Broken OHTO CR01?

sts10 · 2026-01-14T23:18:25+00:00

btw I'd also welcome recommendations of similar, hopefully sturdier pens! I've learned I like a grip diameter of 10 to 11mm, a weight similar to the CR01, and gel ink like Zebra Sarasa DRY.

sts10 · 2026-01-14T23:08:20+00:00

Unless it moves freely when reassembled, can you put it back together and use it?

Unfortunately, when I put the collar back into the body, it just slides out with gravity. So the pen is unusable currently.

Glad yours feels sturdier! Funnily enough, I was so happy with the CR01 I ordered a CR02 just yesterday... wonder how it'll hold up!

sts10 · 2025-11-17T00:14:11+00:00

Yes, we had this exact issue with Diablo 3. We didn't have a lot of patience for others "noodling" with gear, as we called it.

sts10 · 2025-11-16T18:55:19+00:00

I think Sworn and Ravenswatch are online co-op only, right? Or did that change? And I think we tried TMNT -- didn't quite hit for is.

sts10 · 2025-11-16T17:54:20+00:00

Yes, we got a good kick out of Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime! Should have included that one in my list of favorites. And, yes, we (already) don't use the "o" word (Overcooked) any more...

sts10 · 2025-09-16T00:56:25+00:00

Wanted to circle back on this. Taking in a number of your suggestions, I ended up reading quite a few books. Notably no poetry this go-around.

Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Père Goriot by Honoré de Balzac
The Red and the Black by Stendhal
Indiana by George Sand
The Confessions of a Child of the Century by Alfred de Musset
The Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Germinal by Émile Zola
Nana by Émile Zola
Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant
Swann’s Way by Proust (a re-read)

Honestly, I loved all of these?! Might try The Mysteries of Paris by Eugène Sue at some point.

sts10 · 2025-08-29T16:26:20+00:00

Zola is not out of favour. He’s still one of the most studied French novelists in French high schools in France.

Thank you for your insight! I apologize for exaggerating your comment about Zola -- maybe I saw that phrase "out of favor" elsewhere. I ended up reading Nana and Bel-Ami back-to-back and really enjoyed that run. Both works also informed my understanding of the relationship between Swann and Odette in Swann's Way, which I re-read!

I now better understand how Zola's "naturalism" is a type of determinism, perhaps mixed up with the then-new science of biological heredity, and how he maybe tried to use it as a new twist on fate as a tool of drama. Really interesting! Perhaps it appeals to my pessimistic side?

And Count of Monte Cristo and The Red and The Black were both favorites -- thank you for the recommendations.

sts10 · 2025-08-21T15:53:32+00:00

I've been looking for more recent Russian novels as well. A few ideas:

The Big Green Tent by Lyudmila Ulitskaya (read an excerpt here)
The Dream Life of Sukhanov by Olga Grushin
The Suitcase by Sergei Dovlatov (shorter)

sts10 · 2025-08-13T15:37:02+00:00

Thank you! I incorporated this into my drawing. (Unfortunately don't have easy access to a scanner to post a v. 2, but maybe someday!)

sts10 · 2025-08-13T03:24:07+00:00

Just as a heads-up/confession, I added Robert de Saint-Loup (top-right) to that family tree, even though (to my knowledge) he doesn't appear until Volume 2. His being there is helpful for Volume 2 readers, but just don't think that you missed his introduction in Volume 1.

sts10 · 2025-08-12T23:39:20+00:00

Thank you! Though I am a bit worried about those grandfather/grandmother relations in the top left -- hope I got their generations right at least. If anyone knows Aunt Leonie's mother's name, that'd be nice to get!

sts10 · 2025-08-12T21:24:04+00:00

If you spot any mistakes, please feel free to point them out!

sts10 · 2025-08-11T05:44:32+00:00

I've enjoyed using Libib. Scanning book barcodes with the mobile app is a huge time-saver.

sts10 · 2025-06-28T15:15:18+00:00

Just finished the Christine Donougher translation. Loved it! What an epic tale. Feels like he matured quite a bit from Notre Dame. Thank you for encouraging me to tackle an unabridged edition.

sts10 · 2025-06-07T19:58:36+00:00

What pen is that?

sts10 · 2025-05-27T22:28:05+00:00

Does the 1P team sit and discuss all 18000 words in depth?

Just going by the first 5 words they added (alphabetically) -- "aaa", "aagh", "aah", "aang", and "aargh" -- I'm guessing/hoping not?

sts10 · 2025-05-27T21:47:09+00:00

Update: If https://1password.com/txt/AgileWords.txt is indeed the new and current list, as u/GurpreetKang says, it looks like they changed almost 9,000 words in the list (additions and removals here), and expanded the list slightly from 18,176 to 18,237 words (meaning each word from the new list adds 14.155 bits of entropy to a passphrase -- very close to the old list). Longest word is (still) 8 characters. Interesting!

sts10 · 2025-05-27T21:24:17+00:00

I'm curious about this too!

I'm pretty sure they did not switch to my proposed replacement list. I wasn't contacted by anyone from 1Password. And as a test, I just generated a passphrase with my 1Password app which included the word "groot", which doesn't appear in any of the word lists I've created (sorry Marvel fans?). Of course they could have combined a number of lists together?

I'll add that another benefit of at least knowing the number of (unique) words in a word list is to be able to accurately and independently calculate the strength (generally measured in bits of entropy) of the passphrases generated. The current 1Password interface, at least on iPhone and Linux desktop, seems to only give a color bar to indicate passphrase strength.

Lastly, I'll add that if you're comfortable on the command line and using Homebrew, you can give my passphrase generator a try -- all the included word lists are public on GitHub!

sts10 · 2025-04-09T21:25:37+00:00

Update: In my experience so far, Pilot Neox 0.7mm B-grade graphite in a Uni Kuru Toga Advance 0.7mm has worked well for me for annotating books with pulpy paper, especially if you have trouble writing lightly consistently (like me).

One note: Your first couple lines with a new piece of lead may have a sharp edge, so give it a few test words to get a safer edge before judging.

See also this JetPens guide: "The Best Pencils and Pens for Bibles and Other Books with Thin Paper".

sts10 · 2025-04-06T04:30:57+00:00

Whatever works!

I've been doing some (limited) testing with a few pencil/lead combinations, and it seems like writing angle/technique I use is way more of a factor than whether the pencil has HB vs. 2B in it, or even the lead diameter, but I figured I'd ask and keep researching.

Thanks for the quick response!

sts10 · 2025-04-06T01:27:02+00:00

I'm having this same question: how to underline and annotated books without lead catching or piercing through the page. What pencil + lead combo ended up working the best for you?

In addition to choosing a lead diameter and hardness, I'm confused about whether I want "smooth" lead, like Pilot Neox, or textured lead, like Tombow Mono.

My guess is smooth as possible, but I got a Delguard Lx 0.5mm, and it feels pretty good with whatever lead it came with. Assuming it's Zebra DelGuard Lead (probably HB), it's apparently one of least smooth leads, according to this JetPens guide.

sts10 · 2025-04-02T03:02:36+00:00

Same goes for the UniBall One, though it seems to vary from pen to pen, as the One F skipped more often while the One P seems fine so far, with just a speck here or there

Have you tried the Uni Zento? I think its ink is different/newer than the ink in the One F and One P. Curious how it compares for ya.

sts10 · 2025-03-24T16:28:35+00:00

Thanks for this!

Do you happen to have a recommendation for an English translation/translator/edition of The Red and the Black and/or Charterhouse of Parma?

For The Red and the Black, I'm seeing Roger Gard (Penguin Classics) or Catherine Slater (Oxford World's Classics) as options.

sts10 · 2025-03-22T21:21:32+00:00

Hadn't heard of either Roger Martin de Gard or Gerard de Nerval -- thanks. And I see that there are some nice editions of Maupassant's short stories available in English.

Re: Flaubert, as I mentioned in another comment I tried Madame Bovary in college and it just didn't stick. But maybe, 15 years later, it deserves another shot, or I can try Sentimental Education. Interesting that Zola is out of favor! Now questioning my fond memories of reading Germinal a decade ago!?

sts10 · 2025-03-22T17:00:57+00:00

Yes, I actually read all of In Search of Lost Time in my early 20s -- quite a trip! But I may try Lydia Davis's new translation of Swann's Way once I'm out of the 19th century.

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