My Universes, My Rules

people saying they like the pen display because you have two screens. unless portability is your issue, this is a pretty moot point. you can buy a decent quality 2nd screen for around the price of a mid-range tablet new or 2nd hand screens are pretty easy to scoop as well. my current set up looks like this but i used 2nd hand monitors for years:

this obviously does reduce potability since a (newer) display tablet can be little more portable than an extra standing monitor if you're on laptop and move your workspace around a lot but 2nd monitors are still an option for folks who use pen tablets. colour calibration will never be perfect unless you splurge on a calibrator machine and will always be different across loads of devices so i honestly dont even worry about "perfect" matching colours anymore. a pen display will still need to be calibrated with a calibrator machine to match sRBG (especially mid-range ones)

ergonomics of pen displays. the best reply i've had for this is many people recommending a screen arm for use with display tablets so they're much closer to a 90° angle. this does increase the energy needed in your shoulder/arm from holding your arm up so thats another factor to consider, some folks where commenting that thats still a negative to them but many have said this improves their posture + puts less stress on their back.

extra lil ergonomics note for pen tablets that work for me: vertical mice are your friend. i used to have pretty bad wrist ache + uncomfortable pressure points from how much my hand would need to twist when i used my mouse, a cheap vertical mouse sorted that all out for me.

Schlott has taken old pay phones, modified them to make free calls, and set them up in three different towns across the county. He buys the phones secondhand from sites like eBay and Craigslist and restores them in his home workshop. With just an internet connection, these phones can make calls anywhere in the U.S. or Canada — no coins required. And Schlott covers all the operating costs himself.

When's the last time you saw a working payphone?

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More young stan and mabel shenanigans. 

Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.

A French prisoner of war, identified as L. Chetail, posed wearing a fox-fur wrap at Dülmen