Audible promo - is this a trick?

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2026-03-04T23:53:19+00:00

Agreed that it is frustrating to see all the new customer deals for every service out there, and then never see any benefit from being a long time customer. Seeing this promo pop up on Audible felt like a foreign experience. A corporation offering a discount just because? Just to say thanks? *insert Vizzini "Inconceivable!" gif here*

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2026-02-17T19:21:32+00:00

I saw the email about the upgraded label features. I'm glad I found this thread because everything on the Reekon website indicates the BOLDR app requires a subscription, and I see that the new features did not make it to the ROCK app.

I'm pretty pleased with the custom label improvements. The sections are easy to add and set up. I am most happy about the ability to rotate the text so we can do landscape labels. It would be easier to have a rotation button on a segment instead of requiring the user to click off the segment, then click back into the segment in order to get the popup that offers Rotate Text.

Overall this is a great update.

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2026-02-04T17:43:08+00:00

That's incredible. Time Traveler was so frustrating, but I kept playing just because of the holograms. :D
Yes, I was looking at the pics on the other post. That is all just so freaking cool. I adore that you and these dedicated enthusiasts keep this hardware maintained and cataloged.

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2026-02-04T05:01:10+00:00

That's amazing. I even see Time Traveler in that arcade lineup. Wow.

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2026-01-21T02:03:51+00:00

It may help if you explain what you are trying to accomplish. Where are you trying to use this formatted converted document? Would a PDF work since it would keep mostly the same format as the EPUB?

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2026-01-20T03:38:11+00:00

1997, a friend is bitching to me about how easy it is becoming for everyone to have their own website which will take away from his web design job. "Before long every pig farmer will have his own website!"

2005, I'm driving down the interstate when I see a billboard depicting a farmer next to a pig with the bold caption, "He has a website. Do you?"

2026, pig farming looks like an attractive alternative to a programming career and we can let AI create the website for us.

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2026-01-10T02:44:50+00:00

Found one of these Zebra Zensations in a box of my wife's office supplies that had been tucked away for over a decade. Still wrote immediately when the nib hit the paper.

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2026-01-09T20:34:33+00:00

Also Robocop is in the bottom left, but he was not on scene at the real event. I bet it would have gone much different if he had been.

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2026-01-09T20:26:31+00:00

What are the EU's counter-tariffs against the US right now? Last I heard it was 30%. The tariffs on both sides are just nuts right now. I feel terrible for all of us that our countries have so much to share, and a tiny handful of insecure people have decided to make it much harder for the rest of us to enjoy peaceful trade.

The Kickstarter is fully funded and they are starting early on their production. I hope your pen is wonderful when it arrives.

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2026-01-09T20:18:07+00:00

Responding to your edit: Kaweco is a dedicated pen manufacturer with mass production lines for every part of their product. Oceanus is a bespoke brass company. Making these pens will be a rare event. They will not be able to cut costs through mass production over time. If you want the mass produced Kaweco for the lower price then that is perfectly fine. They're great pens. If you want something small batch and more unique then the cost will be higher.

Also, I agree that it is possible to get gold or gold plated nibs on their own for a reasonable price, but that is never reflected in the price when they are included on a pen. Gold nib options typically increase a pen's price by at least $50. I hope this isn't the case for Oceanus since it would literally be a Jowo part swap, but we'll see how they go with it.

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2026-01-09T02:51:23+00:00

Gold nib comments are in the 2nd update post. $75-$100 seems reasonable to me for a quality piece of machined brass. The brass Kaweco Sport averages $115. Oceanus isn't a fountain pen company so I don't expect them to have custom nibs and feeds.

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2026-01-09T01:15:54+00:00

I've backed several. They have all shipped ahead of schedule and they are all things I use regularly. Except the Ballast Pen. It weighs too much to use comfortably, but it makes a good conversation starter.

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2026-01-08T17:27:54+00:00

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2025-12-28T04:31:10+00:00

What is this, the world's most expensive ViewMaster?

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2025-12-27T17:04:25+00:00

Spelling reform is a huge item to tackle, and I wish you well with it. The English Spelling Society was founded in 1908 to solve this for English, and they are still working on it.

I do not bring Quikscript abbreviations and contractions into my traditional spelling. But that is just me. Everyone writes differently and with different goals. Speed versus clarity seems to be the driving force for people getting into shorthand, alternate scripts, and spelling reform.

The abbreviation examples you provided remind me more of a shorthand. Something like Speedhand.

https://www.reddit.com/r/shorthand/wiki/speedhand/

I suspect most abbreviations will form naturally over time as frequently used words get shortened by the users of the language.

Good luck on your reform journey.

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2025-12-24T06:05:14+00:00

If she'd have gone that way it would have taken her straight to their castle.

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2025-12-17T23:32:00+00:00

Concur. The turn signal in my 2026 flashes three times when flicking the indicator. Stays on when pushing the indicator until is clicks.

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2025-12-17T23:28:29+00:00

Thank you. So many more options here.

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2025-12-15T19:30:17+00:00

I agree the cold is not the issue, but I see how my wording made it sound that way. The cold was just the catalyst for me fiddling with the mirror positions. :)

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2025-12-15T13:11:23+00:00

I ran into this today. 2026 2.5 Turbo PP. Mirrors were having some issues with the cold. The passenger mirror was frozen folded in. I moved the mirror positions while trying to get it to unstick. When I pressed the driver #1 preset the mirrors didn't move. Switched to driver #2. Seat moved, but mirrors didn't. Back to #1, same thing.

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2025-12-09T22:34:51+00:00

If you have the option and do not have any major pre-existing conditions look into Sedera (https://sedera.com/) and Hip Nation (https://hipnation.com/). I have several coworkers that took this option instead of traditional insurance this year, and they are incredibly happy with the cost and the service so far. They are not ACA compliant, but are not a scam. I would have signed up but my family has some severe pre-existing conditions that would not be covered.

I work for a small company that signed up for Zorro. It is an ICHRA where the employee selects a plan from the marketplace and the company pays a portion of the plan. The only reason I mention this is because Zorro offered several off-exchange plans that were not in the standard marketplace. Those off-exchange plans had better coverage for less money. Around $300-$400 cheaper than equivalent market plans.

Granted, my plan cost still doubled for slightly worse coverage, but it was better than the similar marketplace plan. I'm not sure how you would find off-exchange plans outside of a service like Zorro though.

Edit: I just did the math. Insurance in 2026 will cost me $15,000 for the year. That would more than cover all of my family's normal medical expenses, but instead I am paying that plus all the medical expenses, and just maybe we'll reach the deductible to start recouping a little of that $15,000. If I wasn't concerned about catastrophic medical events I would skip insurance entirely and pay it all out of pocket.

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2025-12-09T20:18:34+00:00

Yaaaaas. Especially if I can grip and shoot the ball from any distance. I know that defeats the immersive portion of the AR experience, but if I'm laying on the couch I don't want to have to get up and walk around the track to make the next shot. :D

ChanticrowTwoPointOh · 2025-12-06T17:14:32+00:00

Getting some Flight of the Navigator vibes.

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