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+Many people may know Casio as the calculator brand, especially in the UK. However, Casio is also known for their impressive, functional, reliable and stunning watches. Recently, I have discovered the Casio world of watches, and I must say they have shot up to one of my favourite brands of all time (as mindless capitalist consumerist that sounds.)
+I previously used an Apple Watch, and found it incredibly useful for school, being able to see messages and my upcoming classes. As I’ve moved on, I’ll no longer need these features, and instead I would take the features of a Casio over a smartwatch anytime. I now have watches that are in my control, and are not in control of some big tech corporation which now knows literally every bit of information about me. I have gotten fed up of charging my watch every single night, and often by accident missing a charge. I now have timekeeping available to me always. +(Well, I still wear a smartwatch, on my other wrist, pretty much for notifications only and reminders at college.)
+So far, I have only added two to my collection, and they are the only two I think I will ever need.
+I got this watch for it’s amazing design and functionality in such a small package. This watch really does look high-tech, yet everything on it is genuinely useful. The tiny map display is so cool to look at, especially when travelling. It’s incredibly affordable, at only £25, which is a bargain for the features. The ten-year battery in this watch means that I can keep it away, and when I need it for an event it’ll always be ready for me.
+This watch will forever be my go-to, reliable, perfect watch. It has absolutely everything to keep it going forever, such as Casio’s Tough Solar and Multi Band 6. The upgraded model (“U” in the model number) improves the previous model with some small but significant improvements which make the watch much better than the previous. This is my daily watch, ready to handle any situation I throw at it.
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+There’s nothing I hate more than the HDMI connector. DisplayPort beats it in 3 main areas.
+HDMI is always the worse connector when it comes to bandwidth. Recently HDMI 2.1 was introduced, which is has more bandwidth than DisplayPort 1.4, however DisplayPort 2.0 was also introduced which absolutely destroys HDMI 2.1. The bandwidth is up to ~80Gbps with the ability to fucking power two 8K monitors at 120Hz with 4:4:4 colour. Obviously such a monitor is yet to exist, but this makes DisplayPort much more future proof. Regardless, a lot of monitors only allow better features with display port connected - my LG UltraGear only overclocks with DisplayPort at 180Hz, and through HDMI provides a significantly lower refresh rate of just 100Hz.
+HDMI does not support the freedom and availability of technology. You have to pay a licence to add HDMI to your products. The concept of a licence is just shocking, it doesn’t matter how much you have to pay - technology shouldn’t be licensed or owned - standards like video connections should be available and free as in freedom. Choosing DisplayPort over HDMI means that you support free as in freedom technology and open standards for industry created by VESA.
+The most annoying part is that HDMI has the advantage when it comes to consumers. Not many people understand the differences and since HDMI is available everywhere everyone just assumes it’s a fine port. If a business makes a product and they want a single port, they’ll choose HDMI as it’s the most supported everywhere. And HDMI will keep making money off licences.
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+iPods are simple and effective music players, which don’t have a high cost yet are probably the best music player you can buy. They are products that give you freedom over your music and control over your device.
+If you don’t like the proprietary Apple iPod operating system, there’s an alternative called Rockbox. However devices without an internet connection (as long as your not syncing to iTunes) can’t communicate back to apple or the internet, so I’d say there’s no privacy concern here. With rockbox you do get more features and themes, but I prefer how the original operating system looks.
+I have a collection of iPods, for different reasons, and I have only actually bought one.
+This is probably my favourite and coolest iPod, it’s a simple, small device that you can literally fit anywhere and play your favourite music playlist on (the storage is pretty limited.) There’s no screen, no messing about, just press play. It even has a cool voice feature, where it can tell you the name of the song, battery level, etc.
+Even though the storage is also kind of limited, it’s enough for me. I love the screen, the old iPod design, and how easy it is to use. The UI is so simple and effective. I don’t need album art. I don’t need fancy graphics to look at. It’s so minimal and yet does the job so well.
+This has the most storage, but I’m not a fan of this iPod because it’s a bit too new, with a modern display and games and such. The UI also looks terrible, a lot worse compared to the iPod Mini.
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+I literally cannot find a good planner and it’s driving me crazy.
+There literally nothing that ticks all of these boxes. It’s shocking. Regardless, I would say that dstask is probably the best at the moment, but it’s still a bit clunky, lacking an actual phone app and do dates, which is pretty critical to my work.
+I’m probably going to have to make one of these things myself.
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