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Competition is Only Good When its Good – Microsoft Loop

Scopique April 8, 2023

I did a pass through Microsoft Loop, a digital note-taking service. A pass-through was all I needed, though, as the service is pretty anemic at this point. It's no Notion, that's for sure, but I hope MS keeps adding to Loop, because…

Kindle Scribe

Scopique March 29, 2023

Thanks to fortunate timing, I was able to pick up a Kindle Scribe at a good price. After losing my reMarkable, I wasn't sure an e-ink tablet would be in my near future, so how does the Scribe stack up to the…

Solutions Seeking Problems: My 3D Printing Empire

Scopique February 7, 2023

A rather long recap of my journey into 3D printing from the start to the modern era. It's as much a thrill ride as you'd expect.

AJournal – A Planner for iPad and Apple Pencil

Scopique January 17, 2023

AJournal is a great calendar replacement or project tracking app. Despite one killer feature, I don't think it'll cover many of the bases I am looking for in a note taking app for iOS.

Pieces of Paper – A Single Sheet of Paper for iPad and Apple Pencil

Scopique January 16, 2023

Pieces of Paper is an extremely low-tech, feature-free scribbling app.

Notability – A Powerful Note Taking App for iPad and Apple Pencil

Scopique January 13, 2023

Neck-and-neck with Penbook, Notability has just a few features which, for me, pushed it to the head of my consideration list.

Penbook – Note Taking Apps for the iPad and Apple Pencil

Scopique January 12, 2023

Penbook has a lot of customizations going for it, while still managing to succeed at its core task of being an exceptional note-taking app.

Note Taking Apps for the iPad and Apple Pencil

Scopique January 11, 2023

After losing my reMarkable tablet, I look back to the iPad for a way take notes. Here's a bit about the upcoming bunch of posts where I look at several in the search for a new note-taking application.

Modern Problems, Modern Solutions – Ethernet Over Coax

Scopique November 18, 2022

About a week ago we upgraded from Xfinity 1GB internet to Fidium 1GB fiber. They had only finished laying the fiber throughout our town this past summer and knowing what they were doing I was pysched to finally be able to kick…

Stepping into the Wider World From Home

Scopique November 16, 2022

This here website is hosted air-quotes in the cloud air-quotes because despite being a web application developer by trade, I don’t want to screw around with getting my personal shingle up and running on my free time. I used to build blogging-type…