Tsikbal: from my perspective

After a couple of months, I decided to get a mechanical keyboard  for my home office. The laptop I use at home for media consumption, and some light Internet browsing, has given me some trouble with keys getting stuck since new, so I got an entry level wireless mechanical keyboard to see if all the hype I've heard about them is something I could get into. So, I decided to go with a Machenike K500-B51W  with brown switches. It is a 60% keyboard, and although for a keyboard for a more professional use I'd rather use bigger one with a number pad, for the intended use I've of it has been proven to be quite a nice fit. The main reasons I choose the K500-B51W are its size, that Machenike has proven to me that it makes good products with the L16A laptop I use as my daily driver, that is relatively cheap, and that it is a wireless keyboard. My first impressions of it, are pretty good. I still need to get used on to it, but so far it has been quite a great experience. To be honest,...

I've been an avid user of Mozilla Thunderbird email client on my laptops, for about a decade now. Specially after I started using several emails , which make managing them through a webmail  impractical. A few years ago I started to check my emails though my smartphone more often, and the email apps I settled on while usable didn't actually measured with I came to expect using Thunderbird. I knew that team behind Thunderbird was on their way to create an app for iOS and Android, but it was a work on progress. Until this week, when the app was release as a beta for testers on the Play Store . After digging around a bit, I found that it was stable enough to give a try. So far, it has been quite a great app for me. It just works, while there are some features missing. The main one I'm looking forward, is being able to sync it with my desktop app. I do that with Firefox , and find it useful for my user case. Being able to both apps seamlessly is quite useful for me, since I c...

After reading that the current beta of Android 15  has no major bugs, and is quite stable, and could be used on for a daily driver I decided to install it on my Google Pixel 7a . So far, it has been working really well. The main difference I see, is on the setting page. Which I like better than the one on Android 14 . Ever since I got the Nothing Phone 1 , I've been able to upgrade to each new version of Android since Android 12 , and Android has been getting better for me with each release. While with for me there hasn't been any mayor upgrade in the user side side of things, Android keeps making quite solid upgrades each time. While the Nothing Phone 1, and the Pixel 7a, are mid-range Android devices each new version of the OS makes the whole user experience better each time. That's why I prefer Android devices over the iPhone, because it gives me the user experience I want without having to pay full flagship device prices. It even temps me to move to a flagship device, l...

Even though I'm looking forward to the Android 15  on my Google Pixel 7a , I still see the iPhone  and wonder how would be using it as a daily driver. While the iPhone 16 is due to come up soon, I'd rather go to with the iPhone 15  or the iPhone SE . Mainly because the iPhone 15, or the SE, would be a great fit for my needs and a cheaper way to try the iPhone user experience without breaking the bank. Until now, the iPhone hasn't had what it take away from Android. It is basically more of curiosity of what it would be using an iPhone instead of an Android device. To be honest, if given the chance to jump to the iPhone 16 or to the Pixel 9 , I'd choose the Pixel 9 in a hearth beat. Specially since I'm really happy how the Pixel 7a has been so far, so moving to the Pixel 9 feels like a more natural upgrade for me. Ever since I stared using Android, with the 4.4 version , there I've no reason to move the the iPhone, specially since with each newer version of And...

I've been using a Machenike L16A  with Linux Mint  as my daily driver for four months now, and I must admit that I'm impressed with how good the experience has been so far. The Machenike was recommended to me by a close friend about six months ago, since I told him that I was looking for a new laptop. He had bought one a while ago, and said that it was a solid machine. Not only that, Machenike laptops were quite a great value for the money since they are significantly cheaper than comparable laptops from the competitions. And to be honest, when I got my laptop i expected to be so, but not to the extent it has been so far. After four months, my laptop feels really snappy and the performance is just great. And since I upgraded to Linux Mint 22 Wilma, it only has gotten better. One of the areas where I see most improvement, in on the Bluetooth connectivity. It connects more consistently with the three Bluetooth headphone I use, and now I can see how much battery the headphones I...

One thing that irks me in social media, is people trying to debate scientific fact as if it is just a matter of opinion. I've come to learn, that they don't care about what the facts are about what they are talking about. Those people just want to equate their opinions to facts, and have other people to do so to just to make them feel comfortable. Facts are not about making you feel comfortable, or agreeing with your opinions. And how you feel, or believe, doesn't disprove science. If you want to disprove science, you need to make sure that science actually disproves what you want to be be disproven. If you can't, then your opinions, feelings, and beliefs are just that. Most importantly, if you want to learn about something talk to the experts in the subjects you are interested in. If you talk to people who aren't experts, you won't learn much about whatever subject you are interested in.

I made the upgrade to Linux Mint 22 Wilma , an while it isn't a revolutionary upgrade it has been quite a good upgrade. To be honest, is the kind of upgrade that I've come to expect from the Linux Mint team, they bring those upgrades that will continue to give the best user experience without braking the system. The update I notice the most, is the blueman-manager for Bluetooth devices. It connects to my Bluetooth headphones a lot faster and effectively. It is simply way better, and something I do notice since I do use Bluetooth headphone with my laptop on daily basis, specially at work when I want to concentrate on my job. With each Linux Mint release, the more I'm convinced that Linux  can be used by people that just want an computer that just work for them. While not Linux is not for everyone, it has come a long way to be useful to a larger set of users. Not only that, it has become a lot more user friendly that most people believe. A user that just wants to browse the ...