I bounced from that to the earring project he mentioned, and I'm just happy this guy exists. I'm strangely happy that he and I go through suffering, too. I've long suspected this is part of the human condition, much like this hackiness (in the best possible sense) is part of the human condition.

Talk about sharing the message instead of the mess. Well done, tiny electronic trinket guy :)

>... accused of having "a lot of spare time". I find this rather offensive.

isn't strong enough to me. Essentially when someone tells you you have "too much free time" they're saying:

"I judge the way that you're spending your time to be completely worthless."

I walk away at that point. We obviously have different priorities and values, and I don't have enough "free time" to want to discuss it with them.

I read the article before it. Absolutely beautiful.

>> The solution is obvious, and any companies that release products in this day and age that inflict on their users the monstrosity that is the firmware update .exe should be ashamed.