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2/21/22

I *have* a big-boy camera. One of the reasons I want external storage on my phone is to access the RAW files from my camera’s storage card on my phone, since the Camera manufacturer’s mobile app won’t transfer those files to my device. If I can’t swap cards between my camera and my phone, I’m losing my primary…

12/9/21

A Canon R6 is your best consumer offering at the moment, I think. It supports ISOs up to 200,000 and both it and many lens it supports are image stabilized, making usable images in conditions I never would’ve thought possible two years ago.

11/17/21

Having recently owned a Garmin smartwatch, I’d like to offer a counterpoint: YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE FONT SIZE ON GARMIN WATCHES.

Having recently owned a Garmin smartwatch, I’d like to offer a counterpoint: YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE FONT SIZE ON…

11/14/21

Cheap is sometimes fine. There are plenty of perfectly competent tablets, smart watches and bluetooth speakers out there. Some people just want a basic TV, find that they can get away with a $200 Chromebook and don’t care that their phone doesn’t have NFC, wireless charging or half a terabyte of internal storage.

11/14/21

Or abandon it completely and use one of the things that already interoperates across all platforms. There’s no reason to talk about or look at the Apple-exclusive thing, because it’s deliberately exclusive.

11/5/21

In AD&D mechanical terms, a Dragonlance added its wielder, or the wielder’s mount’s hit points to the amount of damage done per hit. An average 5HD fighter was therefore hitting for something like 28 points of damage. That basically made an Adult 1st edition Dragon a 2 or 3 hit kill. A mounted fighter on an Adult…

10/27/21

The Pixel doesn’t have an SD card slot, which is a bare minimum for consideration. I’m on a 5TB Google Workspace account, but it’s still normal for me to switch the card from my camera to my phone to move my raw images along when I travel. A phone that can’t do that isn’t a phone worth buying.

10/26/21

That f/2 aperture isn’t all that exciting on a 1" sensor. That’s 2.7x crop compared to a full frame camera, so that f/2 is more like f/5.6. f/5.6 on the upper end of kit lens territory. There’s no doubt that it’s better than the performance of the crummy 1/2.5" sensors on other flagship phones, which see something…

10/19/21

Just because you can’t see a reason for it doesn’t mean there isn’t a reason.

10/26/20

Involve decent lighting. Even a shitty $30 Selfie Ring can be the difference between a camera shooting at ISO 2400 and ISO 400. Natural light is the best light, but your pet will seldom be in the best possible lighting conditions naturally. I get that most people aren’t going to break out $2k in studio lights but a che…

10/15/20

The wipes work a lot better and I like being clean. I’m never going back to just TP.

10/7/20

I’ve been buying LG phones because they’re straightforward to repair. The G8 is a bit of a hassle compared to past iterations, but even flagship models aren’t encased in glass on all sides the way Samsung and Apple phones are. I’ve swapped enough cracked screens over time that yes, I absolutely want a phone I can fix.

6/14/20

In addition to using an ad blocker on desktop versions of Youtube, I’ll also put in a good word for the third-party Android app Smart Youtube TV, which is a client that has limited functionality (no ability to Like videos or read comments, for example) and is made for set top boxes, but which completely omits ads. It…

4/12/20

I mean, the sound ISN’T good. Yes , it sounds better than ear buds, a basic tv or laptop speakers, but a single Sonos:1 isn’t even stereo. It’s not noticeably better than an Amazon Echo or a $50 JBL portable speaker, really. I know a lot of people don’t look for that, but it’s so easy to do better, even with just an…

I mean, the sound ISN’T good. Yes , it sounds better than ear buds, a basic tv or laptop speakers, but a single…

4/8/20

No love for the Delta Green Sourcebooks?

4/8/20

First, every edition of the Paranoia rulebooks are a gem. Later editions have new and different sorts of social commentary, so if you’re only familiar with Paranoia from the 80s, there’s new magic to be had.

3/31/20

Don’t buy these things. They don’t interoperate with other audio components. You’re buying lock in to Sonos hardware. And no, Sonos, speakers don’t sound all that great. If you’re willing to spend $250 on a set of amplified speakers, I absolutely guarantee you can find something that will sound better that you can use…

Don’t buy these things. They don’t interoperate with other audio components. You’re buying lock in to Sonos…

10/19/19

Honestly, since the message actually links directly to two other tools that do the same functional thing as browsing /r/ galleries on Imgur, it’s clear that Imgur is still accommodating everyone. It’s even a little bit funny how much the fiction of not being able to go straight to endlessly scrolling pictures of butts…

10/19/19

9/6/19

Can we talk about Thinkpad support for a minute? Because it’s amazing. Thinkpads have a warranty that’s valid worldwide. You can have your notebook fixed in Cairo or Prague if need be. In the US, I’ve gotten 12 hour turn around on DEPOT service (literally packing a notebook off at the end of a work day and having it…

Can we talk about Thinkpad support for a minute? Because it’s amazing. Thinkpads have a warranty that’s valid…