Posts from October 2024

Email. As in messaging on the internet that predates the web browser itself. Before there was browsing, there was messaging. Why? Because it's just text, and that's the smallest, simplest data you can transfer. I use email to organize my life, so I get all sorts of super nerdy when it comes to using it […]

On my wrist as I write this is my trusty . I wear it because it has almost every feature I want out of watch. The one thing it's missing is multiple alarms. But it has the countdown timer with auto-repeat (I use that often), great legibility, and is light in weight. But if I […]

Every year during the fall season, all the Halloween stuff gets put out for sale in the grocery and department stores. The vast majority of what's sold is crap, except for the candy because it tastes better. I explain why that is here. The other thing that's worth buying are highfalutin candles, if you get […]

I'm dating myself here, but the first video game consoles I ever played were the and . I also played games on the and . After that came the , and I was more or less the exact age Nintendo was targeting when that system was released. I also had a at one point, then […]

The Casio W213 at the time I write this is , but not for long because it appears it's being discontinued in the North American market.