the most ridiculous usb charging cable that exists (and you'll want one)
Before I saw this cable, I thought of every type of USB connector type I've ever used. There's "the big rectangle" A type that everybody knows, the one most people call a "printer cable" B type because of it's notchy squared shape, mini USB (all my older Garmins use this), micro USB (smaller and flatter than mini USB), and C (which largely replaced micro USB).
Well, there's a cable that does more, and it's specifically for charging:
I had a "rugged" flash drive, but mine is dead to the world.
I've only seen a flash drive have real-deal hardware failure once before what I'm about to describe. Years ago I had a 512MB (yes, megabyte) SanDisk cruzer, and beat the crap out of that thing. One day, it started rejecting any attempt to write data to it. That's a telltale sign that flash drive has reached the end of its useful life, so yep, stick a fork in it, it's done. Chucked it.
The way this rugged drive failed however... this was not only way different in the way it failed, but rare.
I said recently that Windows 10 will be dead in October. Although my primary computer runs Linux, I do keep a separate Windows laptop for "runs only on Windows" specific stuff. It runs Windows 10. Or rather, it used to. Now it runs Windows 11. It's a bone stock install with the latest version. Thankfully, Win11 doesn't suck as much as it did a year ago.
