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Avita Pura NS14A6

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Lewin Edwards

Due to some equipment reshuffles, I found myself needing another Windows laptop, and one thing and another led me to HSN’s special price of $350 for an unknown “Avita Pura” 14 inch machine. Obviously, given the venue and the price, this is aimed at non-technical buyers, probably as a computer for kids, but I am…

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Chromebook N22 closed

Isolation: Day 13. Chroming.

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Lewin Edwards

With the soon-to-be-nationwide Covid-19 school shutdown in the United States, and need to move to e-learning (either formally or informally), and/or to work from home, there are a lot of people in my immediate circle who find themselves suddenly needing computing devices for every member of the family, and not necessarily being able to afford…

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Surface? Go!

Posted on March 8, 2020March 10, 2020 by Lewin Edwards

The Surface Pro 3 I bought in December is working well, but the specific SKU I own is limited mainly by the 4GB non-expandable RAM. As I stated in my original post, I was using it as a low-investment test of how practical this form factor is as a primary mobile computing device, and I’ve…

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Surface Pro 3 with Type Cover

The Surface Pro 3 in 2020

Posted on January 3, 2020January 4, 2020 by Lewin Edwards

My travel kit until recently has been a 13″ MacBook Pro (work computer), a ThinkPad T460S UltraBook running Ubuntu (personal computer, mainly used for email and also running Quicken inside VirtualBox), and a 5th-generation iPad (an unwise impulse purchase used primarily for watching movies inflight). Naturally, all the chargers and various other cables and so…

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Circle K hot dog closeup

Rando Beetle Wiener Post 2

Posted on December 2, 2018December 2, 2018 by Lewin Edwards

Get ready, America. There’s a lot of rando gas station wiener in Florida – not to mention the other 49 states and 5 territories – and I plan to review it all – E. coli be damned! Today’s wiener: Circle K in Port Charlotte just off I-75. For those who don’t already get it, there’s…

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Rando Beetle Wiener Post 1

Posted on November 13, 2018December 2, 2018 by Lewin Edwards

In the same vein as my fast food fight posts, I’ve decided to post and review gas station hot dogs eaten off the hood of my Beetle. Why? Because this is the Internet, so why not? Also, this provides literally unending opportunities for commentary about low quality wieners, and nobody could argue with that. Wiener…

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Quarter Pounder NOM

YYZ, EVV – McFight!

Posted on November 10, 2018November 12, 2018 by Lewin Edwards

Let’s buy a Cheeseburger, a Quarter Pounder and a Big Mac all at once, unwrap and bite into each one, and take pictures, comparing the craftsmanship at two different McDonald’s restaurants. This is what the Internet is all about. Be advised that I fully intend to repeat this activity with different pairs of fast food…

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ThinkPad 460S login

Life on Linux, 2018

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Lewin Edwards

A week ago, in my last post, I discussed my decision to move my daily driver OS from Windows 10 to Linux, and the purchase of a ThinkPad 460S to be my new Linux machine. This post is a quick update on what has worked out – and what has not – so far. Ergonomically,…

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10W solar array

Of Solar Charging and Range Anxiety

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Lewin Edwards

Whenever I’m traveling, particularly outside the US, I have range anxiety on my cellphone. Not only is it my communications (and my important poster-of-pictures-of-food-and-cocktails), it’s more importantly my navigation and often the way I summon transportation. In some countries, I can ask my way using schoolboy French or German, but my travels necessarily direct me…

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