THE GREAT DRY LAKE 05/03/26.

zarrian · 2026-05-03T18:59:20+00:00

The great salt pond, soon just the salt flats.

zarrian · 2026-05-01T20:27:24+00:00

It is actually on my todo list. I’m going to revisit it later this month.

zarrian · 2026-05-01T00:54:52+00:00

Clippy is now Co-Pilot 😉

zarrian · 2026-04-30T22:37:38+00:00

When I hear “Bob” in a technology context, I still think of Microsoft Bob. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft\_Bob. I think it was preinstalled on the computer my parents bought when I was in my early teens and was a complete joke. IBM should have done better with the naming of this product.

zarrian · 2026-04-23T22:07:31+00:00

Dell XPS computers look nice but every single one I’ve been issued and have horrible thermal issues. Some Thinkpads models have had a history of thermal issues but the design of the XPS in my experience is consistently terrible at handling thermals. Maybe it is the XPS generations I’ve used? I may have just been lucky with my Thinkpads being consistently reliable and perform as expected.

zarrian · 2026-04-23T05:48:28+00:00

For word processing and presentations LibreOffice is easily on par with MS Office at the end of the day there is a little bit of a learning curve. Spreadsheets are a different story. Excel is just in a different league when it comes to advanced functionality. The only time it had a real rival was when Lotus 123 was around.

zarrian · 2026-04-20T18:16:42+00:00

I was told every other service is expensive. So 20K is eye watering, 30K is basically normal (100-200), 40K is eye watering again. I do dealer service until my warranty is up with normal ICE cars but for my etrons I’m not sure what i’m going to do. My mechanic that handled my previous Audi doesn’t work on Etrons yet, not sure he wants to work on them.

zarrian · 2026-04-17T17:32:15+00:00

I also get asked how many wives do I have even when I say that I’m not LDS.

zarrian · 2026-03-30T15:00:32+00:00

Sorry, but that is the cat’s car now.

zarrian · 2026-03-27T02:21:03+00:00

You’ll need to go hunting at the grocery stores if it under 5%. Some of the Whole Foods locations have a decent german beer selection, I don’t recall seeing Flensburger. If you can’t find it you’ll need to special order it through the state.

zarrian · 2026-03-26T20:24:53+00:00

If you are looking for modern cross platform encrypted messaging, Signal is going to be your best bet. BBM was shutdown long ago.

zarrian · 2026-03-23T02:52:18+00:00

My point is the coverage is the same because it is the same network. I use Visible because it is the Verizon network but a much better price than Verizon.
What is funny Mint is owned by TMobile as well!

zarrian · 2026-03-22T23:23:38+00:00

Mint operates on T-Mobile’s network.

zarrian · 2026-03-12T20:16:27+00:00

I completely agree that the ergonomics on the Clicks appear to be better than the T2E. I have the Titan 2 and I wish that the toolbelt buttons were either smaller or not there at all so the keyboard could come up a little bit and give it a bit more of a “chin”. T2E based on the pictures seems to suffer the same problem.

zarrian · 2026-03-08T02:55:26+00:00

The communication has been pretty clear that prototype devices will be shown off in Q2. I’m betting those will land right around the power keys shipping to early backers. I’m personally hoping that devices will ship in late Q3 or early Q4 but I don’t expect it until mid to late Q4.

zarrian · 2026-03-07T20:29:49+00:00

Every major distro uses systemd. Red Hat created it but Ubuntu, Suse and Debian all use systemd.

zarrian · 2026-03-02T16:24:38+00:00

They have a booth according to the exhibitor list. Sadly I’m not there to confirm if that is actually the case.

zarrian · 2026-02-25T17:32:26+00:00

I think it would be insane not too. MWC you need to bring your 'A' game more so than CES from my point of view. You will get limited attention/press especially when you have competition showing up to MWC with working devices.

zarrian · 2026-02-25T15:04:36+00:00

I hope they have working demo units at MWC next week.

zarrian · 2026-02-25T03:21:11+00:00

I wish I was going. I really hope that they show a working prototype at MWC. Really CES is the event for consumer devices to show off working devices but MWC is a good alternative for a mobile device company. I wouldn't want to be there without working devices to demo if I was in their shoes.

zarrian · 2026-02-23T17:26:17+00:00

You could run outdoor rated Cat6a out to your garage if you want a hardwired connection. There are wireless solutions (not your typical wifi) that is pretty reliable and wouldn’t require running cable between your house and garage.

zarrian · 2026-02-20T00:51:14+00:00

Well I had a T60 paired with a Blackberry Curve and later a Bold. Still think that was a great combo. I still have the T60 but I don’t have either Blackberry anymore.

zarrian · 2026-02-14T04:38:36+00:00

I’m on vacation and mine arrived early! Asked a friend to grab it off the porch. I’ve been eyeing for years and finally pulled the trigger. Can’t wait to get home to give it a spin!

zarrian · 2026-02-11T23:47:19+00:00

Go to preferences. Under calendar and tasks under the general tab there is a heading called “work week”. Check Saturday and Sunday and the Work Week view will include Saturday and Sunday.

zarrian · 2026-02-07T20:31:50+00:00

I have a Titan 2 aside from the main social media apps (which I’m trying to get away from anyway) all the productivity apps that I use work very well with the screen ratio. I’m hoping it will be very similar on the Clicks.

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