nnnnot my weekend
9 Sep 2024 15:59![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
extrapenguinIt seems I managed to lose my keys over the weekend (like, really lose, not just misplace inside my house) and while I do have a spare house key, I do not have a spare bike key, so there goes my main mode of transport... My mom might have a spare, and definitely has the power tools to saw the built-in lock open, so ig we're doing that, then.
(The keys do not have my name, address, or any identifying details on them. There is a zero chance they will be used to break in. OTOH, there is also a zero chance they will be returned to me.)
Also over the weekend, I updated some apps (always a mistake) and now a bunch of them have straight-up stopped working. Including my banking app and Microsoft Authenticator. As my phone is from perhaps 2017, I guess it's time I switched, but gdi, I don't want to! My phone is 7 cm wide and that's as wide as I can handle. Everything is huge now. I want something I can use one-handed! Taking a quick look at the available stuff, my options are:
- Rugged Phones for Rugged People Who Wrestle Bears (example
- Babby's First Smartphone
- For Seniors Disappointed Their Nokia 3310 Cannot Handle Online Banking
Grump.
Anyway, I ended up buying a Fairphone, since nothing narrower than 7 cm was readily available and that's a) only 7.5 cm wide, and b) has software updates until 2031. I hate obsolescence.
(The keys do not have my name, address, or any identifying details on them. There is a zero chance they will be used to break in. OTOH, there is also a zero chance they will be returned to me.)
Also over the weekend, I updated some apps (always a mistake) and now a bunch of them have straight-up stopped working. Including my banking app and Microsoft Authenticator. As my phone is from perhaps 2017, I guess it's time I switched, but gdi, I don't want to! My phone is 7 cm wide and that's as wide as I can handle. Everything is huge now. I want something I can use one-handed! Taking a quick look at the available stuff, my options are:
- Rugged Phones for Rugged People Who Wrestle Bears (example
- Babby's First Smartphone
- For Seniors Disappointed Their Nokia 3310 Cannot Handle Online Banking
Grump.
Anyway, I ended up buying a Fairphone, since nothing narrower than 7 cm was readily available and that's a) only 7.5 cm wide, and b) has software updates until 2031. I hate obsolescence.
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Date: 2024-09-09 20:46 (UTC)I also don't understand why nobody else seems to be making normal-sized phones available in the US. Maybe people have decided they'd rather have giant screens than be able to use phones one-handed? But, like, if I wanted a tablet, I would have bought a tablet! (It is also important for me to have a phone that fits in my pockets, and the smaller Apple ones do.)