More Experimentation With Android Desktop
I have paired the Nillkin folding Bluetooth keyboard to my Pixel 10, connected the phone to the BenQ monitor and enabled Android Desktop mode, thus providing me a desktop computing device. The keyboard has a built in trackpad to enable me to move the mouse on the desktop and I have figured out how to run multiple (virtual) desktops at the same time. I have ordered a portable, 15-inch monitor that I have been meaning to buy for some time as a backup display and to experiment further with this idea of really portable computing. For blogging, I am writing this in Obsidian running on the phone and I will post this item to the blog later from my MacBook.
I think the whole idea of the MacBook Neo comes down to one question, is $599 a low price?
It occurs to me, that the MacBook Neo is essentially the often desired iPad that runs MacOS.
The battle between cold and warm waged across lower Michigan the last 48 hours was deadly. Fortunately we just had a lot of rain that has given way to warm winds.
Finished reading: Power Play by Cheri Baker 📚
Finished reading: The Return of the Prodigal Son A Story of Homecoming by Henri J. M. Nouwen 📚
To me most of the AI coming from the BigCos is fluff and eye candy. Google is really guilty of this, adding AI flourishes to their Pixel phones that I don’t see as useful. I tried their AI Wallpaper generation that I don’t think produces anything interesting and I have to wonder whether their new custom icons will be any different.
This week I finished walking the distance of California from Mexico to Oregon that I started on December 28, 2024. I have just under 1,000 miles left to virtually walk the Pacific Crest Trail. I track this status on my now page.
What Is Low Cost?
The United States still matters to people in China as a point of reference. But these days, the reference is commonly negative, at least with regard to food prices, medical bills, guns, drugs, and urban safety. America’s cultural exports now compete with many others, including China’s. And U.S. industry no longer dominates many sectors—not technology, where China is a major contender, and certainly not green energy, where China is particularly strong. The “kill line” discourse captures the growing skepticism that America is inherently a better place to live.
What Trump’s America Looks Like From China, The Atlantic
Reading this article caused me to recall the “Can You Say Why America is the Greatest Country in the World?” from The Newsroom.