Sweat

Here's the thing, I sweat a lot. I run HOT. My partner always said my body feels like standing next to a furnace. Having said that, I've never owned a pair of 2 functioning hearing aids before, much less IP rated. Both are Bluetooth enabled, which means I get to switch them out for listening to media. As it stands, I keep the older pair next to my PC and use those while working out in my gym. The newer pair's home is on my dresser next to my wallet & watch.

My Xbox wireless headset recently stopped working. They've had a good run. I stupidly used them for sweaty outdoor cardio when I first got them; the foam pads have been replaced twice already, tape is holding the microphone together since the plastic shell cracked. I attempted the 2 button reset but to no avail, I think this time they're really cooked, as the kids say. Ah well. I don't think I'll replace them straight away. I may try alternating between hearing aids.

However, I have been wanting to try those Pixel Bud "A" series. If they can put up with excessive sweating, they'll join me on my walkabouts instead.

Casio

*Picks up my Casio 91W wristwatch off the dresser*

Me (to watch): Have you been spying on me?

Casio: (silence)

Me: Didn't think so.

Skinny Puppy

I like the look on people's faces when I remind them Skinny Puppy started life as "Images In Vogue", a new wave pop band.

Apple

I was the kid in Elementary school tapping on an Apple ][; My second language was BASIC (although CoCo flavoured). I don't like where tech is these days so I'm mostly hanging out with FOSS software.

This is really a post about Apple's launch of their folding iPhone they've dubbed the "Duo". They couldn't even come up with an original name for a folding phone - Microsoft already had that with their Surface Duo. The company's soul died when Jobs did - all Tim Cook has done was the job he was hired to do - streamline their vertical hardware division and he's done exactly that. They run on their own silicon, hardware and their own software. Quality is a different matter when it comes to software, but most folks will agree their hardware is fine.

The cost of their new folding phone rounded up, is three thousand dollars Canadian. I can't justify that. I've always been a grubby, PC hardware hacking FOSS dude. I can appreciate great engineering but their hubris is disgusting.

Apple can go to hell. 

 

Love

I admit it. I love everybody.

Loss

Recently while driving there was music playing. I wasn't wearing my hearing aids so I was struggling to identify the song. After a few moments of indistinct bass playing, I had to ask "what song is this?" My partner simply replied "....woooooow", meaning her shock at my inability to name the tune I already knew. My immediate response to that was "I'm deaf, LOL" 

At my hearing test earlier this year, the Doctor informed me that I had "lost" about 20 dB, which is a curious way to phrase that, as if I had a choice? Anyway I now know what that SOUNDS like, if that makes sense. While wearing the new units corrects the loss for now, I'm trying to not take it for granted.