...whomever started the planned obsolescence thing really needs to be court obligated to be slapped by a robotic slice of gravy ham [and if they are dead we should raise their bones and make that device, a ham slapping a skeleton, a perpetual sculpture outside of apple headquarters]...
What?? Are you telling me I could have just done a simple google search to figure this out?? ;p At this point though, I think I've got to try to fix it myself.
The wabi-sabi of running gear... I tend to get attached to my running shoes, liking them better as they deteriorate from use (and I take a memorial retirement photo of each pair before discarding).
Well, capture is the easy part... right now they're just piled away on the computer with all my other photos. At some notional/aspirational point in the future, when I have all those photos organized, I'll have a "shoes I've known" gallery on my website (along with a trails gallery, a watches/packs/poles gallery, etc.).
Great essay. My husband now is trying to find a place to repair his analog watch, which he's worn for a couple of decades, and it's not easy, so it sits on his desk in the limbo of disrepair. Me, I love my Garmin Fenix 7 for so many things that it measures. Will I repair it when a new, better version beckons? No, I admit I'll put it in our e-waste pile.
...whomever started the planned obsolescence thing really needs to be court obligated to be slapped by a robotic slice of gravy ham [and if they are dead we should raise their bones and make that device, a ham slapping a skeleton, a perpetual sculpture outside of apple headquarters]...
Didn’t you hear? Tom Cook announced a Perpetual Ham-Slapping feature would be rolling out with the new iPhone 16.
...if that comes in a maple flavored i'm buying two...
I think you can send it into Garmin for repair, Sam!
What?? Are you telling me I could have just done a simple google search to figure this out?? ;p At this point though, I think I've got to try to fix it myself.
I understand - I went through this with my second Roomba. RIP.
I very much enjoyed this essay on thoughtfulness, mindfulness, interconnectedness. All good things and the same thing.
Sometimes, it's just better to just send the damned thing off to an expert/landfill.
The wabi-sabi of running gear... I tend to get attached to my running shoes, liking them better as they deteriorate from use (and I take a memorial retirement photo of each pair before discarding).
That’s great. I need to do more to memorialize shoes. Where do you keep the retirement photos, Jeff? Just on the phone or in a special place?
Well, capture is the easy part... right now they're just piled away on the computer with all my other photos. At some notional/aspirational point in the future, when I have all those photos organized, I'll have a "shoes I've known" gallery on my website (along with a trails gallery, a watches/packs/poles gallery, etc.).
I love the idea of a “shoes I’ve known” gallery.
Great essay. My husband now is trying to find a place to repair his analog watch, which he's worn for a couple of decades, and it's not easy, so it sits on his desk in the limbo of disrepair. Me, I love my Garmin Fenix 7 for so many things that it measures. Will I repair it when a new, better version beckons? No, I admit I'll put it in our e-waste pile.
It’s so hard. Would that one could just swap out batteries like the watches of yore.