@Mehlachi Get a bigger phone and use a really fine-point paint marker. When you run out of space on the case, just swap out to a new case. For greatest economy, get an iPhone 6 and we can all send you the cases that we’ve accumulated from IRKs.
Or get a pocket notebook to write things in, and be so retro that you’re the envy of all your friends.
@Kyeh@pakopako The really coolnerdy kids in the 90’s could also do that with their graphing calculators. As long as they had an HP-48 series. The more common TI calculators had no such features. They couldn’t even play music.
@Kyeh@pakopako@pmarin@xobzoo My wife sewed a 3-pocket pouch that is pinned to the sofa in the TV area of the family room. Haven’t lost a TV/DVR/stereo remote since.
@pakopako@rtjhnstn@xobzoo I can get 4 Apple AirTags right now for $80, so I doubt that it would cost all that much to make a TV remote with a tracker in it. It only has to be strong enough for the area of a house.
@macromeh@pakopako@pmarin@xobzoo
I have a setup on my side table that works most of the time, but the problem is when I carry it into the kitchen so I can mute the ads (the TV’s visible from there.)
@Kidsandliz@NapkinEater@pakopako I’ve had Apple stuff respond to me after I said something (pretty sure not siri) and I didn’t even think I had it/her enabled.
Once it said “I don’t know how to call your daughter”… which was weird because I’m very sure I don’t have a daughter.
@Kidsandliz@werehatrack My neighbor’s obnoxious cat who runs wild all over the neighborhood killing birds and bunnies (occasionally he’s useful and kills mice or voles) wears a tracking collar. It’s pretty amazing. Neighbor showed me on his phone how far away the cat ranges.
@Kidsandliz@Kyeh@werehatrack There was a documentary on farm cats (I think in UK) that confirmed that in an open area a cat can have a daily “patrol” of 2-3 miles and follow a similar route each day checking for anything that changed or needs attention.
You can track things with your phone?
messages that people send me
I wish I could track dates and times of events happening but on my phone. Marker washes off my hands too easily.
@Mehlachi Get a bigger phone and use a really fine-point paint marker. When you run out of space on the case, just swap out to a new case. For greatest economy, get an iPhone 6 and we can all send you the cases that we’ve accumulated from IRKs.
Or get a pocket notebook to write things in, and be so retro that you’re the envy of all your friends.
Specifically freight trains. (I can already track Amtrak and airliners!)
My paycheck. I would like to know where it goes after payday.
Hot dogs
@somf69 Costco?Costco Hotdog prices
Myself
TV remote
@Kyeh for awhile (and some models still have it) phones came with infrared transmitters which let them “be” the remote control.
@pakopako
Huh, I hadn’t heard of that!
@Kyeh @pakopako The really
coolnerdy kids in the 90’s could also do that with their graphing calculators. As long as they had an HP-48 series. The more common TI calculators had no such features. They couldn’t even play music.@pakopako @xobzoo I don’t understand why TV remotes can’t have a tracking feature installed in them to begin with.
@Kyeh @pakopako @xobzoo You expect a $20 universal remote to include tracking? Maybe if it was 5+ times as much.
@Kyeh @xobzoo
You Velcro your remotes to the wall too?
@pakopako @xobzoo I should.
@Kyeh @pakopako @xobzoo I had a housemate that did the velcro thing on the wall. I was simultaneously appalled and impressed.
@Kyeh @pakopako @pmarin @xobzoo My wife sewed a 3-pocket pouch that is pinned to the sofa in the TV area of the family room. Haven’t lost a TV/DVR/stereo remote since.
@pakopako @rtjhnstn @xobzoo I can get 4 Apple AirTags right now for $80, so I doubt that it would cost all that much to make a TV remote with a tracker in it. It only has to be strong enough for the area of a house.
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I have a setup on my side table that works most of the time, but the problem is when I carry it into the kitchen so I can mute the ads (the TV’s visible from there.)
My phone.
(Oh, I misplaced my phone. I’ll just call it from… Oh right.)
@pakopako I am always “OK Google”-ing my phone.
@NapkinEater how does that work exactly? Just shout and hope it isn’t buried under something that muffles your voice?
@pakopako
Came here to say that.
@NapkinEater @pakopako We if you have an iphone and suri turned on it might answer you… Just sayin’
@pakopako We have Google Home speakers throughout the house. If I say, “hey Google, where’s my phone?”, Google makes my phone ring at full volume.
Now if I left my phone somewhere, that would be a problem.
@Kidsandliz @NapkinEater @pakopako I’ve had Apple stuff respond to me after I said something (pretty sure not siri) and I didn’t even think I had it/her enabled.
Once it said “I don’t know how to call your daughter”… which was weird because I’m very sure I don’t have a daughter.
@pmarin
Well, that would be why it didn’t know how to call her, wouldn’t it?
@NapkinEater ah, that’s kinda nice. It’s a safety net like self-driving cars, an electric grid, or plumbing (the net works better the bigger it gets).
For that ubiquity, they’d have to make things more affordable for my budget though.
My money, especially in my wife’s hands. Well, it’s never in my wife’s hands long.
The stuff my cats run off with. Of course if I knew what that would be in advance I could attach trackers…
@Kidsandliz They would chew the TrackRs off
@Kidsandliz @werehatrack My neighbor’s obnoxious cat who runs wild all over the neighborhood killing birds and bunnies (occasionally he’s useful and kills mice or voles) wears a tracking collar. It’s pretty amazing. Neighbor showed me on his phone how far away the cat ranges.
@Kidsandliz @Kyeh @werehatrack There was a documentary on farm cats (I think in UK) that confirmed that in an open area a cat can have a daily “patrol” of 2-3 miles and follow a similar route each day checking for anything that changed or needs attention.
My trackrs
My ambition - seems like it’s always getting misplaced just when I need it.
Marbles, I keep losing them.
Speaking of tracking, how much do you trust your phone provider? And they don’t seem to think you are paying them enough; they still need extra revenue:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2024/04/29/verizon-att-tmobile-fine-fcc-data/73503403007/
My phone![:joy:](https://dj5zo597wtsux.cloudfront.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f602.png)
My sanity.
An old bumper sticker…
Of all the things I’ve lost in life I miss my mind the most