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https://youtu.be/jFACcujmdE4

In all the years prior to getting a laptop, or hell before adapting fancier than vim methods of typing notes—I wonder how the – to + thing never occurred to me.
Generally speaking, if I tended to take more free form transient notes, I’d probably adapt the rest of that method to my notes. Typically my work notes revolve around pen driven swipe typing, and my home notes on handwriting to text conversion. Getting just quick unconverted handwriting usually means that I’m stuck in a meeting or footing it between server racks.
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Bug: noun: when you slide a notification to the side with a Pencil, and tapping clear launches Apple Notes instead of clearing the notification.

On the flip side, 13.1 -> 13.1.1 has made iPad OS feel less like a buggy mess in the name of selling stuff. Also, I am likely more of a stylus using whore than most at the fruit company.

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Willow was so comfortable that I had to take a picture, and disturb her comfy with some attraction.

Misty was more perturbed that I didn’t make a food offering along with the attention, lol.

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When leftovers and time to use stuff up collide, sometimes you make delicious.

The tilapia had been in my freezer a bit, and I already had a plan involving an onion and some peppers in need of using up. The leftover baked broccoli and the rice/black beans proved to be convenient, and heat up almost as fast as fish bakes.

Willow of course is disappointed the broccoli was facing her instead of the fish, lol. She’s more likely to attempt stealing fish then probably anything else, and usually behaves very well about looking without attempting theft.

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Misty: “Pick me up human, you know that you must.”

The look she gave when I commented to Willow, about how glad I am she climbs up herself, I know better than to share.

In pretty sure that I was repaid in dog farts after that….

Somewhat sad thoughts about the fate of a great tablet

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Possible use cases for the great Scarlett:

  1. An overpowered picture frame; home or office.
  2. Mount it on the pantry door for quick shopping list / music control.
  3. World’s most feature packed house clock.
These are all good ideas, if a touch sad considering it’s a great device aside from the cracked screen.
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I find out kind of odd, I’ve almost always read on a tablet in landscape if I was reading for a prolonged period. Yet settling in for an afternoon of reading, I find self happiest in landscape.

Wide screen 10” form factor has never been my bag. The 16:10 typically found is just crap in portrait, and out approximates a form that was really meant for landscape video. Now the 7” and 8” tablets I’ve owned were different stories: despite the meh aspect ratio they’re usually sizes on par with a paperback. In fact I’d say the old “Thor” model HDX 7 was about the perfect size for reading.
Standard 9.7” on the other hand is like the perfect all purpose form factor, thanks to the greater squareness of the 4:3 aspect. Thus I’d still read novels in portrait mode and do everything else in landscape or portrait as I prefer.
The standard 11” of the iPad Pro, I’m finding it easier to focus on reading in landscape mode. Conveniently it creates a very book like pages side by side effect on the perspective. Much like how you might focus on an open book.
Kinda odd to me because of how similar the sizes are. Nerine’s screen is the size of Scarlett; such that if you just put bezels around the Tab S3 and make the screen that much bigger, you’ve essentially got the iPad Pro 11 right there. That is to say, it’s what happens if you take the most perfect multi purpose  size and blow it up about as big as you can make a tablet that’s going to be used often with one hand but most frequently with two hands.
Anyhow, back to my book 😜.
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Misty: “How dare you suggest I should jump on the couch myself. Come on, human, you know that you want to pick me up.”