OK, I've neglected this page, I'll admit, but there are some new toys I've received.
But first, my last post mentioned that I got an LG V60.
How is it? It's a great phone! I also love the dual screen (I got that via the promotional offer). It's camera is awesome. I was able to capture some pictures of Neowize with it (the pictures were without a tripod, so there's some motion that was captured). My wife also bought me a Bamboo pen for it. Oh, and we now have 5G (we're on the edge of range)...when it works, it works well.
The bad? The dual screen sometimes glitches out. Since the dual screen isn't under warranty, I'm SOL with that. Another con is that the dual screen's back is made of glass...WTF were they thinking? There are many folks who have cracked or shattered their dual screen, and apparently, it doesn't take much effort to damage the glass. The phone itself has a nagging issue of the screen not always staying dark when I have it between my shoulder and head. What ends up happening is my ear ends the call or dials someone else, or puts the phone on speaker mode...whatever icon my ear touches will activate that feature.
I still love the phone, though.
For Christmas 2020, I got a monocular (Gosky 12x55 HD) that I plan to use for star gazing. It has a tripod mount as well as a part that will mate my smartphone to it, so that I can take pictures with the phone.
Another Christmas present was another head-tracking system, the Delanclip Fusion with the LED clip. For now, I'm just going to use the LED clip with my TrackIR setup (it appears to track more accurately than the passive hat clip I have).
For working from home during the Coronavirus pandemic, I bought a Samsung 34" UltraWQHD monitor that's 21:9! I also bought a Skull Candy Venue headset, for work. Work actually paid for that equipment (I bought and they reimbursed).
Also, this week, I found that my mouse was dying. I've heavily used it the past 4-5 years as a gaming mouse. It is the Logitech G700 (the original one, not the S model). The primary left button works intermittently, which is sad because I love the G700 so much. It's been acting up awhile now, and I bought an G700S two years ago in case the G700 died on me, so I've been using both.
Now that the G700 died, I bought a new mouse to replace it, although I'll admit right now that I'm not liking this mouse.
The replacement mouse is the Logitech G502 Hero. There's a variant of the G502 that is $140!! I wanted it but did not want to pay $140 for a freaking mouse, so I compromised and bought the Hero version.
There are some things I had to compromise on (even compared to the G700):
- My G502 is not a wireless mouse. Since I rarely used the wireless feature on the G700, I was OK with having a wired mouse.
- The G502 has 11 programmable buttons, which I think is similar to the G700.
- What's cool is that I can add weight or lessen the weight of the mouse, as it comes with metal ballast pieces.
- This mouse also mated fully with G HUB, which the G700 would not do.
What do I not like about the new mouse? The scroll button. I like the option of a notched scroll button (the G700 has this). This mouse also has the option of a notch-less scroll button (the G700 has that, too). The notched feature feels like a caveman designed it....it's lumpy as gravel lot (and noisy when it's used, too).
I'll continue to use the mouse, though, as I think it's an OK compromise in price and design.
A good comparison of these two mice is here.
I'd love a metal mouse, though...I'm tired of all the plastic, cheesy, and cheap mice. That's why I didn't want to spend $140 on a mouse...that's some expensive plastic. Metal is also recyclable...plastic is eco-friendly nor is it recyclable. And, with a metal mouse, there's be less of a need for adding additional weight.
I'll try to be better at updating this page.
