Tesla has texted or called me at least 10 times in the last month to offer incentives if I lease a new car with them after my Model Y ends at the start of May. They are quite litterally desperate.
If I chose to re-up with them I could get quite a deal. I’ve told their reps multiple times I won’t support Tesla as along as Elon Musk is the CEO of the company. Gotta wonder how long Tesla shareholders will put up with him in charge. https://mastodon.online/@electrek/112201815082910986
@gedeonm That’s getting closer to my price range. I honestly believe that the first company to offer an EV with base trim package for $25k is going to completely dominate the market. EVs at luxury car price points are nonstarters for me.
Well, I finally had enough with MLB‘s blackout restrictions. Signed up for a VPN so I can watch all the blacked out games including them playing the Orioles right now which I can never watch. Now all I have to do is figure out how to get it working on the Apple TV.
@gedeonm@dldnh Oh man, please let us know if that works for you. I have been fed up with blackouts for years every time the Cubs & Astros play. #GoCubsGo
Apparently ICQ is dying in a month. My number was 185645 and that is my ultimate “I was an early adopter as a child” flex for people that are now old. Except for me. Because I will always be 29.
@gedeonm
I know you’re living the good life now that the Tesla is gone. I remember you saying that you wanted a pet mode in your next vehicle. I don’t know if Rivian was even on your short list, but they just added that functionality to their vehicles.
Hope the EV search goes well & that your wife’s car serves you well until you decide to buy.
@gedeonm I’m in that same spot. I can’t afford the R1T or R1S, but I did put my money down to get one of the smaller R2S when they finally come out. I am in a Honda CRV that has done well for us, but is really starting to show its age as we creep closer to 200k miles.
My twice-monthly subscription from Ontario's Social Coffee ( https://socialcoffee.com/ ) arrived today. One of the best decisions I've made with CoffeeGeek was switching from Pilot Coffee, who were declining in quality, to Social Coffee as the primary coffee we use at CoffeeGeek for all our product testing.
They provide consistency, at a very high sustained quality. Their People's Daily blend remains one of the best "this is what espresso should taste like" espresso blends I've enjoyed. More on how we test for espresso:
We do pay for this subscription - this is not a paid advertisement - but I wanted to share this with the fediverse coffee community in Canada, if you're looking for a roaster to try. Even their decaf is spot on (I get one bag a month of that - it's the blue one in the box).
@coffeegeek@coffee I love Social Coffee but it was knocked down a level by Verve Coffee Roasters. I cannot get over how good their Street Level coffee is & the recent Mujeres de Huehue blend was a treat that I will look out for again if they decide to bring it back.
I need to buy my dad a new case for his iPhone 14 Plus. His Apple case (pre-FineWoven) was a piece of shit. Who makes the best leather case these days?
@film_girl Coming back to this post after spending a few months looking for a leather case after Apple discontinued theirs.
I have tried cases from Nomad: premium Horween leather that felt great in the hand but every MagSafe accessory shifted around on it. Drove me nuts.
Bullstrap: definite rich leather that has the feeling of needing to be worked in. Not that you’ll do it often, but had that great leather smell. Buttons didn’t feel right to me & ruined the tactile experience. (1/2)
@gruber For those who miss the PalmOS days, I heartily recommend CloudPilot for a hit of nostalgia. It allows you to keep a persistent Palm Pilot instance running.
@gruber trying out Phanpy now. Looks like a winner, except it opens to the newest posts. Is there a way to enable a marker or open the site at the last read post?