I feel like it's still important to remember the numbers of some important contacts, so you can actually call them using somebody elses phone if yours dies or breaks. But I suppose not many people would bother
So basically another Carrington Event. Which is actually not impossible, and nobody knows what would happen if a geomagnetic storm of that size would occur today.
I've basically done this for games and other programs using this desktop file:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Run with Bottles
Comment=Run directly with bottles
Icon=com.usebottles.bottles
Exec=bottles-cli run --bottle Gaming --executable %f
Terminal=false
NoDisplay=true
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;GNOME;GTK;
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=bottles
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/bottles;application/x-ms-dos-executable;application/x-msi;application/x-ms-shortcut;application/x-wine-extension-msp;
Keywords=wine;windows;
X-GNOME-UsesNotifications=true
Save as runwithbottles.desktop in ~/.local/share/applications
And remember to change --bottle Gaming to whatever bottle you want to use.
Now you can run any .exe by double clicking on it. If you associate it with 'Run with Bottles'
This needs bottles to be installed, but allows you to run executables with Proton or Proton-GE too.
I bought an Asus Zenbook 14 about a year ago, specifically for immediately installing linux on it and doing some light gaming (I also have a linux desktop)
It has been surprisingly good.
When the windows setup launched, the fans were spinning up loudly.
I wiped the laptop and installed NixOs. Suddenly the fans went quiet, and I got an estimated battery life of around 11 hours with light usage, excellent.
It has an AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS CPU with 780M graphics.
I was surprised at what you can run on this. Even Elden Ring was working smoothly on low to medium settings.
And the laptop weighs around 1.2kg. I found it even more practical to carry around than my steam deck. (which I've sold)
Overall pretty great experience.
Planning to build an Egpu to connect to the USB4 ports so I can add a bit of extra horsepower with an external GPU when needed.
I wouldn't say I do a lot of hiking, and definitely not on tough terrain. I also don't use shoes indoors at home.
But I do walk a lot with a single pair, typically using only a single pair as my only shoes until they wear out.
I think I could get around 4-5 years out of my regular shoes in the past. With 1-2 years from barefoot shoes.
So I sent a message to the seller saying that I would not buy those shoes (For 300 AUD) if they stated they would only last for 6 months. And under Australian Consumer Law they have to offer a repair, replacement or refund if a product wears out faster than the acceptable duration for this type of product.
They immediately gave me a full refund, didn't even have to send back the shoes.
This is actually quite a good option.
I think even a regular watch with a timer option would be great (and then you don't need all the tracking/bluetooth connection and whatnot)
But I suppose regular watches usually don't have a vibrating alarm, only an audible one. I guess that's because that uses more battery
Something else I've heard about is a water clock, which is basically just a pot of water with a small hole in it, where trips of water will fall out into a small bowl.
You basically fill up the pot of water depending on how long you want to sit and then it will start dripping on the bowl making dripping sound and then when the dripping sound stops you know it's time to stop
I often do meditation without a timer too.
But I find it a good practice to try and do a certain amount of time, instead of however much you feel like. As that quickly turns into stopping meditation early to chase some interesting thought/idea.
Also, when meditating in the morning, it's good to know when you need to stop and start getting ready to go out. Otherwise I would be late very often.
Kitchen timer would probably scare the hell out of my partner. We have a very noisy one!
Oh dear...