EX
https://www.europesays.com/italy/39737/

Fancy a Nobbly Bobbly? Or a Jelly Terror? The eye-popping guide to the greatest ice lolly wrappers ever
By Daniel Dylan Wray

From Fonzie to Elvis to the Daleks, from a Mini Milk to a Seaside Saucy to a Freak Out … incredibly rare vintage ice lolly wrappers have now been memorialised in a 96-page, nostalgia-inducing delight

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/aug/11/greatest-vintage-ice-lolly-wrappers

#Design #Artanddesign #Collecting #Fooddrinkindustry #Culture #Food #TheGuardian #DanielDylanWray

Fancy a Nobbly Bobbly? Or a Jelly Terror? The eye-popping guide to the greatest ice lolly wrappers ever
By Daniel Dylan Wray

From Fonzie to Elvis to the Daleks, from a Mini Milk to a Seaside Saucy to a Freak Out … incredibly rare vintage ice lolly wrappers have now been memorialised in a 96-page, nostalgia-inducing delight

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/aug/11/greatest-vintage-ice-lolly-wrappers

#Design #Artanddesign #Collecting #Fooddrinkindustry #Culture #Food #TheGuardian #DanielDylanWray

Fancy a Nobbly Bobbly? Or a Jelly Terror? The eye-popping guide to the greatest ice lolly wrappers ever
By Daniel Dylan Wray

From Fonzie to Elvis to the Daleks, from a Mini Milk to a Seaside Saucy to a Freak Out … incredibly rare vintage ice lolly wrappers have now been memorialised in a 96-page, nostalgia-inducing delight

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/aug/11/greatest-vintage-ice-lolly-wrappers

#Design #Artanddesign #Collecting #Fooddrinkindustry #Culture #Food #TheGuardian #DanielDylanWray

I think I might be the king of making #mistakes. Especially when it comes to #watch #collecting. #read about my mistakes, and how I #learned my #lesson

https://ennui-vagaries.cc/2026/08/10/have-a-laugh-at-my/

#waches #watchcollecting #watchesofmastodon #watchesofpixelfed

I think I might be the king of making #mistakes. Especially when it comes to #watch #collecting. #read about my mistakes, and how I #learned my #lesson

https://ennui-vagaries.cc/2026/08/10/have-a-laugh-at-my/

#waches #watchcollecting #watchesofmastodon #watchesofpixelfed

I think I might be the king of making #mistakes. Especially when it comes to #watch #collecting. #read about my mistakes, and how I #learned my #lesson

https://ennui-vagaries.cc/2026/08/10/have-a-laugh-at-my/

#waches #watchcollecting #watchesofmastodon #watchesofpixelfed

I think I might be the king of making #mistakes. Especially when it comes to #watch #collecting. #read about my mistakes, and how I #learned my #lesson

https://ennui-vagaries.cc/2026/08/10/have-a-laugh-at-my/

#waches #watchcollecting #watchesofmastodon #watchesofpixelfed

I think I might be the king of making #mistakes. Especially when it comes to #watch #collecting. #read about my mistakes, and how I #learned my #lesson

https://ennui-vagaries.cc/2026/08/10/have-a-laugh-at-my/

#waches #watchcollecting #watchesofmastodon #watchesofpixelfed

I think I might be the king of making #mistakes. Especially when it comes to #watch #collecting. #read about my mistakes, and how I #learned my #lesson

https://ennui-vagaries.cc/2026/08/10/have-a-laugh-at-my/

#waches #watchcollecting #watchesofmastodon #watchesofpixelfed

I think I might be the king of making #mistakes. Especially when it comes to #watch #collecting. #read about my mistakes, and how I #learned my #lesson

https://ennui-vagaries.cc/2026/08/10/have-a-laugh-at-my/

#waches #watchcollecting #watchesofmastodon #watchesofpixelfed

I think I might be the king of making #mistakes. Especially when it comes to #watch #collecting. #read about my mistakes, and how I #learned my #lesson

https://ennui-vagaries.cc/2026/08/10/have-a-laugh-at-my/

#waches #watchcollecting #watchesofmastodon #watchesofpixelfed

📣 New Meteorite Market Report for 2026 just dropped! ☄️

👉 All the latest trends of note in the world of meteorite collecting. Prices, fakes, venues, and deals. What to buy and what to avoid.

🔗 Link : https://galactic-stone.com/galactic-stone-archive/meteorite-market-report-2026/

#meteorite #meteorites #meteoriten #meteorit #meteoryt #meteorito #collecting #MeteoriteMarketReport

📣 New Meteorite Market Report for 2026 just dropped! ☄️

👉 All the latest trends of note in the world of meteorite collecting. Prices, fakes, venues, and deals. What to buy and what to avoid.

🔗 Link : https://galactic-stone.com/galactic-stone-archive/meteorite-market-report-2026/

#meteorite #meteorites #meteoriten #meteorit #meteoryt #meteorito #collecting #MeteoriteMarketReport

📣 New Meteorite Market Report for 2026 just dropped! ☄️

👉 All the latest trends of note in the world of meteorite collecting. Prices, fakes, venues, and deals. What to buy and what to avoid.

🔗 Link : https://galactic-stone.com/galactic-stone-archive/meteorite-market-report-2026/

#meteorite #meteorites #meteoriten #meteorit #meteoryt #meteorito #collecting #MeteoriteMarketReport

📣 New Meteorite Market Report for 2026 just dropped! ☄️

👉 All the latest trends of note in the world of meteorite collecting. Prices, fakes, venues, and deals. What to buy and what to avoid.

🔗 Link : https://galactic-stone.com/galactic-stone-archive/meteorite-market-report-2026/

#meteorite #meteorites #meteoriten #meteorit #meteoryt #meteorito #collecting #MeteoriteMarketReport

A surprising feature of aging, is that I find my fandoms all falling away. I suspect, however, that Mrs. Brolin will remain my #1 Diva until death. #trekkienomore #trekkernomore #startrek #shatner #williamshatner #leonardnimoy #streisand #barbra #barbrastreisand #diva #divas #gaymensdivas #gaymensdiva #singer #singers #planets #outerspace #sciencefiction #collection #collecting #collector #collectors #growingold #growingolder #aging #aginginamerica #aginginmurica #starchart #basement

A surprising feature of aging, is that I find my fandoms all falling away. I suspect, however, that Mrs. Brolin will remain my #1 Diva until death. #trekkienomore #trekkernomore #startrek #shatner #williamshatner #leonardnimoy #streisand #barbra #barbrastreisand #diva #divas #gaymensdivas #gaymensdiva #singer #singers #planets #outerspace #sciencefiction #collection #collecting #collector #collectors #growingold #growingolder #aging #aginginamerica #aginginmurica #starchart #basement

A surprising feature of aging, is that I find my fandoms all falling away. I suspect, however, that Mrs. Brolin will remain my #1 Diva until death. #trekkienomore #trekkernomore #startrek #shatner #williamshatner #leonardnimoy #streisand #barbra #barbrastreisand #diva #divas #gaymensdivas #gaymensdiva #singer #singers #planets #outerspace #sciencefiction #collection #collecting #collector #collectors #growingold #growingolder #aging #aginginamerica #aginginmurica #starchart #basement

A surprising feature of aging, is that I find my fandoms all falling away. I suspect, however, that Mrs. Brolin will remain my #1 Diva until death. #trekkienomore #trekkernomore #startrek #shatner #williamshatner #leonardnimoy #streisand #barbra #barbrastreisand #diva #divas #gaymensdivas #gaymensdiva #singer #singers #planets #outerspace #sciencefiction #collection #collecting #collector #collectors #growingold #growingolder #aging #aginginamerica #aginginmurica #starchart #basement

How have I never heard of Androtchi before today?!?!?! This is the first time I've gotten her on my Tamagotchi Connection rerelease and I think I have a new favorite now. So cute!!!

#tamagotchi #tamagotchiconnection #virtualpets #vpets #collecting

https://www.europesays.com/ie/623412/ Here’s 4 new art spaces that opened in Charleston this year #AllegoryArtCollective #ArtOnTheSquareGallery #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsDesign #Charleston #collecting #Design #DrummondStudioGallery #Éire #Entertainment #exhbitions #IE #Ireland #MaryMartinGallery #sc #summerville #VisualArts

Yet another underreported danger of collecting stamps.

#sesamestreet #muppets #stamps #postagestamps #philately #manama #collecting #hobbies #philatelist #vintage

Yet another underreported danger of collecting stamps.

#sesamestreet #muppets #stamps #postagestamps #philately #manama #collecting #hobbies #philatelist #vintage

Yet another underreported danger of collecting stamps.

#sesamestreet #muppets #stamps #postagestamps #philately #manama #collecting #hobbies #philatelist #vintage

Yet another underreported danger of collecting stamps.

#sesamestreet #muppets #stamps #postagestamps #philately #manama #collecting #hobbies #philatelist #vintage

Yet another underreported danger of collecting stamps.

#sesamestreet #muppets #stamps #postagestamps #philately #manama #collecting #hobbies #philatelist #vintage

For Whom The Bell Tolls

Lorier, that New York microbrand famous for doubling down on acrylic crystal not so long ago, has recently announced (and sold out of) a refresh of their 4 most popular models; The Hydra, Falcon, Astra & Hyperion. The kicker? Every single one was announced with a sapphire crystal in place of the acrylic they were previously known for being staunchly in favor of.

But why? Why reverse course so completely & suddenly on what felt to me like such a large part of the brand’s core identity? Based on info scattered around the web (not on their own site? seriously?1), there are a few reasons.

First of all, the worst kept secret in watchdom, Lorier was acquired earlier in the year by ‘Worn & Wound’. Yes, the watch publication that is now attempting a very similar thing as Hodinkee did by trying to be a watch retailer and watch content publisher.2 Anytime a brand or company ends up acquiring another, the purchasing entity usually wants to get busy making back the money they put out to buy their new toy. The best way to do that in this case would be to sell a buttload of watches. Based on the overwhelming “feedback” online, the next releases from Lorier after the acquisition almost HAD to be sapphire. Makes sense, right?

Well… yes. But what if… the founders of Lorier, Lauren & Lorenzo Ortega, were always planning on eventually moving to sapphire crystals before the Hodin… er… I mean Worn & Wound acquisition? I do have it on good authority that the plan was to eventually move to sapphire crystals eventually.

If that is actually true -and I have no reason to believe it’s not- Lorier saying they preferred acrylic crystals was just a ploy to sell watches, not their actual belief. This just highlights to me that business is business and sometimes people will do or say whatever is necessary to sell their product. And never take what a brand or company says at face value. Ever.

Maybe I’m not aware of the complete story and am a little off base. It’s possible, maybe even likely. However, as an owner of their Falcon Series III with an acrylic crystal and a belief that sapphire isn’t all it’s cracked up to be3, I do feel betrayed and I’m entitled to my feelings and beliefs.

Either way this happened, I’m over buying any more Lorier watches new. If I do ever pick up an Astra like I was considering, it will be a pre-W&W version.

What about you? Where do you land on this situation?

1. C’mon folks, no reason you shouldn’t have these announcements on your own sites/blogs/channels so you can direct people to the already written & produced copy and not have to type & re-type the answers to questions over & over & over on a bunch of different forums; with the possibility of straying off message the more you are re-typing the message. Additionally, there’s less temptation to reply to us chuds who take exception with whichever decision happens to have been made. All questions we might have about your announcement could be answered by the announcement. ↩︎
2. Hopefully, it won’t blow up in their faces like it did with Hodinkee. However, I can’t imagine how it’s not going to end badly. ↩︎
3. ba dum tss! ↩︎

For Whom The Bell Tolls

Lorier, that New York microbrand famous for doubling down on acrylic crystal not so long ago, has recently announced (and sold out of) a refresh of their 4 most popular models; The Hydra, Falcon, Astra & Hyperion. The kicker? Every single one was announced with a sapphire crystal in place of the acrylic they were previously known for being staunchly in favor of.

But why? Why reverse course so completely & suddenly on what felt to me like such a large part of the brand’s core identity? Based on info scattered around the web (not on their own site? seriously?1), there are a few reasons.

First of all, the worst kept secret in watchdom, Lorier was acquired earlier in the year by ‘Worn & Wound’. Yes, the watch publication that is now attempting a very similar thing as Hodinkee did by trying to be a watch retailer and watch content publisher.2 Anytime a brand or company ends up acquiring another, the purchasing entity usually wants to get busy making back the money they put out to buy their new toy. The best way to do that in this case would be to sell a buttload of watches. Based on the overwhelming “feedback” online, the next releases from Lorier after the acquisition almost HAD to be sapphire. Makes sense, right?

Well… yes. But what if… the founders of Lorier, Lauren & Lorenzo Ortega, were always planning on eventually moving to sapphire crystals before the Hodin… er… I mean Worn & Wound acquisition? I do have it on good authority that the plan was to eventually move to sapphire crystals eventually.

If that is actually true -and I have no reason to believe it’s not- Lorier saying they preferred acrylic crystals was just a ploy to sell watches, not their actual belief. This just highlights to me that business is business and sometimes people will do or say whatever is necessary to sell their product. And never take what a brand or company says at face value. Ever.

Maybe I’m not aware of the complete story and am a little off base. It’s possible, maybe even likely. However, as an owner of their Falcon Series III with an acrylic crystal and a belief that sapphire isn’t all it’s cracked up to be3, I do feel betrayed and I’m entitled to my feelings and beliefs.

Either way this happened, I’m over buying any more Lorier watches new. If I do ever pick up an Astra like I was considering, it will be a pre-W&W version.

What about you? Where do you land on this situation?

1. C’mon folks, no reason you shouldn’t have these announcements on your own sites/blogs/channels so you can direct people to the already written & produced copy and not have to type & re-type the answers to questions over & over & over on a bunch of different forums; with the possibility of straying off message the more you are re-typing the message. Additionally, there’s less temptation to reply to us chuds who take exception with whichever decision happens to have been made. All questions we might have about your announcement could be answered by the announcement. ↩︎
2. Hopefully, it won’t blow up in their faces like it did with Hodinkee. However, I can’t imagine how it’s not going to end badly. ↩︎
3. ba dum tss! ↩︎

For Whom The Bell Tolls

Lorier, that New York microbrand famous for doubling down on acrylic crystal not so long ago, has recently announced (and sold out of) a refresh of their 4 most popular models; The Hydra, Falcon, Astra & Hyperion. The kicker? Every single one was announced with a sapphire crystal in place of the acrylic they were previously known for being staunchly in favor of.

But why? Why reverse course so completely & suddenly on what felt to me like such a large part of the brand’s core identity? Based on info scattered around the web (not on their own site? seriously?1), there are a few reasons.

First of all, the worst kept secret in watchdom, Lorier was acquired earlier in the year by ‘Worn & Wound’. Yes, the watch publication that is now attempting a very similar thing as Hodinkee did by trying to be a watch retailer and watch content publisher.2 Anytime a brand or company ends up acquiring another, the purchasing entity usually wants to get busy making back the money they put out to buy their new toy. The best way to do that in this case would be to sell a buttload of watches. Based on the overwhelming “feedback” online, the next releases from Lorier after the acquisition almost HAD to be sapphire. Makes sense, right?

Well… yes. But what if… the founders of Lorier, Lauren & Lorenzo Ortega, were always planning on eventually moving to sapphire crystals before the Hodin… er… I mean Worn & Wound acquisition? I do have it on good authority that the plan was to eventually move to sapphire crystals eventually.

If that is actually true -and I have no reason to believe it’s not- Lorier saying they preferred acrylic crystals was just a ploy to sell watches, not their actual belief. This just highlights to me that business is business and sometimes people will do or say whatever is necessary to sell their product. And never take what a brand or company says at face value. Ever.

Maybe I’m not aware of the complete story and am a little off base. It’s possible, maybe even likely. However, as an owner of their Falcon Series III with an acrylic crystal and a belief that sapphire isn’t all it’s cracked up to be3, I do feel betrayed and I’m entitled to my feelings and beliefs.

Either way this happened, I’m over buying any more Lorier watches new. If I do ever pick up an Astra like I was considering, it will be a pre-W&W version.

What about you? Where do you land on this situation?

1. C’mon folks, no reason you shouldn’t have these announcements on your own sites/blogs/channels so you can direct people to the already written & produced copy and not have to type & re-type the answers to questions over & over & over on a bunch of different forums; with the possibility of straying off message the more you are re-typing the message. Additionally, there’s less temptation to reply to us chuds who take exception with whichever decision happens to have been made. All questions we might have about your announcement could be answered by the announcement. ↩︎
2. Hopefully, it won’t blow up in their faces like it did with Hodinkee. However, I can’t imagine how it’s not going to end badly. ↩︎
3. ba dum tss! ↩︎

For Whom The Bell Tolls

Lorier, that New York microbrand famous for doubling down on acrylic crystal not so long ago, has recently announced (and sold out of) a refresh of their 4 most popular models; The Hydra, Falcon, Astra & Hyperion. The kicker? Every single one was announced with a sapphire crystal in place of the acrylic they were previously known for being staunchly in favor of.

But why? Why reverse course so completely & suddenly on what felt to me like such a large part of the brand’s core identity? Based on info scattered around the web (not on their own site? seriously?1), there are a few reasons.

First of all, the worst kept secret in watchdom, Lorier was acquired earlier in the year by ‘Worn & Wound’. Yes, the watch publication that is now attempting a very similar thing as Hodinkee did by trying to be a watch retailer and watch content publisher.2 Anytime a brand or company ends up acquiring another, the purchasing entity usually wants to get busy making back the money they put out to buy their new toy. The best way to do that in this case would be to sell a buttload of watches. Based on the overwhelming “feedback” online, the next releases from Lorier after the acquisition almost HAD to be sapphire. Makes sense, right?

Well… yes. But what if… the founders of Lorier, Lauren & Lorenzo Ortega, were always planning on eventually moving to sapphire crystals before the Hodin… er… I mean Worn & Wound acquisition? I do have it on good authority that the plan was to eventually move to sapphire crystals eventually.

If that is actually true -and I have no reason to believe it’s not- Lorier saying they preferred acrylic crystals was just a ploy to sell watches, not their actual belief. This just highlights to me that business is business and sometimes people will do or say whatever is necessary to sell their product. And never take what a brand or company says at face value. Ever.

Maybe I’m not aware of the complete story and am a little off base. It’s possible, maybe even likely. However, as an owner of their Falcon Series III with an acrylic crystal and a belief that sapphire isn’t all it’s cracked up to be3, I do feel betrayed and I’m entitled to my feelings and beliefs.

Either way this happened, I’m over buying any more Lorier watches new. If I do ever pick up an Astra like I was considering, it will be a pre-W&W version.

What about you? Where do you land on this situation?

1. C’mon folks, no reason you shouldn’t have these announcements on your own sites/blogs/channels so you can direct people to the already written & produced copy and not have to type & re-type the answers to questions over & over & over on a bunch of different forums; with the possibility of straying off message the more you are re-typing the message. Additionally, there’s less temptation to reply to us chuds who take exception with whichever decision happens to have been made. All questions we might have about your announcement could be answered by the announcement. ↩︎
2. Hopefully, it won’t blow up in their faces like it did with Hodinkee. However, I can’t imagine how it’s not going to end badly. ↩︎
3. ba dum tss! ↩︎

For Whom The Bell Tolls

Lorier, that New York microbrand famous for doubling down on acrylic crystal not so long ago, has recently announced (and sold out of) a refresh of their 4 most popular models; The Hydra, Falcon, Astra & Hyperion. The kicker? Every single one was announced with a sapphire crystal in place of the acrylic they were previously known for being staunchly in favor of.

But why? Why reverse course so completely & suddenly on what felt to me like such a large part of the brand’s core identity? Based on info scattered around the web (not on their own site? seriously?1), there are a few reasons.

First of all, the worst kept secret in watchdom, Lorier was acquired earlier in the year by ‘Worn & Wound’. Yes, the watch publication that is now attempting a very similar thing as Hodinkee did by trying to be a watch retailer and watch content publisher.2 Anytime a brand or company ends up acquiring another, the purchasing entity usually wants to get busy making back the money they put out to buy their new toy. The best way to do that in this case would be to sell a buttload of watches. Based on the overwhelming “feedback” online, the next releases from Lorier after the acquisition almost HAD to be sapphire. Makes sense, right?

Well… yes. But what if… the founders of Lorier, Lauren & Lorenzo Ortega, were always planning on eventually moving to sapphire crystals before the Hodin… er… I mean Worn & Wound acquisition? I do have it on good authority that the plan was to eventually move to sapphire crystals eventually.

If that is actually true -and I have no reason to believe it’s not- Lorier saying they preferred acrylic crystals was just a ploy to sell watches, not their actual belief. This just highlights to me that business is business and sometimes people will do or say whatever is necessary to sell their product. And never take what a brand or company says at face value. Ever.

Maybe I’m not aware of the complete story and am a little off base. It’s possible, maybe even likely. However, as an owner of their Falcon Series III with an acrylic crystal and a belief that sapphire isn’t all it’s cracked up to be3, I do feel betrayed and I’m entitled to my feelings and beliefs.

Either way this happened, I’m over buying any more Lorier watches new. If I do ever pick up an Astra like I was considering, it will be a pre-W&W version.

What about you? Where do you land on this situation?

1. C’mon folks, no reason you shouldn’t have these announcements on your own sites/blogs/channels so you can direct people to the already written & produced copy and not have to type & re-type the answers to questions over & over & over on a bunch of different forums; with the possibility of straying off message the more you are re-typing the message. Additionally, there’s less temptation to reply to us chuds who take exception with whichever decision happens to have been made. All questions we might have about your announcement could be answered by the announcement. ↩︎
2. Hopefully, it won’t blow up in their faces like it did with Hodinkee. However, I can’t imagine how it’s not going to end badly. ↩︎
3. ba dum tss! ↩︎

I was just listening to ATP Podcast, June 30 eposide, "And Do What?" (I'm a little behind in my listening).

The title is taken from the "Ask ATP" section of the show where someone wrote in asking what three vintage computers the hosts would like, if offered.

Responses were mixed, but early Macs and iOS devices were the main units discussed (and Casey's ThinkPads). Also discussed are those who just collect as an end in itself, and those who actually use these old systems. Getting them online was a big question for Marco.

I know I'm a little older than John, but I was surprised that no Apple II, C64, Atari 8-bits, etc. were mentioned, and I'm looking mainly at Marco who had the most to say about setting them up "and do what" then. How do you get programs onto these pre-internet computers?

I wanted to point out that there are a great many modern devices that make vintage computing much more approachable than the uninitiated may be aware of. I am the sort of collector that is primarily interested in using these systems, once acquired, and I have a room full of them -- most older than the systems discussed in the episode:

https://www.bytecellar.com/photo_pano.html

For most of my floppy-based systems, I've added various flash-based floppy disk emulation hardware and HD/large volume emulation hardware for others. Apple IIe, IIgs, TI-99/4A, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, my Amigas, NeXTstation, DOS 486, Tandy 1000, etc. As well, a few "WiFi modems" (serial to WiFi using ESP32 tech) get passed around to let them connect to my modern systems or the internet directly. There's a great deal of modern, enabling hardware for those in the hobby.

I use these systems quite often. None are my daily drivers, but one or two is usually on, doing something, on any given day. I'm not browsing the web on these, but demos, games, chat clients, data (tracker mods, video, etc.) streaming -- there's even a Mastodon client running on my 5x86 that actually does the TLS locally and supports image attachments.

There's a lot you can do with systems rather older than those discussed on the show, I'm here to say. :-)

#ATPPodcast #ATP #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #collecting #vintageapple #hobbies #nostalgia #computers #podcast #floppydisk #harddisk #GoTek #wifi232 #modem #modernretro #ByteCellar #tech #vintagetech

@siracusa @marcoarment @caseyliss

I was just listening to ATP Podcast, June 30 eposide, "And Do What?" (I'm a little behind in my listening).

The title is taken from the "Ask ATP" section of the show where someone wrote in asking what three vintage computers the hosts would like, if offered.

Responses were mixed, but early Macs and iOS devices were the main units discussed (and Casey's ThinkPads). Also discussed are those who just collect as an end in itself, and those who actually use these old systems. Getting them online was a big question for Marco.

I know I'm a little older than John, but I was surprised that no Apple II, C64, Atari 8-bits, etc. were mentioned, and I'm looking mainly at Marco who had the most to say about setting them up "and do what" then. How do you get programs onto these pre-internet computers?

I wanted to point out that there are a great many modern devices that make vintage computing much more approachable than the uninitiated may be aware of. I am the sort of collector that is primarily interested in using these systems, once acquired, and I have a room full of them -- most older than the systems discussed in the episode:

https://www.bytecellar.com/photo_pano.html

For most of my floppy-based systems, I've added various flash-based floppy disk emulation hardware and HD/large volume emulation hardware for others. Apple IIe, IIgs, TI-99/4A, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, my Amigas, NeXTstation, DOS 486, Tandy 1000, etc. As well, a few "WiFi modems" (serial to WiFi using ESP32 tech) get passed around to let them connect to my modern systems or the internet directly. There's a great deal of modern, enabling hardware for those in the hobby.

I use these systems quite often. None are my daily drivers, but one or two is usually on, doing something, on any given day. I'm not browsing the web on these, but demos, games, chat clients, data (tracker mods, video, etc.) streaming -- there's even a Mastodon client running on my 5x86 that actually does the TLS locally and supports image attachments.

There's a lot you can do with systems rather older than those discussed on the show, I'm here to say. :-)

#ATPPodcast #ATP #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #collecting #vintageapple #hobbies #nostalgia #computers #podcast #floppydisk #harddisk #GoTek #wifi232 #modem #modernretro #ByteCellar #tech #vintagetech

@siracusa @marcoarment @caseyliss

I was just listening to ATP Podcast, June 30 eposide, "And Do What?" (I'm a little behind in my listening).

The title is taken from the "Ask ATP" section of the show where someone wrote in asking what three vintage computers the hosts would like, if offered.

Responses were mixed, but early Macs and iOS devices were the main units discussed (and Casey's ThinkPads). Also discussed are those who just collect as an end in itself, and those who actually use these old systems. Getting them online was a big question for Marco.

I know I'm a little older than John, but I was surprised that no Apple II, C64, Atari 8-bits, etc. were mentioned, and I'm looking mainly at Marco who had the most to say about setting them up "and do what" then. How do you get programs onto these pre-internet computers?

I wanted to point out that there are a great many modern devices that make vintage computing much more approachable than the uninitiated may be aware of. I am the sort of collector that is primarily interested in using these systems, once acquired, and I have a room full of them -- most older than the systems discussed in the episode:

https://www.bytecellar.com/photo_pano.html

For most of my floppy-based systems, I've added various flash-based floppy disk emulation hardware and HD/large volume emulation hardware for others. Apple IIe, IIgs, TI-99/4A, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, my Amigas, NeXTstation, DOS 486, Tandy 1000, etc. As well, a few "WiFi modems" (serial to WiFi using ESP32 tech) get passed around to let them connect to my modern systems or the internet directly. There's a great deal of modern, enabling hardware for those in the hobby.

I use these systems quite often. None are my daily drivers, but one or two is usually on, doing something, on any given day. I'm not browsing the web on these, but demos, games, chat clients, data (tracker mods, video, etc.) streaming -- there's even a Mastodon client running on my 5x86 that actually does the TLS locally and supports image attachments.

There's a lot you can do with systems rather older than those discussed on the show, I'm here to say. :-)

#ATPPodcast #ATP #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #collecting #vintageapple #hobbies #nostalgia #computers #podcast #floppydisk #harddisk #GoTek #wifi232 #modem #modernretro #ByteCellar #tech #vintagetech

@siracusa @marcoarment @caseyliss

I was just listening to ATP Podcast, June 30 eposide, "And Do What?" (I'm a little behind in my listening).

The title is taken from the "Ask ATP" section of the show where someone wrote in asking what three vintage computers the hosts would like, if offered.

Responses were mixed, but early Macs and iOS devices were the main units discussed (and Casey's ThinkPads). Also discussed are those who just collect as an end in itself, and those who actually use these old systems. Getting them online was a big question for Marco.

I know I'm a little older than John, but I was surprised that no Apple II, C64, Atari 8-bits, etc. were mentioned, and I'm looking mainly at Marco who had the most to say about setting them up "and do what" then. How do you get programs onto these pre-internet computers?

I wanted to point out that there are a great many modern devices that make vintage computing much more approachable than the uninitiated may be aware of. I am the sort of collector that is primarily interested in using these systems, once acquired, and I have a room full of them -- most older than the systems discussed in the episode:

https://www.bytecellar.com/photo_pano.html

For most of my floppy-based systems, I've added various flash-based floppy disk emulation hardware and HD/large volume emulation hardware for others. Apple IIe, IIgs, TI-99/4A, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, my Amigas, NeXTstation, DOS 486, Tandy 1000, etc. As well, a few "WiFi modems" (serial to WiFi using ESP32 tech) get passed around to let them connect to my modern systems or the internet directly. There's a great deal of modern, enabling hardware for those in the hobby.

I use these systems quite often. None are my daily drivers, but one or two is usually on, doing something, on any given day. I'm not browsing the web on these, but demos, games, chat clients, data (tracker mods, video, etc.) streaming -- there's even a Mastodon client running on my 5x86 that actually does the TLS locally and supports image attachments.

There's a lot you can do with systems rather older than those discussed on the show, I'm here to say. :-)

#ATPPodcast #ATP #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #collecting #vintageapple #hobbies #nostalgia #computers #podcast #floppydisk #harddisk #GoTek #wifi232 #modem #modernretro #ByteCellar #tech #vintagetech

@siracusa @marcoarment @caseyliss

I was just listening to ATP Podcast, June 30 eposide, "And Do What?" (I'm a little behind in my listening).

The title is taken from the "Ask ATP" section of the show where someone wrote in asking what three vintage computers the hosts would like, if offered.

Responses were mixed, but early Macs and iOS devices were the main units discussed (and Casey's ThinkPads). Also discussed are those who just collect as an end in itself, and those who actually use these old systems. Getting them online was a big question for Marco.

I know I'm a little older than John, but I was surprised that no Apple II, C64, Atari 8-bits, etc. were mentioned, and I'm looking mainly at Marco who had the most to say about setting them up "and do what" then. How do you get programs onto these pre-internet computers?

I wanted to point out that there are a great many modern devices that make vintage computing much more approachable than the uninitiated may be aware of. I am the sort of collector that is primarily interested in using these systems, once acquired, and I have a room full of them -- most older than the systems discussed in the episode:

https://www.bytecellar.com/photo_pano.html

For most of my floppy-based systems, I've added various flash-based floppy disk emulation hardware and HD/large volume emulation hardware for others. Apple IIe, IIgs, TI-99/4A, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, my Amigas, NeXTstation, DOS 486, Tandy 1000, etc. As well, a few "WiFi modems" (serial to WiFi using ESP32 tech) get passed around to let them connect to my modern systems or the internet directly. There's a great deal of modern, enabling hardware for those in the hobby.

I use these systems quite often. None are my daily drivers, but one or two is usually on, doing something, on any given day. I'm not browsing the web on these, but demos, games, chat clients, data (tracker mods, video, etc.) streaming -- there's even a Mastodon client running on my 5x86 that actually does the TLS locally and supports image attachments.

There's a lot you can do with systems rather older than those discussed on the show, I'm here to say. :-)

#ATPPodcast #ATP #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #collecting #vintageapple #hobbies #nostalgia #computers #podcast #floppydisk #harddisk #GoTek #wifi232 #modem #modernretro #ByteCellar #tech #vintagetech

@siracusa @marcoarment @caseyliss

Love this little console. ❤️

NES Mini Classic Edition 🕹️

#videogames #collecting #nes #nintendo

Love this little console. ❤️

NES Mini Classic Edition 🕹️

#videogames #collecting #nes #nintendo

Love this little console. ❤️

NES Mini Classic Edition 🕹️

#videogames #collecting #nes #nintendo

Distractions and sadness

https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/distractions-and-sadness/

Distractions and sadness

https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/distractions-and-sadness/

Distractions and sadness

https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/distractions-and-sadness/

Distractions and sadness

https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/distractions-and-sadness/

Distractions and sadness

https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/distractions-and-sadness/

On The Up: Electrician shortlisted for world’s top astrophotography award

Known as Galactic Kiwi, McKay spent the past year trying to “perfect” his new photographi…
#NewsBeep #News #Artsanddesign #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #astrophotography #AU #Australia #award #bought #bug #camera #collecting #Design #developed #electrician #Entertainment #Evan #first #Flight #for #from #game #mckay #NASA #on #pastime #photos #shortlisted #Space #the #top #up #Video #when #worlds
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/814014/

On The Up: Electrician shortlisted for world’s top astrophotography award

Known as Galactic Kiwi, McKay spent the past year trying to “perfect” his new photographi…
#NewsBeep #News #Artsanddesign #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #astrophotography #AU #Australia #award #bought #bug #camera #collecting #Design #developed #electrician #Entertainment #Evan #first #Flight #for #from #game #mckay #NASA #on #pastime #photos #shortlisted #Space #the #top #up #Video #when #worlds
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/814014/

Ok who needs some #MondayMotivation? Even those of us for whom it is already Tuesday? Here are two #MondayMedal pieces you can take your pick from:

A) I can do it!

or, if jumping between cliffs seems a bit much for this early in the week, how about:

B) Self-care is essential.

Are you team A) or B) today? I'm going for A (but with B in my back pocket just in case)

#Medal #Medallion #MedalMonday #Numismatics #Collecting @numismatics #Motivation

Ok who needs some #MondayMotivation? Even those of us for whom it is already Tuesday? Here are two #MondayMedal pieces you can take your pick from:

A) I can do it!

or, if jumping between cliffs seems a bit much for this early in the week, how about:

B) Self-care is essential.

Are you team A) or B) today? I'm going for A (but with B in my back pocket just in case)

#Medal #Medallion #MedalMonday #Numismatics #Collecting @numismatics #Motivation

Ok who needs some #MondayMotivation? Even those of us for whom it is already Tuesday? Here are two #MondayMedal pieces you can take your pick from:

A) I can do it!

or, if jumping between cliffs seems a bit much for this early in the week, how about:

B) Self-care is essential.

Are you team A) or B) today? I'm going for A (but with B in my back pocket just in case)

#Medal #Medallion #MedalMonday #Numismatics #Collecting @numismatics #Motivation

Ok who needs some #MondayMotivation? Even those of us for whom it is already Tuesday? Here are two #MondayMedal pieces you can take your pick from:

A) I can do it!

or, if jumping between cliffs seems a bit much for this early in the week, how about:

B) Self-care is essential.

Are you team A) or B) today? I'm going for A (but with B in my back pocket just in case)

#Medal #Medallion #MedalMonday #Numismatics #Collecting @numismatics #Motivation

Ok who needs some #MondayMotivation? Even those of us for whom it is already Tuesday? Here are two #MondayMedal pieces you can take your pick from:

A) I can do it!

or, if jumping between cliffs seems a bit much for this early in the week, how about:

B) Self-care is essential.

Are you team A) or B) today? I'm going for A (but with B in my back pocket just in case)

#Medal #Medallion #MedalMonday #Numismatics #Collecting @numismatics #Motivation

“O bliss of the collector, bliss of the man of leisure!… Ownership is the most intimate relationship one can have to objects. Not that they come alive in him; it is he who comes alive in them.”*…

Readers may have seen news of the sale of “Gus,” a T. Rex skeleton that fetched a record $50,130,000 at Sotheby’s in New York last Tuesday. It’s part of a trend.

Devon Pendleton reports that dinosaurs have become an asset class for billionaires, with alarming implications for science… and, unsurprisingly, the market is about as orderly and genteel as a starving T. Rex. She uses a different recent sale, one that went pear-shaped, as an example…

It was supposed to be an unprecedented sale for the world’s wealthiest collectors. Shen, a Tyrannosaurus rex, was set to be the first of its kind ever sold at auction in Asia. The reconstructed creature, whose name means “godlike” in Chinese, was tens of millions of years old and longer than a city bus, frozen midstep with its massive skull cocked, jaws agape, as if ready to snatch up an onlooker. Christie’s was auctioning off Shen in November 2022, alongside works by Picasso, and it was expected to sell for $15 million to $25 million.

Dinosaur skeletons had recently become a hot new asset class, coveted by the ultrarich, not unlike sports franchises or Fabergé eggs. They offered a mix of glamour and primal appeal to a certain type of high-net-worth buyer—someone who might find the conventional art market fussy or convoluted but couldn’t deny the allure of a T. rex. “It could gobble you up in one bite. It’s just an amazing creature,” says billionaire Dan O’Dowd, who bought his T. rex, Samson, for a bargain $600,000 in 2009. “It’s the best trophy kind of thing you could own.”

Two years before the Shen auction, Christie’s had sold a T. rex named Stan, said to be one of the most complete and best-preserved specimens ever found, for $31.8 million, trouncing the top-end presale estimate of $8 million. And two years after the Shen auction, financier Ken Griffin spent $44.6 million on a stegosaurus (“a vegetarian,” O’Dowd notes). Leonardo DiCaprio, Nicolas Cage and other celebrities have gotten in on the dino game too.

A dinosaur’s value, like a painting’s or sculpture’s, derives from a protean mix of provenance, desire and authenticity—the last one hard to define, let alone prove, and in the case of an auction, up to the buyer to verify. Christie’s marketing blitz for Shen included the claim that it was one of the most “scientifically studied T. rex skeletons to come to auction,” featuring it in a short promotional video in which the camera cinematically races in for tight shots of its menacing talons and gaping jaw as eerie electronic music pulses in the background. Christie’s made clear that the winning bidder would also get renaming rights, a tradition in which T. rexes in circulation are often given human names.

A month before Shen was supposed to arrive at Christie’s in Hong Kong, it was put on display at Singapore’s Victoria Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall, a stately neoclassical building with a grand clock tower. Families, tourists and prospective buyers in chauffeured Bentleys came to see the T. rex in the flesh, so to speak. But Shen never made it to the auction block…

[Pendleton unpacks the full–and fascinating– tale of Shen. She concludes…]

… In recent years the dinosaur market has gotten only more exuberant. Last year at Sotheby’s a juvenile Ceratosaurus—smaller than a T. rex, but just as carnivorous—sold for $30.5 million, five times its high estimate. Some collectors, including Abu Dhabi’s new natural history museum and German biotech investor Christian Angermayer, are funding teams of bone hunters to scour the fossil-rich western US. Todd Graves, the billionaire behind Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, emerged as a collector when he lent his triceratops skull to the Louisiana Art & Science Museum.

And on July 14 in New York, Sotheby’s held what was hyped to be the hottest T. rex auction yet. Gus, as the creature is named, was described as 61% complete by bone count and 75% to 80% by bone mass with “an exceptionally preserved skull.” As the bids climbed, the auctioneer tempted potential buyers. “Try a bigger bite,” she said. “It’s a T. Rex after all.” Gus sold for $50.1 million, the highest ever paid for a dinosaur at auction.

Billionaires and their toys: “The Bone Rush,” gift article from @bloomberg.com.

* Walter Benjamin

###

As we ponder possession, we might recall that it was on this date in 1983 that a new species of flesh‑eating dinosaur nicknamed “Claws,” later formally named Baryonyx walkeri was announced…

A huge new dinosaur skeleton has been unveiled to the media at the Natural History Museum in London.

Plumber and amateur fossil hunter Bill Walker, 55, found a foot-long claw belonging to the flesh-eating beast at a clay pit in Surrey in January.

When he found the rock containing the talon he tapped it and the whole thing cracked.

Palaeontologists reconstructed it and dated the remains at 125 million years old, describing them as the find of the century…

… Nicknamed Claws, the dinosaur would have been slightly smaller than the Tyrannosaurus Rex – with teeth like steak knives – and was probably a sub-species of the Megalosaurus.

– source