When are they bringing back the frog?

It’s a shame Google seems to be doing away with the camera bar, I really liked it. A good bit of obvious brand identity, plus it meant that the phone didn’t wobble when placed flat on a table! What a concept! It’s already gone on the Fold 9 and now looks to be gone in upcoming phones. It’s still spans enough of the back on those cases that it might still eliminate phone wobble at least…but it makes the phone look more generic.

If buyers can handle whatever X Box’s naming convention is then I’m sure they can handle previous gaming console name plus one.

I hope this comes to Google’s foldables too. I rarely need more than the two apps I can currently split screen, but something like Open Canvas so would certainly add more flexibility.

I saw it was based on Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson stuff and decided to pass.

Metroid Prime 2 is the only main Metroid game I’ve still not completed. The whole light/dark mechanic was just so joyless and punishing. I’ll still be buying this and giving it another go; a few quality of life tweaks and this could be enjoyable.

That phrasing caught my eye too; no mention of Switch hardware being playable on the successor. I’m just being overly cautious for now but given how eager Sony and Microsoft seem to be to drop physical games we can’t assume cartridges will be supported just because they say that Switch software will be playable.

“It was a tough decision, because as a character, you see basically half the population loves him, and half the population has a different feeling of him. And we didn’t want to only cater to one side.”

So…you catered to only one side…the wrong one.

Why not just include a Froggy toggle?

Yeah, it can be pretty tough to pin down exact details about some blades. I’ve often seen details on a single blade vary from shop to shop, forum thread to forum thread. It’s part of why I don’t feel confident enough to say for certain what blade has PTFE or not.

As for the safety of PTFE, it is used for many medical purposes, including arterial grafts; that’s about as close to the bloodstream as you can get. PTFE can give off harmful gasses at high temperatures, but it’s stable up to 260 °C (500 °F) so as long as you don’t run the tap too hot and you’ll be fine 🤣

There’s one blogger out there who does in depth blade reviews and tries to objectively measure each blades sharpness (annoyingly I can’t find his site anymore), but at the end of the day no matter what a review says each blade is going to perform different for each person depending on their face, skill, razor, and 100 other variables.

My first double edge razor blades were Derby’s and I found them to be an excellent starter blade; very forgiving of bad technique. I’ve still got a few packs of them and keep meaning to go back and revisit them after a few years of learning and practice.

Don’t quote me on this but I think most blades will have a PTFE (Teflon) coating of some sort, but some have more than others. I think both Voskod and Feather have a PTFE coating.

I’ve not used Voskod at all, and everyone’s face is different, so I’m not sure how good my recommendations will be, but for me personally nothing beats Tiger Platinum blades made in Czechia. They are made by the same company who used to make the Astra blades for Gillette before they moved production to Russia. Here in the UK I only ever see them in specialist shaving shops, but they’re easily obtainable online. My second favourite are the German made Personna Platinum blades.

I know you said you didn’t want to experiment, but I do think that’s the only way you’ll find “your blades”. Even though I’m perfectly happy with Tiger and Personna I’ve still got a stash of 5-10 blade packs of various brands that I haven’t tried yet; every now and then when I’m feeling adventurous I’ll give one of them a try and see if it’s an improvement on what I’m currently using. I know it’s cheaper to buy in bulk but I’d never buy a 100 pack of a blade I’ve never tried before.

In my head the Paul McGann TV Movie is called “The Millennium Clock.”

Better than the meaningless “The Enemy Within” title suggested by the producer.

Sorry, I missed this comment until now. Thanks for the tip, I’ll check Zen out.

The multi window feature I mentioned in Chrome is for foldable phones. Chrome allows you to open two separate instances and have them on either side of your screen; much like you can do on a desktop. I love the multi tasking aspect foldable phones allow, but very few apps allow you to have two instances of them running like that.

Firefox because it’s plugins make mobile browsing bareable. I have a folding phone so I wish that Firefox would hurry up and copy Chrome’s multi window feature, and then it would be the perfect browser for me.

I use Firefox on desktop too, but I’ve been experimenting with Arc the last few weeks to see what the fuss is about.

Every time I see Marko release a new song or feature in a new project I’m thankful that his retirement was short lived. It’s clear that after his break he’s managed to find joy in music again, and the world is all the richer for it. I’m hoping he’s got a new album in the works.

It’s live on my Pixel Fold. UK here.

Not really sure I see the point in the lens controls. Does it change the way the pictures are processed, or does it just remove the ability to “zoom” between the lenses?

Maybe the dots had grown to hate the inhabitants of Finetown so much that they just enjoyed watching them get eaten by slugs. I mean sure they could just headbutt them to death…but which is funnier?

After the end of the episode I can totally understand that point of view.

Dragging myself through Dune 7 and 8 by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson was one of the most miserable reading experiences of my life…so I think I’ll pass on a show based on one of their spin offs.

Nice finds! I’ve got a copy of the first CAV Jaws pressing, but haven’t added any more Discovision titles to my collection. They’re not easy to find here in the UK.

I used to use this one…but for some reason I just never found any of the settings made it as noticeable and useful as an actual notification LED so I just switched to using an always on display.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamworks.aodnotificationledlight

I too miss notification LEDs…yet another thing sacrificed to the alter of bezelless design.

This. Once a week I leave the razor to soak briefly in hot soapy water while I give my brush a bit of a clean, then I come back to it and give it a once over with a toothbrush. It’s shiny and clean and ready for the week ahead.