Notes

joshua stein via @jcs@jcs.org - Nov 03 2023 14:53:05

If you charge your laptop's battery to 100% all the time, eventually the battery life decreases and it will only ever be able to charge to like 90%.

So the solution is to have the laptop limit its charging to 90% to preserve the battery's life, but then any time you need to use the laptop away from your desk it only ever has 90% battery. How is this better?

We're told to do this with our EV but we usually know in advance if we're going on a long trip so we can change the limit and charge to 100% temporarily.

joshua stein via @jcs@jcs.org - Oct 30 2023 16:25:27

I walked over to my local hardware store this morning to find a tube fitting, but they didn't carry the size I needed. Rather than drive to a big box store, I went to McMaster-Carr's website and found the fitting, downloaded their 3D model of it, and printed one in about an hour.

While I would never download a car, in this case I downloaded a Carr. Is this still unethical?

joshua stein via @jcs@jcs.org - Oct 25 2023 11:09:36

My BlueSCSI Wi-Fi Desk Accessory for System 6+ is now available:

https://jcs.org/bluescsi

It lets you view your current network name and signal strength, and change networks on the fly without having to edit your BlueSCSI configuration

Perfect for taking your 68k PowerBook to the coffee shop (but who would do such a thing?)

joshua stein via @jcs@jcs.org - Oct 21 2023 15:41:34

Me: Ah crap, why didn't USPS scan this package when I dropped it off? It's been 5 days now, where is it? Did I lose it? Did it get damaged? I'll have to send this customer a new one. Maybe I should visit the post office again and see if they can--

USPS: lol we just found it in Denver

joshua stein via @jcs@jcs.org - Oct 16 2023 12:47:46

The second batch of 10 batteries sold out quickly yesterday (thanks @ActionRetro!) so I had to make them all last night, but it will take a while to charge+discharge+recharge each of them before shipping them all out.

I've ordered a 3rd batch of battery packs and will hopefully have more for sale by the end of the week.