"Windows 10 support ends October 14"

Too bad i'm not in the market for new-to-me hardware. Ebay ( and a few others, and landfills ) is going to be flooded with cheap but decent intel/amd based machines here soon i suspect. 

And bet prices will drop on some of the older ( but still good ) devices too.  Before i stopped buying and went to downsizing instead i noticed the 'tinys' were slowly going up in price. But all of them are locked out of win11, so the 'unwashed masses' wont want them and i bet go way down in price by end of the year.

My guess is mostly landfills.  Most people don't know how to deal with this other than the garbage can.     Which is a shame.

Coming to a cornea near you,  digital contacts..

( i think i saw this show. )

Retina e-paper promises screens 'visually indistinguishable from reality'

https://newatlas.com/materials/retina-e-paper/

So as i have mentioned before, not fond of electronics where it does not need to be.  One example: my wrist.

Go back perhaps 15 years, and i resisted the 'smart watch' movement. No thanks.    But.. a startup company called Pebble, were making minimalist ones, that had actual buttons. No touch screen crap.  Looked pretty interesting, even to me, and when they came out with the 'steel' version, i had to get one.

loved the thing. it was perfect for me. Did want i wanted, wasn't obtrusive, etc.

Then around 2015 they talked about getting into the health monitor businesses.. then in 2016 fitbit bought them to get rid of competition that made a better product.. killed the line, killed the apps, killed the back end infrastructure, all of it.  So all the 'smart' of it was gone, so no point, and went back to only my mechanicals.   They were a few months away from adding color to the 'steel', which looked neat and was on the pre-order list.

I kept it in the drawer for a long time. Got rid of it last year during purging. "this will never be useful again, why take up the space"

This year, totally unexpected, the original pebble guy rebuilt the company.. selling minimalist watches again ( tho not as nice as before, only plastic.. but gotta start somewhere ).. and just today announced the infrastructure is back for the old ones too.

ARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH

Thu Nov 13 2025 18:33:23 UTC from Nurb432

So as i have mentioned before, not fond of electronics where it does not need to be.  One example: my wrist.

Go back perhaps 15 years, and i resisted the 'smart watch' movement. No thanks.    But.. a startup company called Pebble, were making minimalist ones, that had actual buttons. No touch screen crap.  Looked pretty interesting, even to me, and when they came out with the 'steel' version, i had to get one.

loved the thing. it was perfect for me. Did want i wanted, wasn't obtrusive, etc.

Then around 2015 they talked about getting into the health monitor businesses.. then in 2016 fitbit bought them to get rid of competition that made a better product.. killed the line, killed the apps, killed the back end infrastructure, all of it.  So all the 'smart' of it was gone, so no point, and went back to only my mechanicals.   They were a few months away from adding color to the 'steel', which looked neat and was on the pre-order list.

I kept it in the drawer for a long time. Got rid of it last year during purging. "this will never be useful again, why take up the space"

This year, totally unexpected, the original pebble guy rebuilt the company.. selling minimalist watches again ( tho not as nice as before, only plastic.. but gotta start somewhere ).. and just today announced the infrastructure is back for the old ones too.

 

 

ARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH

 

Support him. I just bought a Casio calculator watch. I was in Italy, a little store was selling retro stuff, and there was an original Casio calculator watch for $200. My wife was like, "Geek, you don't need that," and shamed me. So I didn't buy it. And regretted it. Came home and searched. Casio sells a modern retro calculator watch. $25. No game. I bought it. When I wear it, people go nuts. I should have bought the real deal in Italy. I shame her about it ALL the time - and she feels bad. She knows she was wrong denying me my UberNerd urges. Seriously. She has said, " you know your instincts on things like that, you shouldn't let my response influence you. You should have bought it." 
Which is nice. Too little, too late, but nice. ;) 

Tho im not fond of plastic, i actually did try.

I got on the waiting list, and when it was time i tried to buy it but just could not the payment to go thru. Tried it over a 3 day period even got my bank involved.. gave up finally.

Sat Nov 15 2025 05:40:09 UTC from ParanoidDelusions

 

Support him. 

 

i still have my casio calculator watch-  with the game. 

Sat Nov 15 2025 05:40:09 AM UTC from ParanoidDelusions

 

 

Support him. I just bought a Casio calculator watch. I was in Italy, a little store was selling retro stuff, and there was an original Casio calculator watch for $200. My wife was like, "Geek, you don't need that," and shamed me. So I didn't buy it. And regretted it. Came home and searched. Casio sells a modern retro calculator watch. $25. No game. I bought it. When I wear it, people go nuts. I should have bought the real deal in Italy. I shame her about it ALL the time - and she feels bad. She knows she was wrong denying me my UberNerd urges. Seriously. She has said, " you know your instincts on things like that, you shouldn't let my response influence you. You should have bought it." 
Which is nice. Too little, too late, but nice. ;) 

 

Wanna sell it? PM me. 

Tue Nov 18 2025 07:55:16 UTC from test2

i still have my casio calculator watch-  with the game.