notes for reading

On tablet computers

2025-06-19 [Thu] 06:30 UTC
#review #tech

Got a "free" tablet when buying my wife's new phone. Galaxy Tab A9, 8.7" display, 128GB storage, 4GB memory. I had never intended to buy a tablet and a few days into owning it, I don't feel I need it.

It's decent for watching media from my media PC in bed via jellyfin & reading manga and PDFs. But that's it.

A few others on Gikopoi have tablets collecting dust. I think I'll send my tablet out to one of my stores to serve as a POS. I do not recommend buying a tablet unless you read a lot of PDFs or comics or need it for running a business.

Oaking Experiments, 1

2025-06-01 [Sun] 16:30 UTC
#science

I have largely been adverse to oaking my experiments until now for the simple reason that the "white lightning" I made is pretty good on its own with mixers. Another reason is that oak is harder to source in the tropics -- not even as sticks, let alone barrels. But I've finally dipped my toes into the water of oaking, a/k/a aging spirits.

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