Just ordered microSD adapter for the iPod, 2x 128GB microSD and 3000mAh battery. In about three weeks this is going to be an ultimate unit.
+ +I might have bought an iPod Classic and have it delivered on Monday most probably.
@@ -36,7 +94,7 @@So for about $1000, my next laptop would be a Thinkpad with 128GB of RAM and a 4TB SSD? Is this the real world or just a fantasy?
@@ -47,7 +105,7 @@The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
@@ -71,7 +129,7 @@Not sure how it happened, but it happened, and suddenly I’ve got 7TB of HDD/SSD storage connected to my PC.
@@ -82,7 +140,7 @@I like how Android works in terms of theming. I’ve changed my wallpapers and now even UI accent colours are changed to match the vibe.
@@ -93,7 +151,7 @@I’m a simple man. I see Pebble. I buy Pebble.
@@ -105,7 +163,7 @@First day of my month-long vacations are going pretty fine - I’m thinking about hosting a YunoHost.
@@ -127,7 +185,7 @@100% sleep performance. 😎
@@ -139,7 +197,7 @@Say what
@@ -151,7 +209,7 @@I can so I do jump between phones. You can’t catch me. One day I’m androiding, next time I’m on iPhone with iMessages turned on. Never let them know your next move.
@@ -162,7 +220,7 @@The more I use the cheapest Pixel available with Gemini on it, the more amazed I am at how terrible Siri is. Holy shitballs. It’s seriously sad.
@@ -173,7 +231,7 @@I love that Android lets me snooze notifications for an hour.
@@ -184,7 +242,7 @@I’d love to read more blogs about people trying to escape Apple’s hell.
@@ -195,7 +253,7 @@Damn you Balatro. Sole reason of my current sleep schedule being fucked up.
@@ -206,7 +264,7 @@Longest sleep of the last 30 days! Bad luck Brian - still in the red recovery.
@@ -218,7 +276,7 @@Deleted tiktok, Instagram and reddit from my phones. Again. I think this is the moment in which my mental health needs them to be unreachable.
@@ -229,7 +287,7 @@Pixel 8a is amazing.
@@ -241,7 +299,7 @@Day One on Windows. Finally.
@@ -252,7 +310,7 @@I also love when Apple influencers are screaming about how Apple behaves badly but ask them if they would make a change and then suddenly there’s this one very, very critical workflow that they wouldn’t be able to reproduce on other OS. But if only!
@@ -263,7 +321,7 @@Lee and Jason made some good points regarding change.
@@ -276,7 +334,7 @@I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one trying to escape the Apple ecosystem.
@@ -298,7 +356,7 @@iPhone 16e without MagSafe - bummer. Not that I was interested in it, but I thought they would be adding it to every product. And it looks like the 16e has even worse wireless charging capabilities than my own 14 Plus.
@@ -309,7 +367,7 @@Interesting things that are happening in our household are talks about how we should probably switch from being an Apple-mostly household to being more open. And interestingly, I’m not the one that has the strongest opinions here. My wife has even started thinking about the Nothing Phone (probably the not-yet-unveiled 3/3a) as a successor to her iPhone 11 Pro.
@@ -320,7 +378,7 @@421 days of adding something new to Day One, 223 days of tracking calories in Lose It, 2010 days of playing Torn. You might say I like routines.
@@ -331,7 +389,7 @@Maybe related to my previous post but maybe not - I’m moving off Google and Apple Photos onto Ente.
@@ -343,7 +401,7 @@I’m getting older, and I don’t care as much about open source and such. But at the same time, the older I get, the more concerned I become about being screwed over by another proprietary software changing its rules or something similar, forcing me to find an alternative to whatever I was using. It’s so annoying!
@@ -354,7 +412,7 @@Material You or whatever it is called on Android is much better than whatever iOS is doing. But that’s like my opinion.
@@ -365,7 +423,7 @@Now I get why people with their own flats are so resistant to even considering renting a flat in the future.
@@ -376,7 +434,7 @@I’m much closer to getting rid of all of my social media than I was ever before
@@ -387,7 +445,7 @@Main sim is in Pixel, again. But this time I just demoted iphone to secondary phone. Not much changes but SIM card.
@@ -398,7 +456,7 @@Only thing I need my iPhone is whoop journal every morning. Android doesn’t let Whoop take all the nutrition data and iOS does. I love that I can jump between iOS and Android now.
@@ -409,7 +467,7 @@Support small web, support independent social media, own your content. These are going to be more and more important. Just don’t let billionaires own your things again, we know what happens when they do.
@@ -420,7 +478,7 @@Magicking hard.
@@ -432,7 +490,7 @@The less I use social media the better I feel and I didn’t think it was something that would affect me. Happy, in my lane, nourished.
@@ -443,7 +501,7 @@That was quick. USA dropping out from Paris Agreement, WHO and bringing back death penalty. If you voted Trump, you deserve everything that’s going to happen now.
@@ -454,7 +512,7 @@Trying to move to Actual Budget from YNAB (YNAB renewal date is in like two weeks). Any good apps for IOS or Android? Any tips for someone coming from YNAB?
@@ -487,7 +545,7 @@Whenever I use Pixel 8a (I do it everyday) I’m amazed how great this device feels. And then I remember it costs like 30% of what the iPhone costs. Still. Everyday after three months.
@@ -498,7 +556,7 @@I need to take camera out with me more. Either my film Canon or the digital one. I have never regretted having a photo.
@@ -509,7 +567,7 @@I know how privileged this is, but I can’t wait to finish the apartment so I can finally be in a place we designed with love and care, filled with things that are dear to us. Each piece of furniture, lighting, and even the paintings or art pieces were chosen by us because we care about such details. This is going to be a wonderful place to be in.
@@ -520,7 +578,7 @@Another League of Pigs episode and another shoutout to the pigs connoisseur.
@@ -532,7 +590,7 @@It’s growing on me. Not sure what watch would be next. From the first one to second one was a month, I think I’m gonna wait more than that now (fingers crossed cause I know myself).
@@ -544,7 +602,7 @@… new watch, who dis? Casio Duro. Wanted to see if I’d like something heavier and bigger on my wrist. Love this green colour and now I have two different watches to pick from!
@@ -556,7 +614,7 @@🍿 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) - ★★★★★
@@ -568,7 +626,7 @@🍿 Wolfs (2024) - ★★★★★
@@ -580,7 +638,7 @@Found myself new obsession - Pale Jay. Just listen to him. He’s out of this world.
@@ -591,7 +649,7 @@Funny thing about Nothing Ear A is that even though they have very similar form factor to AirPods Pro - they stay in my ears and are much more comfortable. Price being 1/3 of Pro’s is another pro (no pun intended).
@@ -602,7 +660,7 @@The case with two phones is that when one of them dies there’s still another one with some battery left.
@@ -613,7 +671,7 @@Nothing Ear A, actually great headphones. Five stars.
@@ -625,7 +683,7 @@Can’t lie - it does feel amazing that I do have everything I’d love to listen to on this unbelievably small device.
@@ -638,7 +696,7 @@I really want and I probably shouldn’t buy an iPod. This story definitely will continue.
@@ -649,7 +707,7 @@I’m on fire.
@@ -661,7 +719,7 @@Something I found out about and loved ever since - you can get really cheap domains if you buy .ovh domains on OVH or six~ number dot xyz on Cloudflare. Honestly, they’re like $3 a year and now I own too many of them.
@@ -672,7 +730,7 @@The EU wants Apple to open AirDrop and AirPlay to Android and other platforms
@@ -684,7 +742,7 @@Halfway there.
@@ -696,7 +754,7 @@Soon it’s going to be two weeks without Vivaldi Sync…
@@ -707,7 +765,7 @@Big, proper games won’t come to macOS as long as storage on Macs remains so prohibitively expensive. You can’t reasonably consider buying a game that takes up 50% or more of your disk space.
@@ -718,7 +776,7 @@Vivaldi sync stopped working a week ago and it’s taking ages to be fixed. At this point I’m thinking of getting to Chrome again…
@@ -730,7 +788,7 @@End of the year on iOS homescreen:
@@ -742,7 +800,7 @@Ending 2024 homescreen-wise:
@@ -754,7 +812,7 @@Just ordered new iPod Nano 7 Gen battery. Let’s fucking try it.
@@ -765,7 +823,7 @@Let’s imagine for a second that this isn’t a blogpost or microblog post but my ICQ/jabber status.
@@ -777,7 +835,7 @@Instead of buying an iPod I should just get mp3 of whatever is missing on Apple Music, put it onto the iPhone and save about $100. I know this is the way to go but it FEELS wrong because I could get a new toy that I’ve always wanted that I will ditch after two weeks (days even probably).
@@ -788,7 +846,7 @@I’ve had about four Windows updates in the span of three days. Each one, of course, requires a reboot. So now, instead of letting it update my PC, I’ve postponed every single update for five weeks just so it finally lets me use the PC without being in a constant state of rebooting. This has never changed—every single macOS, iPhone, or Android update is something I welcome with open arms, but whenever Windows needs updating, I’m on the verge of crying myself to sleep at the mere thought of it.
@@ -799,7 +857,7 @@That’s a lamp.
@@ -811,7 +869,7 @@Honestly it’s a gimmick but when it works and is useful, it’s crazy good.
@@ -823,7 +881,7 @@The biggest tech revelation for me this year is that I don’t have to rely on Apple that much. I’ve embraced the open waters. I haven’t moved to Android completely (yet?), but I’m a bit of a “two-phones” type of guy now. I dropped the Apple Watch and went with a Whoop + normal watch combo. Apart from my Mac, I got myself a really nice tower PC that I use every day. There’s more to it, too—I had to find multi-platform apps, and I’m happy to say I’m good. Everything works great, and I live happily in this messy ecosystem.
@@ -835,7 +893,7 @@Wait, so with 18.2 I’m not getting ChatGPT powered Siri on older devices? What?
@@ -846,7 +904,7 @@New watch who this.
@@ -858,7 +916,7 @@Took me five years to draw a dick with my weight data.
@@ -870,7 +928,7 @@One day I might even accept being a two phone person.
@@ -881,7 +939,7 @@Never change iOS widgets. Never change.
@@ -893,7 +951,7 @@I wish new hobbies wouldn’t cost about $100 to start. I’m looking at used iPods and some of them are very cheap but need some tinkering…
@@ -904,7 +962,7 @@Leaving Apple Watch behind will be problematic for sure, but holy shit I will not miss my wrist vibrating whenever there’s a notification from an app that I forgot to turn off on the AW. Too old to being easily bothered with access to myself.
@@ -915,7 +973,7 @@Made up my mind. Just paid for a year of Whoop (thanks to Cyber Monday discount I saved about €60) and bought a normal, regular watch. Now I’m gonna be able to track all of my activity, be less dependent on Apple ecosystem and finally rock a watch that could work for my entire life. I’d say that’s a good thing.
@@ -926,7 +984,7 @@I don’t want to but I have to admit - Windows is as buggy/crashy as it was advertised on reddit and such. My MacBook’s uptime is like 7 days and that’s because I updated it a week ago. I’m feeling happy when my Windows machine works a couple days without crash.
@@ -937,7 +995,7 @@Frank Ocean.
@@ -949,7 +1007,7 @@I don’t get why Apple Watch doesn’t do the same shit Whoop is doing. They have the same data, but Whoop is like thousand times more helpful. I tries to understand my patterns and gives me actionable advices that - seems like are good. Damn you Apple because I wanted to return that Whoop and I’m not so sure anymore.
@@ -960,7 +1018,7 @@Back to my regular tech rambling. Whoop would be much more useful if it could vibrate on call.
@@ -971,7 +1029,7 @@I’m not able to actually say anything, speechless.
@@ -982,7 +1040,7 @@I can’t thank anyone enough for helping out. Seriously. Thank you.
@@ -993,7 +1051,7 @@My mother has liver cancer. We have started a fundraiser to help cover some of the treatment costs. I would be grateful for any shares or donations.
@@ -1005,7 +1063,7 @@Sorry, not sorry—another iOS vs. Android thing. Basically, because I’ve changed my lifestyle over the past year—losing a lot of weight, gaining muscle, and going to the gym regularly—I find myself using my Apple Watch much more than I did, say, two years ago.
@@ -1017,7 +1075,7 @@This is never going to be not funny. Apple Music works great on Android but on the iPhone is just freaking slow.
@@ -1028,7 +1086,7 @@Because I can, I’m sometimes moving between iPhone and Pixel. Most of the time it’s pixel but there are moments in which I find myself wanting to use iPhone (mostly because of Apple Watch and ability to be notified on my wrist when something REALLY IMPORTANT happens or because our apartment still has some automations based on Homekit).
@@ -1042,7 +1100,7 @@🍿 A Real Pain (2024) - ★★★★★
@@ -1054,7 +1112,7 @@Get a free WHOOP 4.0 and one month free when you join with my link: https://join.whoop.com/CD90CC
@@ -1065,7 +1123,7 @@I wanted to break myself a bit more from Apple ecosystem with a non-Apple fitness tracker. Can’t wait till it gets here!
@@ -1077,7 +1135,7 @@Moved to iPhone yesterday but got annoyed in first 12 hours and I’m back on Pixel. Welp.
@@ -1088,7 +1146,7 @@RSS bankruptcy. Not going to read 2000 articles.
@@ -1099,7 +1157,7 @@It looks like after stopping podcasting I have stopped caring about technology that much. Or I needed a break from it and I’m still on it. Most of the days I don’t even use my PC after work. Love this character development!
@@ -1112,7 +1170,7 @@Well, it’s been over a year since I last talked about my defaults (even though I tried to update it along the way).
@@ -1152,7 +1210,7 @@Perhaps we should stop thinking of the USA as a country to look up to.
@@ -1163,7 +1221,7 @@Americans, what the hell
@@ -1174,7 +1232,7 @@ChatGPT search is crazy
@@ -1185,7 +1243,7 @@iPhone wants me to use MacOS and be enclosed in Apple ecosystem, but Android let’s me do my shit anywhere - and I didn’t know that I value this but I do.
@@ -1196,7 +1254,7 @@Chill out please
@@ -1208,7 +1266,7 @@Apple Music working better on Android wasn’t on my bingo card but yet here we are
@@ -1219,7 +1277,7 @@5 icons in a row are better than 4 icons in a row. I don’t make the rules but I do.
@@ -1231,7 +1289,7 @@To use an iphone is to use a phone in slow motion. This is how it feels like
@@ -1242,7 +1300,7 @@Android apps are good enough that I don’t miss any particular app. Even if the iOS app was better, the Android version of it (either because there’s the same app for Android or there’s a different app that does the same thing) is most of the time good enough to not care because it does the job done.
@@ -1254,7 +1312,7 @@And today on Android I’ve installed Sum Up and now all of my chat messages get summarised. This is happening on a $300 device, for free. I have an assistant that allows me to ask even the trickiest questions and I can do stuff like circle to search.
@@ -1266,7 +1324,7 @@Two weeks with my Pixel. That was quick! Still is my main phone.
@@ -1277,7 +1335,7 @@Since I have moved onto the Pixel I find myself using Gemini a lot. I do it a couple times a day and my questions are mostly about small things. Yesterday I asked what the hell is baba ganoush, today I have asked what does “habibi” actually mean. We were picking new heaters and I wasn’t actually sure how do we calculate the wattage and it just answered me. MOST of the times I did fact-check and it was actually right!
@@ -1292,7 +1350,7 @@After a week I’ve got used to the bigger border or fingerprint scanner (I found out that using a bit more force on it actually improved my finger readability). The only thing that right now is frustrating is the slow charging speed. Everything else is fine.
@@ -1303,7 +1361,7 @@That’s my home screen after a week with Pixel 8a. My iPhone is being left, untouched since last week.
@@ -1315,7 +1373,7 @@Pixel shots are good enough to post, without ANY touches.
@@ -1326,7 +1384,7 @@Powązki. This is that golden autumn everybody was talking about. 🍂🍁
@@ -1338,7 +1396,7 @@This is just crazy. I love it.
@@ -1350,7 +1408,7 @@BuzzKill and Hurry for Android are worth every cent.
@@ -1361,7 +1419,7 @@Warsaw being pretty.
@@ -1373,7 +1431,7 @@Just to add to the point of iPhone feeling more expensive/premium and 8a feeling cheaper - I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, because I feel safer and have to be less careful with Pixel. I love glass, don’t get me wrong, but iPhone with case feels chunky and without one - very slippery.
@@ -1384,7 +1442,7 @@Few random thoughts about iOS vs Android:
@@ -1405,7 +1463,7 @@First time getting an update on Android day 0.
@@ -1417,7 +1475,7 @@iOS notification system is like 0.1 version of what Android has. Seriously. I’m SNOOZING one notification to come back and notify me in an hour. SNOOZING.
@@ -1428,7 +1486,7 @@I feel a bit more understood by this phone. It does interesting things and is very helpful with the assistants.
@@ -1439,7 +1497,7 @@If this is what Pixel 8a does I want to see what 9 Pro can do.
@@ -1451,7 +1509,7 @@I can admit that app quality is sometimes a bit worse on Android but web experience is so much better.
@@ -1462,7 +1520,7 @@This phone makes sense for me even just for the camera. I’d love to get a Pro model or even just a normal one to get it even better with even better screen and then I’d just have to figure it out on Android because I love whatever it does with pictures.
@@ -1473,7 +1531,7 @@I did some nighttime photography with Pixel today and it’s just amazingly good. Much much better than my iPhone. And whatever the camera did in postprocessing - would be something I’d add if it was missing. Seriously. Amazing.
@@ -1484,7 +1542,7 @@This is where I’m at.
@@ -1496,7 +1554,7 @@I’ve just lost a 3000 words essay about Android notifications because - against my better judgement - I’ve drafted it in the browser window instead of an app and - by mistake - clicked CTRL+R.
@@ -1507,7 +1565,7 @@I’ve made a note that’s basically a to-do list before fully switching to the Pixel. There are a couple of cards that don’t work in Google Pay (I have to activate them before adding to Google Pay, interestingly—I didn’t have to do this on the iPhone). Also, because we’re doing renovations and have most of our ideas in a synced photo library, I need to sync photos to Google Photos first. Once that’s done, I can switch to the Pixel, confident that nothing is missing and everything I need is on my phone.
@@ -1519,7 +1577,7 @@