The RAM and SSD I ordered came two days earlier than expected! I just installed them in the barebones Dell Latitude E7470 I got earlier this week. The new battery is still en route, so it'll need to be tethered to the power cable for now. It looks like everything else works!
I bought that bare bones Dell Latitude E7470 laptop from my son for $100.
My son and his friend raided the local university surplus store this past summer and picked up several barebones laptops with the intention of fixing them up and selling them on eBay for a profit.
For several years I've been paying for a Family plan with Apple Music for me, my wife, and my son.
I've been willing to pay the $14.99 per month ($16.04 including tax) for this family plan because of the convenience in being able to listen to their vast music library ad-free, on-demand, on a variety of devices.
Last week I received an email from Apple informing me that, starting in November, they are raising the price of this plan from $14.99 to $16.99 per month.
May 2025 update: I have since moved on and have not had an account on Fosstodon for a couple years now.
Back in January I wrote Why I Use Librem Social. Librem Social is a social media network that is based on a fork of Mastodon. About a month after I wrote that, I decided to migrate to a different instance. Fosstodon is where I landed and I've quite enjoyed my experience there.
When it comes to room, desk, and equipment configurations for my home office, I like to change things around. A lot.
I should have done it a long time ago, but the best time to start is now. Over the past year I've been phasing in rechargeable AA and AAA batteries as replacements are needed for household electronics and gadgets.
Nobody asked for this future. Well, nobody but shareholders.
I recently read an excellent article by Shannon Valor: We used to get excited about technology. What happened?
She starts by sharing an experience she had where she was scrolling through her Twitter feed, but soon realizes she is feeling a heaviness in the pit of her stomach and not having a good time.
My ideal smartphone doesn't exist. It's never existed, really, although a couple of phones I have owned in the past have come pretty close.