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Hardware > Computers > Portable computing >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-ca/product-support/product/inspiron-11-3185-2-in-1-laptop/overview
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more coming later — I have notes offline somewhere
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.luxottica.com/en/eyewear-brands/luxottica
I loved the sunglasses from The Arrival – (1996 movie), and thanks to Product Placement Takes Off, these may be from Luxottica. The Ray-Ban Chaos RB3140 are likely a direct descendent.
I haven’t come anywhere near close to confirming the actual make and model.
Hardware > Phones (Android > Android 10) >
(on Wikipedia, manufacturer)
https://www.umidigi.com/page-umidigi_power3_activity.html
A fantastic mid-range phone, notable for a 6,150 mAh battery, NFC and near-stock Android 10.
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Entertainment > Reading >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.michaelowencarroll.com/hh/n24.htm [ 1 ] was http://www.harryharrison.com/n24.htm
A man tails a racist who goes back in time to arm the slavers in the upcoming American Civil War.
Fair I guess. Not particularly time travel or science fiction, but once it gets into things it’s more of a period piece; not my thing.
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Entertainment > Reading >
Kids, the only survivors of a shipwreck, survive on a paradise island.
It’s interesting, but not great. I stopped just before reading the chapter “A View to a Death” because it had been boring up to that point, and I could tell it was going to spiral into stupidity without a proper lead and reason for it.
- Strangely, no publication date is given.
- ISBN-10 0-571-08483-4
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Hardware > Microphones >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.bluemic.com/en-us/products/yeti-nano/ [ 1 ]
A high quality budget microphone.
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Hardware >
https://www.ipevo.com/products/vz-r [ 1 ] was https://ca.ipevo.com/VZ-R_HDMI_8MP_Camera.html
On-device buttons, optical zoom, native H.264 hardware.
Garbage; do not buy this overpriced toy. It’s only “good” because it comes with a stand, but newer webcams are coming out with the threading for mounting to a simple $20 stand.
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Hardware >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.kobo.com/
https://ca.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-aura-one [ 1 ] was https://web.archive.org/web/20190118143102/https://us.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-aura-one
An E-book reader.
Because this is my first e-reader, I can’t judge it against it’s peers. It works well.
It is spectacular hardware-wise. Its software works, but it is sometimes obviously or even critically lacking. It lacking a file browser and respecting directories is bad enough that I can’t really use it for its intended purpose, and almost regret buying it.
todo – there are more notes to be added, I’ve just been busy/lazy.
 Alpine white
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Hardware >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-ca/product-support/product/inspiron-11-3180-laptop/overview
This is a low-end low-cost laptop. It was on extreme sale, and as it has USB 3.1 it’ll do fine.
Very highly recommended: This thing is awesome in every way. Exception: It’s childishly-glossy and doesn’t have enough drive space for Windows 10; Linux is fine though.
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A mobile phone NFC device which provides buttons for macros.
It works well enough, but I wouldn’t recommend this. It’s noisy as fuck, and Android 10 has an ugly “Nfc Service” entry cluttering the shader dropdown.
