Subj : Fountain Pens & Notebooks
To   : Atroxi
From : Ogg
Date : Fri Apr 02 2021 09:43 am

Hello Atroxi!

** On Thursday 01.04.21 - 12:20, Atroxi wrote to Ogg:

 A> Lucky you though, I wish I can stay away from my phone for
 A> extended periods of time. Well, to be honest, I know how I
 A> would do that but smartphones really are gripping and
 A> addictive devices.

The cute icons and app animations (via swiping, gestures, etc)  
and audio alerts, are cute - hence fun? hence addictive?

 Og>> ...But when I discovered SW it was like the world opened
 Og>> up for me. Some ham operators offered "confirmation
 Og>> postcards" for anyone who would write to them with date/
 Og>> time of broadcast.

 A> Oh wow. That's interesting. I'm not sure whether people had
 A> that kind of thing in my country. Maybe I'm not just aware
 A> of it, but nonetheless it's certainly interesting.

What country is that?

 Og>>  https://photos.kolico.ca/tmp/groc-list.jpg

 Og>>  ..and work my way column by column from right to left
 Og>>  until it is full.  It's pinned onto the fridge where I
 Og>>  can always find it and grab it.

 A> This is an interesting system. Would you mind if I copy this
 A> and use it for my own journal? :-)

Ofcourse. Why not?  I draw circles for the items I need. Then,  
as I select the items at the store, I fill in the circles.  The  
X means I changed my mind, or I didn't need the item afterall.

 Og>> ...but except for signing cheques and amassing other notes
 Og>> on pieces of paper, this is the extent of handwriting
 Og>> right now.

 A> To some extent, I'd have to agree with you. Most of the
 A> people that I know rarely keep notes and journals anymore.
 A> Though, I'd argue that this is perhaps one of the reasons
 A> why people tend to appre-ciate handwriting more nowadays.

I've tinkered with leaving voice memos to myself directly on my  
phone device or my iPod, but I still sometimes leave the darn  
phone or iPod behind somewhere.  However, I discovered that I  
could use something like Telegram on my phone, "send" a voice  
message to myself, and listen to it on another device that has  
Telegram too.

 A> ... {gemini,https}://rtr.kalayaan.xyz -- visit me! :-)

What is this gemini?  Are there any screenshots on what it looks  
like?

I found this series of messages about gemini interesting:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23042424

So.. from your blog, you do various work with regards to Human  
Osteology and Forensic Anthropology. Interesting. Are you still  
studying, or are you already called upon to investigate cases?

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