From 5f2a1d0bb7dd36657175204632155ed312b6cb0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kayce Basques Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 21:50:03 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update pcrowdoodle --- blog/pcrowdoodle.rst | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/blog/pcrowdoodle.rst b/blog/pcrowdoodle.rst index 95e83e2..26ee256 100644 --- a/blog/pcrowdoodle.rst +++ b/blog/pcrowdoodle.rst @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ You just lift the magnetically (??) attached back cover... .. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaycebasques/media/main/jpg/crowpi10.jpg ...and you're basically ready to fire pCrowDoodle up and realize that there's -some boot firmware that is impossible to update at best and backdoor'd at worst: +some boot firmware that's impossible to update at best and backdoor'd at worst: .. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaycebasques/media/main/jpg/crowpi5.jpg @@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ And I even got OpenBSD working on the other SD! .. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaycebasques/media/main/jpg/crowpi9.jpg -Pretty excited about that. I'm going to leave it as a purely console-based -experience. +Pretty excited to finally try out a BSD distro. Gonna leave it GUI-free. ----------------------------------------- Unusable trackpad: a blessing in disguise @@ -103,11 +102,12 @@ The trackpad is comically small and has already started to freeze up on me: .. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaycebasques/media/main/jpg/crowpi3.jpg -But going into the purchase I expected the trackpad to be unusable. I -was kinda hoping for it, actually... I've been meaning to get really solid -at keyboard-based navigation. This is the main "desirable difficulty" thing -for me. The other cool thing is it's forcing me to find CLI commands for -common tasks such as locking the screen. +Going into the purchase I expected this. I was kinda hoping for it, +actually... I've been meaning to get really solid at keyboard-based +navigation. This is the main "desirable difficulty" thing for me. +A cool side-effect of forcing myself to get good at keyboard-based +navigation is that I'm also learning the CLI-equivalent for common actions, +such as `dm-tool lock` to lock the screen. `Lobsters `_ on ``lynx`` somehow looks better than the actual website?? @@ -133,4 +133,24 @@ cellphone power bank as a backup. An interesting challenge (maybe project?) is that the RPi OS UI doesn't seem to expect to run off battery so there's no "low battery" indicator. -Meaning when the battery's done pCrowDoodle just abruptly shuts down on me. +So when the battery's done pCrowDoodle abruptly shuts down on me. Maybe +there's just some bit in ``raspi-config`` I need to flip. + +My coworker, Rob, had the interesting idea to supplement the battery reserves +with a cellphone power bank. The power bank would probably have some +"low charge" indicator, too. + +----------------------------------- +Where have all the RPi laptops gone +----------------------------------- + +I've poked fun at Elecrow (the maker of the CrowPi-L) a few times but +it seems like they deserve my respect: "RPi laptop" is a cool idea and +they seem to be one of only a handful of companies actually making it +happen. + +--------- +Worth it? +--------- + +Too soon to tell. I'll report back in a month.