Looks like I ended up with an AI-heavy posting day, today. I think I broke the seal yesterday. I'll probably post about other things in the near future.
I've been meaning to write something up about the Rube Goldberg machine that runs this blog now. Writing this bullet point to irritate myself to do it soon, maybe.
I bought a BOOX Tab Ultra C almost 2 years ago. I use it almost daily for writing notes and journal entries. It's also been pretty great for reading comics in color. Two things I really don't like about it:
It's got a camera bump on the back, so it doesn't sit flat on a table without a case on.
The case that came with it is disintegrating into dust.
So, I'm considering trying to design my own replacement case - or at least a layer to stick on the back to even out the camera bump.
Hoping to use #3dprinting and embed magnets that line up with the device's own internal case mounting magnets.
But, like, why put a camera bump on a tablet?
Why design a camera bump into anything, really? Just make the device thicker and fill the rest of the space with battery.
I need to stop before I go on a cranky rant about my intense disgust for camera bumps and notches and other failures of design from Apple that the rest of the industry have just copied.
Really, I'm just caremad, because I used to be a huge fan of Apple - had the sticker on my car and everything. But, they have betrayed me over the years with stuff that seems to matter only to me. 🤷♂️
Just noticed that jpmonette/feed - a node.js module for generating RSS, Atom, and JSON feeds - got a new release a couple days ago after about 4 years of dormancy.
Looks like they may have possibly fixed a few of the issues I had with it, when last I tried using it. 🤔
I need to work links & bookmarks into this new blog in a better way. Like these:
Yeah, it's stuff like this that's got me fixed on switching back to Android with my next phone.
I've only bought one iPhone and I've never felt the Courage or the Magic the whole time I've used it. It's never felt like my phone, always felt like a loaner with a breathalyzer and a bill acceptor slot.
That said, the thing is physically a tank and will probably survive intact to annoy me for a few more years before I can justify the replacement cost.
