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Father, technologist, news watcher. Occasional Cassandra. Also @sheddi

Spring has arrived in central and western Europe, as shown by the sun-shaped hole in the electricity prices for the day.

https://data.nordpoolgroup.com/auction/day-ahead/prices?deliveryDate=2026-02-28&currency=EUR&aggregation=DeliveryPeriod&deliveryAreas=AT,BE,FR,GER,NL,PL

This midrange Android phone also runs Windows and Linux https://www.theverge.com/tech/864595/nexphone-android-linux-windows-11
This midrange Android phone also runs Windows and Linux

The NexPhone aims to answer the age-old question: why can’t your phone just be your whole dang computer?

The Verge
@jtonline we could upgrade him to a Magic 8 Ball?

@goedelchen @jidar @petergleick
Agreed, plug & play works and is cheap. You could buy all the parts off the shelf tomorrow.

If your polity requires certificates and hoop-jumping, that's a social problem not a technological one.

@Tattooed_Mummy
Sliced, then into the pop-up toaster they go!

@btrinen @overholt
There's an official "you're cheap and you're haggard" version that gets all the radio airplay here in the UK.

I've probably heard it twice a day for the last month or two.

@jetlagjen @carstenfranke @blogdiva
I've been to the Derwent museum too!

100% recommended if you're in the Lake District.

@carstenfranke @blogdiva
Or Derwent (British), or Conte (French). those are the three good-but-not-ruinously-expensive brands here (which is the UK, availability in the US might vary).

@Tattooed_Mummy
What product is this advertising? The stool?

Edit to add: the stool in the mirror on the right is rather different to the one on the left ...