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TRMNL e-ink dashboard

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Just pulled the trigger on ordering a TRMNL e-ink dashboard after first hearing about it on ATP and then again via some chatter on Bluesky.

With the kids getting older and ever busier, I’ve been looking for a family calendar solution that would start giving them some visibility and responsibility into all the things we’ve got going on. Us parents already use a family shared iCloud calendar but I was considering all sorts of solutions from giant dry erase to hugely expensive (but so cool) options like DAKboard but I am hoping the $129 Terminal (spelling it “TRMNL” every time is really annoying) will give us a simpler, better experience.

Should ship sometime in January, will update on how I’m liking it once I’ve used it for a bit. Also should probably write up some thoughts on my growing e-ink device obsession/collection.

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My daughter is hogging Tears of the Kingdom

Apparently I need to buy a physical copy of Tears of the Kingdom because after watching me play a bit the last couple of days, my 7 year old has now installed it on her Switch and been playing/hogging it all last night and this morning. She’s finished the first two shrines and is about to need to learn about staying warm. Interested to see how she’ll do as the puzzles and combat get harder but she’s enjoying it so far.

I tried to convince her she’d like Breath of the Wild just as much but as any parent could guess, that did not work.

She’s playing on the main Switch, can I just turn off wifi and then be able play on my OLED at the same time she is?

Watching her NOT obsessively pick up every single tiny item/fruit/tree branch in every single area is driving me a little batty but I’m doing my best to keep that to myself. 🤪

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Please don’t call me

I literally tear up every time my kids mention how they’re getting older, but also I am so ready for them to grow up just so I can turn on the iPhone setting to block all incoming calls not in my contacts.