poll: Your Favorite Technology

[jesse_the_k]

These occurred to sasha_feather and me over lunch. Feel free to add yours in comments!

Poll #23029

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 34

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parchment paper
10 (29.4%)

carabiners
12 (35.3%)

rubber bands
8 (23.5%)

backpacks
22 (64.7%)

rubber husbands
9 (26.5%)

hairbrushes
8 (23.5%)

castering wheels
9 (26.5%)

checkboxes ☐ ☑ ☒
21 (61.8%)

see my comment
4 (11.8%)

Comments

[runpunkrun]

I have a jar popper opener...uh...it breaks the seal so the lid unscrews nicely, for when you need more oompf than a rubber husband. I've consulted Amazon, where I got it, and it's called a Jarkey. I have one in orange and it makes me very happy.

Also very important to me is my Kitchen Aid stand mixer. It does the stuff I can't, and so well.

Also! Internet-wise, I recently learned that when checking boxes or aiming at radio buttons in polls and such, if the site's accessible, you can simply click on the text associated with that option and it selects the thing for you, which makes life easier.

technology is fun

[jesse_the_k]

The Jarkey’s operation wasn’t immediate evident to me — YouTube to the rescue with a cute commercial. Which really needs a Yuletide fandom. I’ve been using the tab part of a bottle opener, but that can distort the roundness of the lid.

When was the last time I needed to open a bottle or punch a hole in a can? Can I be a kitchen gadget designer in my next life?

You enticed me to purchase a basic stand mixer, and I agree it’s transformative!

That access magic is keyboard focus, which turned out to make tapping on mobile easier. Curb cut effect!

This month I learned (thanks to pure luck during a mobile reply) most of the time, you don’t have to type quotes around the URL in a link . So:

<a href=https://jesse-the-k.dreamwidth.org/317682.html>this post</a>

works just as well as

<a href="https://jesse-the-k.dreamwidth.org/317682.html">this post</a>

Re: technology is fun

[runpunkrun]

HUH, re: URLs. I know it won't work if you only get ONE quotation mark in there, but I've never forgotten both. And thanks for the link. I like having confirmation of these things. :D

The JarKey is so nice and big and friendly. It feels good in the hand and it doesn't deform the lids at all, and you barely need to apply any pressure to get them to pop. I learned about them on Tumblr, so I can't say Tumblr never did anything for me.

Re: technology is fun

[jesse_the_k]

That's the rousing endorsement that made billions for Verizon: so I can't say Tumblr never did anything for me