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Still hot. So hot that the local news is reporting lizards are going inside houses for the air conditioning.

Threshold - Ground Control

I've been in a similar situation. The proprietary aspect makes the mainstream options like the kindle and ipad kind of a non-starter for me for all types of e-material. I read books and subscribe to a few magazines and periodicals that are delivered in PDF format too - some of which I need to read for work - so I need something that can handle multiple formats well. FWIW the option that I went with was one of the devices from Boox (the note pro) that offer access to (for instance) google's play store but still allow you to load your own material from whatever source. It has a large (magazine-sized) e-ink display, supports several formats, and is great for reading, taking notes, and for marking up things like those PDF periodicals. My only complaints with the boox are that it is older so the CPU is slow when it comes to drawing and note-taking and the display is monochrome. I do far prefer the e-ink displays in the kindle and my boox over the transistor-based active-matrix (LED/OLED/TFT) displays. They don't do video but they're much more readable in sunlight and greatly improve a device's battery life. For me personally I also get headaches when reading a lot of textual material on an active-matrix display like an ipad or a desktop. So much so that I actually cut back on my reading volume. Something in the subliminal flicker caused by the refresh or some sort of eye strain caused by that sort of display I guess. But the paper-like e-ink displays don't seem to give me the same problem. I can read stuff on those displays all day and my reading volume has increased again now that I don't have to worry about it. (Subject to time constraints too, but that's another story.) Finding non-proprietary material is still sometimes a challenge. A lot of these devices are expensive too, as you mention. I've been considering upgrading to the Note Air 5 C, which is basically the same as what I have but has an upgraded CPU and a 10-inch Kaleido (color) display. But it's over $500! The only reason I'm considering it is that I've had the old unit for several years now and I can sort of justify spending $500 every 4 or 5 years on a device like this that I know I'll actually use a lot.

Launch day

Hot. Very hot. Seems like we skipped spring entirely and went straight to summer.

East Bound and Down - Jerry Reed

Happy Ghast is happy...

Overlord was a good one. A bit longer than I usually go for but it never felt slow or repetitive.

hmmm... note blocks opening the Ancient City portal?

Been looking into the story so far wrt GDC 2026. The only notable so far is RAZER's Ava's becoming an actual AI. Cortana, is that you? "Avatar selection and animations still under development and not final. Make your AVA truly yours. Personalize how AVA looks while keeping the memories, personality, and bond you’ve built." I can see applications of this pointed at the anime crowd too. I'm sure there will be "skins" that change the visuals and personality of the avatar to popular waifus for the anime fans.

Took the kitchen faucet apart, cleaned off all the scale and rust, and put it back together. Some of the parts and pretty much all of the washers could use replacement due to wear or cosmetics but that will require a trip to the hardware store. I took measurements and will probably do that sometime next week. The rest of the kitchen only got slightly wet in the process.

Which season? I liked the first one but I haven't yet started the latest.

Went to the denthist thoday an now my thounge ith all numf an I cant thpeak rigth.

I have little to no graphic ability so probably not a lot of photoshop / gimp stuff. I’ve been playing a bit with AI stuff however and that’ll take as much CPU and GPU as the system can provide. And of course it’ll be good for games too. If the Steam Frame is anything like reasonably priced then maybe I’ll try some VR stuff too.

I have a pcpartpicker list for it that says it is currently about $3500 but that's after the prices for RAM and SSDs went through the roof. When I bought at the end of last year it was more like $2200 all together.

That top picture is just the BIOS screen. This is not RTX. For cost reasons I went with all-AMD on this one. The CPU is a 9800X3D and the GPU is a RX 9070. I do play games but more than that I over-speced this system because I wanted it to last for a while. I also do a bit of software dev so I'll find a use for it all I'm sure. At the rate things are going, getting parts to build a decent system might become a problem in the near future too, at least at reasonable prices. I kind of went overboard on this system to make sure I didn't have to upgrade any time soon.

Of the two I would vote for option 1 as well.

Very windy. So windy the birds are flying backwards. Got woken up a 3am by a trash can - not mine - wandering around on the patio. That windy.

Kinda windy here this morning. A bit on the cool side too, though it is sunny so it will likely warm up later. Nothing like the >90° we had a few days ago however I’m sure!

Mal's song

Pianoman. Classic.