It’s a new mode in split screen. Currently you can have a 50:50 split, where each app takes up half of the screen, or a 70:30 split where one app takes up more than the other. The 90:10 split is a new setting where you can have one app take up almost all of the screen with the other just taking up a sliver, and then you can simply tap on the smaller one to swap them - makes for quick multitasking between two apps. It looks to be similar to OnePlus’ Open Canvas but not quite as powerful. Looks like it will now be coming in QPR2. I believe it’s already available on some Samsung phones.

I was expecting to get the 90:10 split in this update, would certainly be useful for my OG Pixel Fold, but I guess it’s coming sometime later. For now I’m liking the updates to the Quick Settings Panel.

The S4 was incredible, probably my longest serving phone. I didn’t want to upgrade and lose easily changeable batteries and memory expansions. I eventually gave up when I couldn’t get the batteries any more.

Is this now just a meme sub?

Interesting to know that all Hario papers are now made in the same Japanese factory. In his last video on papers I remember him saying that there were two factories in Japan and one in the Netherlands, each with different properties.

“Metroid Prime Hunters & Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Trademarks Renewed by Nintendo”

Decent performances all around, but still the usual received series problems of the story being rushed through and painfully underdeveloped characters (Pex Jr and the villain in particular were very 2D, and poor Sash 55 was almost comically formulaic).

Saying that I LOVED Belinda Chandra! I got some serious Barbara Wright vibes from her; she looks like she can can really stand up to the Doctor and be a character in her own right!

Looking forward to seeing where this series goes.

The Sega Mega CD and the 32x were genuinely great pieces of hardware…but nearly all the games were awful. I love the Mega CD in particular, and I say that as a Nintendo kid.

UK here, stuck with only Channel 4 showing it with the English dub and yikes…that was just awful. There were several times where I thought “That was the best take you had?” While not as unintentionally comical as the “Uzumaki” dub it still just took me right out of the experience. The original Japanese soundtrack has some genuine VA legends including Mamoru Miyano, Megumi Hayashibara, and Koichi Yamadera…while the English dub seems to be a bunch of bored teenagers cold reading the script.

Hopefully Channel 4 will eventually add the original Japanese track, but I don’t think they ever did for “Uzumaki”, or maybe Crunchyroll will get it eventually. I’d rather not have to sail the seven seas.

But for now I won’t be going back for episode 2.

Just to give an update on this now that it’s resolved.

I went to a local jewellers who are also a Tissot stockist and let them have a look over the watch and strap. They couldn’t see anything wrong with the watch or the lugs, nor the strap, so they recommended I get in touch with Tissot.

When I contacted Tissot about it they were very, VERY helpful. They instantly offered me a free like for like replacement on the strap I bought, though pointed out that I may continue to have the same problems with the new one.

Alternatively they offered to send me a replacement of the original strap that came with the watch, essentially for half price. The original strap has an alligator style finish and a butterfly clasp, neither of which I like, but they then offered me the alligator strap with a buckle for free…which I feel was a decent compromise.

Of course, in the time since I contacted Tissot about this the strap didn’t fall off once! The previous week it fell of my wrist three times!

I’ve received the replacement, non-quick release strap and have been wearing it for about a week now and have had no problems. I still preferred the plane black leather strap I originally bought, but it seems it just doesn’t play nice with this watch.

At the end of the day Tissot did right by me and I can rest assured that my watch will stay securely on my wrist!

When are they bringing back the frog?

It’s a shame Google seems to be doing away with the camera bar, I really liked it. A good bit of obvious brand identity, plus it meant that the phone didn’t wobble when placed flat on a table! What a concept! It’s already gone on the Fold 9 and now looks to be gone in upcoming phones. It’s still spans enough of the back on those cases that it might still eliminate phone wobble at least…but it makes the phone look more generic.

If buyers can handle whatever X Box’s naming convention is then I’m sure they can handle previous gaming console name plus one.

I hope this comes to Google’s foldables too. I rarely need more than the two apps I can currently split screen, but something like Open Canvas so would certainly add more flexibility.

I saw it was based on Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson stuff and decided to pass.

Metroid Prime 2 is the only main Metroid game I’ve still not completed. The whole light/dark mechanic was just so joyless and punishing. I’ll still be buying this and giving it another go; a few quality of life tweaks and this could be enjoyable.

That phrasing caught my eye too; no mention of Switch hardware being playable on the successor. I’m just being overly cautious for now but given how eager Sony and Microsoft seem to be to drop physical games we can’t assume cartridges will be supported just because they say that Switch software will be playable.

“It was a tough decision, because as a character, you see basically half the population loves him, and half the population has a different feeling of him. And we didn’t want to only cater to one side.”

So…you catered to only one side…the wrong one.

Why not just include a Froggy toggle?

Yeah, it can be pretty tough to pin down exact details about some blades. I’ve often seen details on a single blade vary from shop to shop, forum thread to forum thread. It’s part of why I don’t feel confident enough to say for certain what blade has PTFE or not.

As for the safety of PTFE, it is used for many medical purposes, including arterial grafts; that’s about as close to the bloodstream as you can get. PTFE can give off harmful gasses at high temperatures, but it’s stable up to 260 °C (500 °F) so as long as you don’t run the tap too hot and you’ll be fine 🤣

There’s one blogger out there who does in depth blade reviews and tries to objectively measure each blades sharpness (annoyingly I can’t find his site anymore), but at the end of the day no matter what a review says each blade is going to perform different for each person depending on their face, skill, razor, and 100 other variables.

My first double edge razor blades were Derby’s and I found them to be an excellent starter blade; very forgiving of bad technique. I’ve still got a few packs of them and keep meaning to go back and revisit them after a few years of learning and practice.

Don’t quote me on this but I think most blades will have a PTFE (Teflon) coating of some sort, but some have more than others. I think both Voskod and Feather have a PTFE coating.

I’ve not used Voskod at all, and everyone’s face is different, so I’m not sure how good my recommendations will be, but for me personally nothing beats Tiger Platinum blades made in Czechia. They are made by the same company who used to make the Astra blades for Gillette before they moved production to Russia. Here in the UK I only ever see them in specialist shaving shops, but they’re easily obtainable online. My second favourite are the German made Personna Platinum blades.

I know you said you didn’t want to experiment, but I do think that’s the only way you’ll find “your blades”. Even though I’m perfectly happy with Tiger and Personna I’ve still got a stash of 5-10 blade packs of various brands that I haven’t tried yet; every now and then when I’m feeling adventurous I’ll give one of them a try and see if it’s an improvement on what I’m currently using. I know it’s cheaper to buy in bulk but I’d never buy a 100 pack of a blade I’ve never tried before.