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A Blurred Digital Watch That Looks Like a Casio AE1200 Introduction I’m sure some will wonder why I would buy what is an apparent, obvious, blatant even rip-off of the classic Casio AE1200, aka the Casio Royale?

My Casio Wave Ceptor WVQ-M410 On Wrist.

CJRB Pyrite Lite Button Lock Pocketknife (Photo by Unattributed) NOTE: The tree used in this photo is dead, and the angle makes the blade look like it is in deeper than it actually was.

Miykon Vintage Tank-Style Watch Introduction This is possibly one of the stranger watches in my collection.

Bulova Lunar Pilot Blue & White, and Super Seville Precisionist Introduction There are many factors I consider when looking at watches, here are a few of them: Is it funky or strange looking, but in a fun way?

Casio AQ230 AnaDigi Watch.

Introduction There’s one piece of audio gear I miss, it is my Technics SL-J33 turntable.

Image: A Citizen Eco-Drive Zenshin (AW0130-85L), and Citizen Classic Eco-Drive (AW0082-01A), Photo by Unattributed, License: Copyright Unattributed.

Image of a blue and cream-colored box with a handle and buttons at the side of the handle.

Image: “Mightier Than the Keyboard?”

A retro-styled wristwatch, a Timex T-80 Digital watch, Pelikan, Waterman and Conklin Fountain Pens.

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Introduction A few years back I became interested in the idea of getting a smartwatch.

Photo by Bernard Hermant on Unsplash I’ve started a quest for the “perfect” typewriter.

Photo: IBM Selectric I Typewriter, By Steve Iodefink, License: CC BY 2.0 The concept of birth year collecting has fascinated me in the last year or two.

Three Parker 51 Clones: Wingsung 601 Demonstrators.

I’ve recently rediscovered something I had done a long time ago: modifying pictures from weather and traffic cameras.

Casio Lineage LCW-M100TSE, Photo by Unattributed, License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 Introduction: The Casio Lineage LCW-M100TSE The Casio Lineage watch line is in my top five daily wear watches.

Photo by Millenary Watches on Unsplash In Rejecting the Luxury of Hobbies I talked about the “investor” types of people.

Photo by: Ailbhe Flynn via Unsplash I was into photography many years ago (like over 40 years ago), and in all this time there have been several significant changes.

Chimeri standard dress watch (Photo by Unattributed, License CC BY-NC-SA) “What are hobbies about?”

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The amazing GAMENOTE keyboard, in all its gamery goriness.

Recreation of a Conklin Crescent Filler fountain pen.

Welcome to Ennui Vagaries, a website dedicated to all the hobbies and pass-times I indulge in on a regular basis.

Originally Published: 2022-06-01 Introduction There are a lot of “influencers” in the keyboard community that complain any chance they get about keyboards that have the LEDs installed in the north side of the switch socket (see the little white squares in…

Originally published on No Thoccs Aloud Let’s Talk About Clickiez Introduction So, there has been a lot of buzz about these switches in the keyboard community.

Originally published on No Thoccs Aloud Havit KB512L “Gamenote” keyboard displaying rainbow LED lighting.