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on ChinaBuye

This is a fantastic item.

I got one black and one gold. The black looks great. The gold is okay-looking.

Very solid. Almost metal. Good grip.

The cap stays on tightly.

The MicroSD card goes in the “nose” of the reader, and is easy to insert/remove.

It’s easy to pull out of a computer, even though it is fairly small.

  • ChinaBuye names this New Micro Aluminum Alloy TF to USB mini Adapter Memory Card micro SD mini Card Reader up to 64GB(Color Random)



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RT-MWK08 1

Computers > Hardware > Keyboards >

https://web.archive.org/web/20210108175627/https://www.dx.com/p/ipazzport-kp-810-12-wireless-2-4ghz-92-key-keyboard-for-google-tv-player-black-2029602.html

A 92-key wireless keyboard+mouse combination.

With a lithium-ion battery and charging cable, broad compatibility and tiny-but-functional size, this is an inexpensive and handy device.

  • mouse: HID\VID_046D&PID_C01B\6&a742701&1&0000
  • keyboard: HID\VID_413C&PID_2003\6&34a825d5&0&0000
  • Although the box is labelled RT-MWK08, there is no indication of this being a “Rii”
  • Not well tested, but strongly triggers MF sensitivity in my left hand.
  • There are alternate versions of this keyboard: colours, Russian character set, and a 2x AA battery-operated one.
  • I did not require a driver installation for Windows 10.



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Kyocera-pens image

(company page, on Wikipedia)
store on penloversparadise.com
was global.kyocera.com:80/prdct/fc_consumer/stationery/index.html

These are high-quality pens which use ceramic-tipped water-based refills.

Much of my writing is pen and paper, and the right pen is extremely important. A certain balance, texture and weight of pen, and a smooth writing experience are important to me. Put one of these pens down on a table, and spin them. They spin around the central closure for when the cap fits against the pen. That’s Japanese quality.

I’ve bought these from ThinkGeek , but most recently I’m buying them from penloversparadise.com.

I do not know if this ink is archival quality!



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Moleskine logo

(on Wikipedia)
https://web.archive.org/web/20210511011408/https://us.moleskine.com/en/

These are high-quality notebooks with archival quality paper.

Much of my writing is pen and paper, and it turns out that good paper also matters a lot. I’m perfectly comfortable with cheap paper in a three-ring binder, but I want something much better for travel and for long-term storage. A bookshelf of these little notebooks also look a hell of a lot better than binders.



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Hardware > 3D printing >

was kickstarter.com/projects/tiko3d/tiko-the-unibody-3d-printer
https://web.archive.org/web/20180308021128/https://tiko3d.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/20160610093758/http://www.tiko3d.com:80/forum/

Tiko is a unibody 3d printer which I backed.

To get this working, I had to really push hard to get the filament to load. This was a frustrating first experience. I was then entirely unimpressed with the quality of its prints, even after a lot of fiddling.

Later, when I returned to use it, it seems that filament has snapped off inside it, and it thinks its loaded and will not load new filament. Heating does not remove it. I fiddled a lot, once more.. I’m giving up on it, it’s garbage.

I did end up fixing it.. after giving it away.

See Tiko first impressions. It fails, hard.

  • It requires a wireless internet connection.
  • You require a wireless connection to it.

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