Recent content by DaveF

i just don’t know who the buyer is for a $3500 dev kit / advanced prototype / tech demo with no use case that’s better than any existing device? Unless you want to watch 3D movies alone? If watching streaming movies alone is your jam, this is maybe best system for that. I mean, if you don’t...

We said goodbye to Dash this afternoon. It was clearly time. Perhaps we should have done it sooner, but waiting longer would only have prolonged his suffering. A solace is that as hard as it was to do, making the decision, having an afternoon with him, and letting him go, was on our terms while...

https://www.apple.com/apple-events/

Ah, there was an announcement https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/apples-next-product-event-happens-on-may-7-and-its-probably-ipads/

Is this an announced event or a rumored event?

Trucks and SUVs are all big trucks to me :) I might buy a smaller CUV like the Mustang, but I prefer sedans, and to date have never been a giant truck guy. I had a Grand Cherokee for a rental last week. While I enjoyed driving it, a 2024 Hybrid with many modern conveniences, I prefer smaller...

I currently have a Subaru Legacy (2016). The long term quality has been ok but not great (not as good as I expected / hoped). And Subaru are basically not doing EVs. So Subaru isn't on my short list for a next car either. I'm looking at Ford, Audi, Huyndai, Kia, VW as my most likely options. I...

Tesla‘s two big feature problems for me are: Doesn’t have CarPlay Does have Musk

My best buddy, Dash, is dying. We will likely choose to end his life this week or next. We got home from the eclipse vacation and he was sick with an UTI. We got him through that but he stopped eating. We’ve come to learn he has widespread cancer. It seems to have developed rapidly in between...

Tesla won’t be on my shopping list when I’m buying my next car. :)

Finally started Fallout this week! Only watched the first two episodes, so can’t catch up on the thread yet. It’s been an about five years since I’ve played any Fallout and I forgot how violent it was. So I wasn’t anticipating how bloody it would be when I started watching with my wife. But...

Finally got to start S5 last night. So I’m way behind and haven’t even attempted to catch up on the thread. Episode 1 is an ok enough start. Personally, “ancient lost tech that surpasses our own” is a least favorite trope, but ok fine. I vaguely remember the episode referenced as the setup...

Maybe five years ago I’d have said I’d pay $50 to get the de-specialized original Star Wars trilogy remastered in 4K. But not today, I just don’t care anymore. And I can’t think of any other movie that makes me think “$50 for a disc, yes!!!”.

I bought the 4K release a few months ago but haven’t had time to watch it yet.

I bought Zelda TOTK release week, played about 20 hours the next two weeks, and haven’t touched it since. I play Apple Arcade games, like Grindstone or Finity, a fair bit particularly killing time on airplanes. But my gaming fell away a couple years ago. Life got busy and I changed what I...