Came with the cold shoe adapter to use with my Insta360 x4. The other cold shoe adapter I have, isn’t very useful. Just a basic adapter, fine for a camera cage. But not the case for this camera.

Bought that light long ago. Only bad thing is, the battery dies, if it’s not used for a long time.

Also, can’t be charged with my Anker USB C to C cable 240w. At least not with the Belkin charger. Just used the cable it came with, and plugged into a different charger, since the provided cable is USB A. Should have tried using the Anker cable with the other charger. Maybe that Belkin charger is a dick, or dead.

The fancy adapter with ball head, might only be removable from the Insta360 x4, if I take the case off. It’s nice and tight. I’ll just leave it on.

Looks like that can generate music playlists. Too lazy to manually look for music. Or think.

Might as well get rid of MPD, cause it has to be restarted after rebooting the Atari VCS. Probably because it’s slow at getting an IP address. And don’t need it to play audio anyways. Pipewire works fine.

I installed the Flatpak.

Cat reminded me to spray the chair again.

Search for the genre, I searched for rock. All I needed to do, to make a playlist. Don’t think I need Last.fm, my old account is gone, apparently. Made a new one. No idea what Last.fm is though. I guess if it helps me find more music, then it’s fine.

Now I don’t have to just listen to radio.

To make the playlist playable in VLC on an iPhone, only one command is needed.

sed -iold 's|/media/big_nas|..|g' "$1"

Tauon

The Arch Wiki said how to turn it on. I thought cause ethtool said d, it meant I couldn’t enable it. Enabled it last night, and just used it now.

No more relying on shitty universal remote with Bluetooth, to wake it up using Bluetooth. Only problem, I have to get off my ass, to turn on the receiver.

Could fix that, with one of those WiFi IR things. But too expensive to use just for that. I like the buttons on real remote for most of the stuff I do.

That might solve my loud ass fan problem. Bought the wrong thing a long time ago. I don’t want a fan controller. Case might have one. Or not for 4 pin fans. Well, too lazy to mess with case, so get a 4 port splitter cable.

The fan is a Noctua NF-A14, and their low noise adapter, doesn’t work for that fan. A waste of money.

Did the radio say “bong”. Don’t know what a bong is, but I do know what a dong is. Also might have said something about getting “high”. Do they mean manic? Well, no thanks.

What exactly is this fan doing being loud as fuck 24/7? Except being loud? Not much. The AMD 5600X runs hot, as mine always has. I’ll get the dust out, once I get that cable.

Might need a can of air though. The mostly empty can or cans, got thrown out. They might sell that in town somewhere. Probably not Best Buy though. Go there to look for something, and leave with nothing.

Hmm, so unbranded thermal paste is fine? People on Reddit say cheap stuff is fine, but do they mean no brand? They say 3C difference. Slightly more then 3C, but too lazy to do math.

Where is my old ass thermal paste? Might all be dried up. Should throw it away. They don’t say the budget brands. Probably not Cooler Master, cheap, but some people got dried up thermal paste on Newegg that was Cooler Master. Didn’t know anybody sold useless branded thermal paste. I do know, Cooler Master PSUs don’t last. Or the one I bought, and the one my sister bought, both failed.

Haha, the comments claim, the budget stuff won’t last a year. I wonder what thermal paste I used, and when I put it on. How many years ago?

Somebody said Thermal Pads work fine. Well, then I don’t have to guess how much to put on the damn thing. Said no thicker then 1mm.

SSDs use em, so why not? NVMe SSDs, can run hot as fuck.

Do they sell Thermal Pads I don’t have to cut? Also, what happens if I don’t cut it? And let it hang off the CPU. Also, does the thermal paste actually need to be replaced? Also, why would I need to delid the CPU? I don’t overclock anything.

Is Thermal Grizzly the cheapest “brand” that makes pads?

Adafruit is on Nudegg apparently. Now to go to their site.

Heat Sink Thermal Sticker Tabs is that a thermal pad? Pretty much, but over 1mm might be too much for a desktop CPU. They work fine for SBCs, so why not a desktop? Well, SBCs might use less power then my 5600X.

They don’t have the right one anyways.

Thermal Grizzly, lots of options. The basic one, $20, no thanks. Hmm chair is rocking, cat may have been thinking about scratching, but didn’t hear anything. So Pet Block might work. And now she’s licking her foot. Well, I don’t think she likes Pet Block either.

What CPUs does the Thermal Grizzly - PhaseSheet PTM fit? Hmm, cat found something, maybe an old piece of filament. Got to throw that away, so she doesn’t eat it possibly. Vet said cats might decide to eat string, maybe filament too. Not filament. No idea what it came from. The scratcher maybe, that she doesn’t scratch on. Maybe that’s why she looks under it. Well, I need to vacuum better next time. Also, what is under the fan? She really wants it. Looks like paper maybe.

It’s the tag on the fan. She does like chewing on plastic. She hasn’t been messing with the bag on garbage can lately. But if she starts eating it, I need a new garbage can.

Thermal Grizzly looks like a premium brand. Also, do I have to cut that?

Regular thermal paste, somebody said dries out. Well, if that doesn’t, it’s a bargain. Also, I think the comment said no thicker then 1mm. So 0.25mm or whatever might be fine.

Got to cut it, and need “tweezers”. Oh wait, might have some, had em for 3D printer. Put in fridge for two hours, then cut.

To remove cooler, use hair dryer. But why? I can replace the fans. Have a half ass 3D printed clip thing, seems to work just fine, it’s been holding the fans on for a long time.

$14 worth it to me, cause I may not need to replace it again. And wonder if I applied the right amount. Or if I need to redo the damn paste.

Not $14 on eBay. No prime, and too lazy to send my mom money. And ask her to buy it. Don’t want to pay VAT. Apparently they sell it on Best Buy. So they ship from US then if I buy on Best Buy’s site? Says free shipping.

Should be in bed, but got to drink enough water everyday. Did I drink enough water yet? Well, haven’t pissed myself yet.

Some seller on Newegg, but shipped by Newegg. $14, and Newegg probably ships from California, so might not take too long. I guess I use scissors to cut it to size, won’t be easy. Easier to use a knife of some kind. Does a steak knife work? Don’t have or want a safety knife. Not very safe. Or is it a utility knife? Not safe either.

Newegg might be the fastest, and cheapest. Amazon too expensive, would have to pay shipping or for prime. No thanks to giving Amazon money for shipping or prime.

Does it work for cats? No idea. But it works for me. I had my sweater over the back of the chair, sprayed the crap out of chair, and now I don’t think I’ll put sweater back over it. Back of chair not very pretty.

The $700 5 or so year old recliner, is a squeaky rocking chair now. Put the foot rest out, and enjoy rocking and listening to it.

She keeps looking over there at chair. She jumped in chair once. The question is, will she scratch the part of chair I didn’t spray? Maybe not, as she didn’t even stay in chair.

She has a cat scratcher right by the chair. But she won’t use it. Not even when it was in kitchen. Sprayed it with cat nip spray too, more then once. Don’t think she cares that much about cat nip. She smelled it. But didn’t go crazy like a lot of cats. Gave her real cat nip once too. Now to move the cat scratcher. cause now it’s too close to smelly Pet Block stuff.

But she has to go over there, cause of the smell. She’s curious.

Mop the floor, and she rubs on it. Good reason not to spray the crap out of chair. If she rubs on that crap, she will be smelly too. I already do say that to her though, even though I can’t smell her. I’m probably more smelly. I use toilet paper after all.

Got to replace that chair someday. First I have to get rid of stuff, like the crap not being used. And should figure out how to get her to not scratch on the damn thing so much. I don’t want to constantly tell her not to. Or maybe not tell her not to at all. Other then spraying it.

How wet should a recliner get? Well, I don’t like it anyways.

Hmm, that’s how you get some cats to scratch on something else? Spray the crap out of chair. And move scratcher away from it. If that works, then cats aren’t that hard to train. Use Pet Block. She was just looking at the scratcher she still hasn’t used. Maybe she’s not sure how to scratch on it.

Maybe get a vertical scratcher. Then she has the ball one on floor, and one she can scratch vertically as well. This one isn’t completely flat, but not completely vertical either.

She might be scratching more on the chair, then the scratcher with a ball as well. And I just changed the cardboard on that one. Or maybe I’m just noticing her scratching the chair more. The other one, is in the other room. She didn’t always scratch on the chair. She had to live here long enough, and get older maybe. She’s still young enough to train though.

I might know how to pet a cat finally. Pet them a little, then take a break. Don’t just pet them constantly. Not all dogs like that either. And if they do, I get tired. Just ask Utah. He doesn’t always want that though.

Looks like the one book I found so far, requires a 3 week wait. Have to apparently hold an eBook.

Good news, I found the book on the lady’s website. Apparently that book is from 1971. Thought it was newer then that for some unknown reason. Probably found it on a store’s site, and said 2011. Not the original one.

The DRM removal plugin still works, at least for the old eBook that I had on my Kindle, that I apparently didn’t remove the DRM on.

There’s a bunch of odd books on my Kindle.

The only book I already had, that I might read is “The Naked Bible”.

Some Atheists might like that book too. My religion is “we’re all going to be okay”.

My Kindle still has ads. No I won’t pay them any money to remove the ads. Also, what ads? I don’t pay any attention to the lock screen. Also, I like airplane mode.

Bought directly from Gwen Cooper. I remembered I bought a book once, directly from the author, and they sent me a PDF. I was a happy camper. There’s DRM free eBook stores, but might not be able to find what you’re looking for. I won’t buy DRM books.

Amazon likely will never sell DRM books. Why would they? Too much money, to keep DRM. They can release an update to all internet connected Kindle’s, and make a bunch or all the books on it, unreadable. Good reason to keep Kindle in airplane mode. Oh wait, the library has eBooks. Might be easier to put it on Kindle, if it’s connected to internet.

Didn’t need the BookFunnel app either. Downloaded the ePub from a web browser in Linux. I can view it in Calibre just fine. Waiting for shitty Kindle to charge.

DRM can or used to be removable from Amazon’s eBooks. But now I can’t download the eBook from a browser. Too much work. Easier to buy a proper book.

Oddly the radio station I listen to started working today finally. Thought it was rtl_tcp, SDR++ couldn’t get a good signal either, wasn’t all static though.

Want to control a Linux computer connected to a TV? Well, it might only work if you install Steam. Otherwise, unpairing it and repairing it, is what you’ll get to do.

If I want to play a game, I can stream it using Moonlight.

The good news is, I have a keyboard with a touchpad on it, that I could use. Even though I bought it for the Pi 5.

I wasn’t having any luck using it with the USB dongle either. And if Debian is too old, well the Steam Controller is ancient too.

Was trying to use the Apple TV. But to download a free app, they require me to confirm it. No iPhone? Then you’d have to enter the password with the remote. Almost had to copy and paste the password on the iPhone, cause iOS has a lot of “features”. And the Library streaming video app, isn’t easy to use on the Apple TV, can’t search using the remote app on my phone. Not manually entering text anywhere on the Apple TV.

Want to go into medical debt? Go to the right hospital, and stay there for 16 days, or however long I was there. If I get a bill, I won’t have enough money to pay them.

Wondering how much money 16 days or so costs in the hospital? Over $40,000.

Average writing speed: 164.33 MB/s

The cheap M.2 SATA SSD in a USB enclosure is faster. Big surprise.

The brand is Fanxiang. I tried canceling it, but they blamed the people that ship it in the US. Somehow I’m supposed to be able to refuse a USPS package.

Would have been cheaper to buy a NVMe drive, and put in my extra enclosure. Extra enclosure doesn’t do SATA.

Maybe M.2 SATA isn’t as hot. Don’t care about speed.

Using a USB C to A cable, connected to front USB 3 port. No idea which USB 3 version. Maybe 3.0.

Running f3read now. Have to make sure the drive has as much space as they said.

Average reading speed: 198.08 MB/s

The best part of those screen protectors, is they come with a tool for getting rid of bubbles. I’d recommend leaving that out, so you can work at those bubbles.

Easy to install? Maybe easier. But not idiot proof. Also, too tired, to follow the instructions to a T.

Can’t see the remaining bubles with screen on.

But it has the damn rainbow, on the bottom edge. The old shitty possibly Best Buy screen protector had it on the screen part. No rainbow anywhere except bottom edge. Just open Safari.

Use the other dust cover on the case. Not very effective, the wet wipe works better. And the dry wipe just got more dust on the case.

It did come with a lens protector, somehow no bubbles. I wiped lens off with the wet wipe, probably dried it with the dry wipe. But I couldn’t get all the dust on the edge of the lenses. I tried using one of the little dust stickers. Maybe a wetter wipe would have worked.

But I need the other wet wipe, for the other protector, if I ever use it. Can’t take this off and test my luck with the second one, that’s a waste of money. Also, I may have wasted all the protectors in the past, and just threw money away.

Either use a dust free lab. Or a machine, if you want no bubbles.

Didn’t want to spend more money on the other brand, some site claims has a better installer tool. Glad I didn’t, cause I’d most likely get bubbles with that one too.

The screen does look better though. Apparently that Best Buy one, may have made the display look worse.

The appliance is not to be used by persons (including children) with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities, or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they have been given supervision or instruction.

Hmm, guess I shouldn’t have bought this refurbished vacuum cleaner.

Do not allow to be used as a toy. Close attention is necessary when used by or near children, pets or plants.

Tell that to the people, that went to doctor, for experimenting with a vacuum cleaner.

Well, the battery is removable. Don’t ask me if the battery can actually be bought though. Maybe a third party one at least.

Might need to print the manual. Didn’t come with one, said Americans or somebody, uses too much paper. Sounds like I should print it then. Also, easier to look at paper.

And only one bubble now. Just wait a while, then use the fancy bubble remover. Then if it comes back, keep on trying, over, and over again. Also, dust on the screen protector, isn’t a bubble.

So these screen protectors are so good, they can be installed in a very dusty environment.

Ahh well, the rainbow on the bottom, is better then random spots all over the screen.

Rainbow, might be cause I misaligned it. Part of the bottom of screen, not covered.

To get rid of rainbow on edge, just point phone somewhere else. The light hitting it a certain way does it.

But aren’t you supposed to just put the alignment tool on top of the phone basically? Might have said something about sliding. No idea what it was talking about though.