Here I talk about the things that I like that don't fit in with the theme of my main website. Topics will likely fall into the realm of nerdery, with hobbyist programming and web development, tech gadgets, and maybe video games and books.
I finally got around to looking a bit closer at my Bangle 2 JS today. I had some other things on my to do list so I've only loaded a few new clock faces today and looked at some apps. But so far, I'm happy with it.
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I'm currently experiencing some inertia with sitting down and my computer and starting to code. It is something I genuinely enjoy doing and like to find time to work on projects when I can. Whether that means spending my day off at my computer or waking up early to get an hour or two in before I start work (I'm an early bird). But lately I've been finding it difficult to actually sit down and get started.
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The Raspberry Pi 5 does a pretty good job of streaming 1080p video. I had been running KDE Plasma Bigscreen on a Raspberry Pi 4, it worked pretty well, but depending on the streaming service, 1080 video would either stagger or choke. I was quite happy just watching my streams at 720, but with the Pi 5 handling 1080 resolution streaming pretty well under the Raspberry Pi OS, and a new version of Bigscreen in the works for Plasma 6, I thought it was time to upgrade.
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I ordered the BangleJS 2 programmable smart watch. After having issues with my Watchy, and the replacement V3 board suffering from significant clock drift, I decided to just pay out for a different device.
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I have read quite a few complaints about the Watchy V3. I try not to listen too much to bad press. A lot of the time it's over the top. I ordered a replacement Watchy from Mouser Electronics. You don't really know what version of the Watchy you're buying in my experience, and just figuring out the correct libraries to use can be a journey in of itself. But after 24 hours of using it, I've noticed one serious problem.
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