Cut a strip of vinyl siding, cardboard, whatever, about two inches wide and eight to ten inches long. Drive a nail through it at the centerline about an inch from the end. Remove the nail. Cut a slit from the nail hole to the end down the centerline.

Now if you need to drive a nail just out of reach or hammer one in without risking your fingers, just stick a nail in the hole, set it with a few strikes, then tug to pull the strip away.

Warb-garble? Is that a sly reference too?

This is a recipe for a classic “frame someone for your own murder”.

Make sure you have a library card and an account in Libby/Overdrive. Ebooks galore.

Fuck racists. Wishlisted.

What I did was buy a phone-sized e-reader (Bigme Hibreak Color), and use that in combination with some focus mode app blockers to switch my habits during the day from doomscrolling to reading ebooks. I get through so many more books now than I used to and it’s wonderful.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. I’m a sucker for films that go balls to the wall on a style.

The Conversatron. The Internet was a different place back then.

https://everything2.com/title/The+Conversatron

The color is a trade-off. It looks more or less like newsprint: a little faded, but still capable of some lively imagery. It also means that black and white pages aren’t as high-contrast. The “white” parts (that are really never fully white on any e-paper display) are a little less white, meaning it’s not as sharp and you’re more likely to need to turn on the backlight or to turn it up a couple percent.

I’m not too bothered by the trade-offs, and I like it when I can see things in color. It lasts ages even with the backlight on low, so that’s not a major problem. It also includes pen support and USB-C, so all in all I’m perfectly happy with it.

This one is my second but the first one is still working fine many years later. I just wanted color.

Seconding their enthusiasm. I love my Kobo Libra Color.

I think they’re pretty much all paired with a phone for a lot of the workload.

I’m curious enough about Brilliant Halo to have preordered one, but my expectations are tempered. It’s a lot like what you described.

There’s open source but not video capable. The Brilliant Labs Halo glasses coming in November are more of an informational companion with a peripheral-view display rather than a field of view overlay. So it’s not what you’re looking for now, but maybe a generation or two later it’ll meet your needs.

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More than one drove. Upper bound is infinite droves.

The question wasn’t “film that uses no digital effects”, it was “film that uses a lot of practical effects”. I called this movie out because it’s basically all about practical effects.

Be Kind, Rewind

Kind of a joke answer because if you don’t know it, the entire premise is some guys remaking classic movies based on their memory and just a bunch of whatever junk they can find. It’s adorable, clever, inventive, and bewilderingly creative. It’s by the director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, several White Stripes videos, the Daft Punk video for Around the World, and so much other brilliant stuff.

Not all heroes wear capes. Good on you, friend.

Ah, no, not that. Never worked there. But I did leave a fintech job on principle. Making rich people richer made me wonder if I should go in and do my job worse every day.