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Cake day: August 8th, 2023

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  • I bought a ugreen one from Amazon that had a y-split so it could charge and play aux out at the same time.
    It had a crackle ☹️ (regardless of if it was charging)

    But my cheap nobrand straight USBC to aux from Amazon I bought ages ago has been great.

    I think it’s a toss up unless you’re going with a name brand converter (apple as another said, agree there - price vs performance will always be good) or a more powerful DAC like a Fiio.


  • I should’ve added - I’m a teacher and make regular use of inking, classroom integration in OneNote, teams assignments to word for pen comments, excel macro workbooks, SharePoint syncing etc…

    Unfortunately web wrappers for office lose to many features.

    Plus (on my last look) the cameras on my surface pro would never work, so that’s another bust.













  • One of the best drives I’ve done is from Queenstown (on the lightning bolt lake) up the west coast to Greymouth (on the north west coast where the snowcaps stop, the plain there).

    Beautiful scenery - you’d be driving (no speed limit, so you can concentrate on the bends) through rainforest one minute and then emerge onto a vast river delta with a giant wooden bridge, then back into forest, then out onto a plain with towering snowcapped mountains above you, then back into forest, then pop out at a beautiful beach.

    Never experienced anything like it, it’s one of my favourite memories of my trip to NZ.