The Week #262

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  • ✏️ I said I was falling down the e-ink tablet rabbit hole, let me elaborate. It's a fact that I work better when I write things down consistently. Spending time in a distraction free zone helps me think and focus better. Writing with my hand makes things stick a way typing doesn't. And I'd like to organize my thoughts/notes by more than chronological time.

    I feel I would benefit from writing things down outside of work as well. One thing that's stopping me is my notebook is mostly work, so mixing the two seems (is) very sub-optimal. The cheaper answer is "buy a second notebook", which is true, but then I need to carry two notebooks with me.

    While I was initially looking at a Remarkable 2 (and then the Paper Pro for color), I settled on a Supernote Manta.Why? The device is repairable – you can replace the battery, motherboard, and add storage. Notes are/can be made searchable. You can link between pages/note files. Lastly, the company behind it seems like they really care about their users. Oh, and they include a Kindle reader, so I'll be able read my books on it as well.

    There's even some Python repos that can like sueprnote-tool that let you convert .note files (supernotes's file format) to png/pdf/svg or extract text etc..which is very cool and expands the possibilities.
  • 🎶 This likely speaks to the my vintage, but Rip Slyme and M-Flo were on Music Day and it was fantastic. I don't listen to Japanese music much these days, but they're always in rotation..
  • 🌎 Al Gore gave a talk at TED called Why Climate Action is Unstoppable and "Climate Realism" is a Myth and boy was it good. The rate that China is deploying renewables and green tech is astounding. They installed 45GW of new solar power in one month, which is the same amount of power as 45 nuclear. Absolutely incredible. It would be great if all countries could deploy at such a pace.