From 7ecced84a2ce6775ba5ecf20691e8b846f87d03a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kayce Basques Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2024 08:53:49 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] copyedits --- blog/pcrowdoodle.rst | 13 ++++++------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/blog/pcrowdoodle.rst b/blog/pcrowdoodle.rst index 99afb8e..c61fa97 100644 --- a/blog/pcrowdoodle.rst +++ b/blog/pcrowdoodle.rst @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ should I bring? * I don't have a lightweight personal laptop that's enjoyable to goof around on. -The solution for me, an irrational simpleton, was to spend perhaps much money -($200) on a highly questionable Raspberry Pi "laptop". +The solution for me, an irrational simpleton, was to spend perhaps too much +money ($200) on a questionable Raspberry Pi "laptop". .. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaycebasques/media/main/jpg/crowpi4.jpg @@ -129,8 +129,7 @@ Battery ------- I got 3-5 hours on the first full charge. I fully expect this to drop down -to 30 minutes after a month. My coworker had the good idea of using a -cellphone power bank as a backup. +to 30 minutes after a month. 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. @@ -156,7 +155,7 @@ RPi OS is a sweet spot for exploratory hacking IMO: * It comes pre-loaded with lots of interesting stuff (``for name in $(ls /usr/bin); do man -f $name; done``) * It's the same ecosystem of tools/programs/etc. as my work env - (I <3 Debian) + <3 Debian * The RPi hardware itself really invites you to learn about it on a deeper level. Have you seen those datasheets? Delightful @@ -169,5 +168,5 @@ reliability; if this thing starts crashing or the keys start sticking then I'm screwed. At first I thought $200 was too expensive but realistically, it would cost -me much more than $200 in time/energy/parts to try to build something like -this myself. +me much more than $200 in time/energy/parts/hairline to try to build something +like this myself.