@potatofi.bsky.social
Idahoan 🥔 living in Finland 🇫🇮, working at Hamina Wireless. CWNE #233. I'm into old computers, retro videogames, 3D printing, and fixing stuff.
Whoops, it's been over 365 days. I guess I'd better get my backups fixed.
07.02.2026 12:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Side note: Minnesota might have the best state flag in the entire union.
06.02.2026 08:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Closed for now, but I am looking into options for making it worldwide.
24.01.2026 21:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I would, but I don't want to betray that they did something out-of-warranty for me. The good news is I have lots of opportunities to talk about how much I love their product, and I enjoy telling people about products I like.
23.01.2026 11:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Yeah I was about to say, other then getting past the screen adhesive, a battery swap looks super easy on that. Very nice!
23.01.2026 10:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I'll bet that the battery expanded slightly. It seems like an expanding battery is the best way to release the adhesive, which seems kinda convenient!
I'd say that there's a good chance of fixing your OG PTR, if you managed to keep all of the parts together.
I have a product that I love. It failed outside of warranty. I emailed their support asking if there was anything I could do to fix it myself. They just issued a replacement item.
Or, I could have publicly flamed them on social media. That would have shown them!
This weekend, I worked on my Helsinki Regional Transit Departures app for #Pebble. Coming soon:
🚋 Toggles between route number and destination with a short timer!
🚌 No longer constrained to just Helsinki; will support all of 🇫🇮 Finland and 🇪🇪 Estonia, since they use the same API!
LLM be like, "Yo dawg. I heard you like functions and methods, so I put a method inside a function so you can call the method with a function."
18.01.2026 17:39 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Lately when text chatting with friends, instead of wasting electricity on AI image generation, I've just been saying:
"Imagine me Scrooge McDuck diving into a pit full of identical multi-port USB-PD power adapters."
Saves electricity, but burns glucose. I wonder which is worse.
The battery on my Series 2 doesn't make it to lunchtime anymore. Perhaps I should look into a battery replacement, and pass it on to a friend (as I am wearing a Pebble these days).
15.01.2026 07:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Indeed. Completely heartbreaking. Tensions were obviously high, but I think it's very clear that this lady wasn't out to hurt anyone.
What are we even doing here?
Dad had a 386 running Windows 3.1. Playing this and Skifree are some of very, very first memories of using a computer and playing video games of any kind.
09.01.2026 18:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Turns out going to VCF would have solved my health issues?
No wrist-rest, any recommendations?
Back at work for two days; already struggling with wrist pain from mouse and keyboard work.
Mechanical split keyboard, ergonomic trackball mouse from Logitech. Not sure what else I can improve.
I had a T-Mobile G1, and nearly ever Nexus device. I ended up switching to iOS in 2020, and it's... fine. Certainly not perfect. The main reason I'm here is the integration between iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.
Whole story: www.potatofi.com/posts/mobiles/
Same, and a “dumb TV” whole we are at it!
08.01.2026 05:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I randomly stumbled across @tantacrul.bsky.social's video about Audacity 4. Two thoughts:
1. Wow. Audacity 4 Alpha 2 is shockingly easy to use. My go-to, starting now.
2. As a product manager on hiatus, this video is a masterclass in UI/UX design for mature apps.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYM3...
When the Air released, I got about a dozen messages from people asking, “This is it, right!? You’ll finally upgrade from your 13 mini?!”
No! I want a smaller phone in the X and Y directions, not Z!
To me, the Air is a total fail.
Pebble experience on iOS: a couple rough edges but totes workable.
We replaced our HVAC about three years ago. I got three quotes for new systems, and nobody had a heat pump + natural gas backup option. My guess is that to get it, I would have had to spend more than the $16,000 that I did on a conventional AC + NG furnace. Frustrating.
03.01.2026 19:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks for reporting these here on Bluesky. I don’t hit the like button very often because I don’t like the news, but I do appreciate that you’re reporting it here.
03.01.2026 13:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A few minutes ago, here in Lapland. 🇫🇮
02.01.2026 22:37 — 👍 18 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 0
Pebble Round 2's platform name in the @repebble.com SDK is: Gabbro!
Aplite (Classic, Steel)
Basalt (Time, Time Steel)
Chalk (Round)
Diorite (2)
Emery (Time 2)
Flint (2 Duo)
Gabbro (Round 2)
Info about Gabbro (rock): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabbro
Pull request for Gabbro: github.com/coredevices/...
Pebble Round 2 exists! @thelinengirl.bsky.social and I have never ordered something so fast. It is exactly what we wanted.
repebble.com/blog/pebble-...
…Action… Action Retro?
30.12.2025 19:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Random dev thoughts:
1. I had already used the largest possible fonts. When I tried to go up a font size for Pebble Time 2, there weren't any other system options available.
2. Design guidelines for PT2 don't exist yet.
3. Fragmentation of Rebble and RePebble App Store sucks. Everyone loses.
New app for Pebble smartwatches! Punchclock is a simple "how long did I work" calculator. This is my first app that also supports Pebble Time Round and Pebble Time 2.
@repebble.com App Store: apps.repebble.com/en_US/applic...
@rebble.io App Store: apps.rebble.io/en_US/applic...
Bah, so sorry to hear! Last year it was COVID for us.
29.12.2025 07:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
3 PM. The sun sets in about 5 minutes. 🇫🇮
28.12.2025 13:21 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
