update pcrowdoodle post

blog/pcrowdoodle.rst

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 .. _pcrowdoodle:
 
-===========================================================
-Not the laptop I need but the one I deserve (and also need)
-===========================================================
+=============================================
+pCrowDoodle, my "desirable difficulty" laptop
+=============================================
 
-*2024 Apr 26*
+*2024 Apr 27*
 
 .. _god of electronics: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dendengu
 
@@ -14,36 +14,34 @@ during my flights. I'm in a bit of a pickle, though... what laptop
 should I bring?
 
 * I don't want to bring my work laptop. It's too big and I want to practice
-  some "healthy detachment" from work. And by "healthy detachment" I mean
-  "I need to put this computer into a barrel of sand because I somehow
-  programmed "Hello, world!" in Haskell so incorrectly that the battery
-  is about to explode."
+  some "healthy detachment" from work.
 * I don't have a lightweight personal laptop that's enjoyable to goof around
   on.
 
-The solution for me, naturally, was to spend too much money on a highly
-questionable Raspberry Pi "laptop".
+The solution for me, an irrational simpleton, was to spend too much money
+on a highly questionable Raspberry Pi "laptop".
 
 .. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaycebasques/media/main/jpg/crowpi4.jpg
 
---------
-"laptop"
---------
 .. _CrowPi-L: https://web.archive.org/web/20240426205124/https://www.elecrow.com/crowpi-l-real-raspberry-pi-laptop-for-learning-programming-and-hardware.html
 
-.. _pCrowDoodle my beloved: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaycebasques/media/main/gif/pcrowdoodle.gif
-
 The official name of this product is `CrowPi-L`_ but mine only answers to the
-moniker of `pCrowDoodle my beloved`_.
+moniker of *pCrowDoodle my beloved*.
+
+.. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaycebasques/media/main/gif/pcrowdoodle.gif
+
+--------
+"laptop"
+--------
 
 .. _Armadillo\: Opossum Heavy Armor: https://web.archive.org/web/20240426210415/https://timandraka.bigcartel.com/product/heavy-armor
 
-pCrowDoodle is best thought of as the computational equivalent of
+pCrowDoodle is best thought of as the computer-equivalent of
 `Armadillo: Opossum Heavy Armor`_:
 
 .. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaycebasques/media/main/jpg/armadillo.jpg
 
-You just lift the magnetically attached (??) back cover...
+You just lift the magnetically (??) attached back cover...
 
 .. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaycebasques/media/main/jpg/crowpi7.jpg
 
@@ -52,13 +50,14 @@ You just lift the magnetically attached (??) back cover...
 .. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaycebasques/media/main/jpg/crowpi10.jpg
 
 ...and you're basically ready to fire pCrowDoodle up and realize that there's
-some boot firmware that's surely impossible to update and maybe backdoor'd:
+some boot firmware that is impossible to update at best and backdoor'd at worst:
 
 .. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaycebasques/media/main/jpg/crowpi5.jpg
 
 ---------------------
 Form factor: wedgebot
 ---------------------
+
 Cramming the RPi into the back results in a slope steep enough to downhill
 race on:
 
@@ -73,11 +72,12 @@ race on:
 
 `Wheely Big Cheese`_ is dead, long live Wheely Big Cheese!
 
------------------------------------
-Dual boot: quite pleasant, actually
------------------------------------
+-------------------------------------
+"Dual boot": quite pleasant, actually
+-------------------------------------
+
 pCrowDoodle came with a little SD expansion thingy that lets you switch
-between an "A" SD card and a "B" SD card quickly:
+between an "A" SD card and a "B" SD card fairly quickly:
 
 .. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaycebasques/media/main/jpg/crowpi8.jpg
 
@@ -98,13 +98,16 @@ experience.
 -----------------------------------------
 Unusable trackpad: a blessing in disguise
 -----------------------------------------
+
 The trackpad is comically small and has already started to freeze up on me:
 
 .. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaycebasques/media/main/jpg/crowpi3.jpg
 
-But I knew this going into the purchase and didn't care. I've been meaning
-to get really good at keyboard-based navigation so I'm kinda excited to
-have something that takes away my crutch.
+But going into the purchase I expected the trackpad to be unusable. I
+was kinda hoping for it, actually... I've been meaning to get really solid
+at keyboard-based navigation. This is the main "desirable difficulty" thing
+for me. The other cool thing is it's forcing me to find CLI commands for
+common tasks such as locking the screen.
 
 `Lobsters <https://lobste.rs>`_ on ``lynx`` somehow looks better than the
 actual website??
@@ -114,13 +117,20 @@ actual website??
 ------------------
 40-pin GPIO header
 ------------------
+
 You need a connector (which was annoyingly not included with my purchase)
 but it's still possible to access all the pins:
 
 .. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaycebasques/media/main/jpg/crowpi2.jpg
 
---------------------
-The laptop I deserve
---------------------
-As an irrational simpleton I am oddly excited for my future struggles
-that arise from this decision. I will report back after the trip.
+-------
+Battery
+-------
+
+I got 3-5 hours on the first full charge. I fully expect this to drop down
+to 30 minutes after a month. My coworker had the good idea of using a
+cellphone power bank as a backup.
+
+An interesting challenge (maybe project?) is that the RPi OS UI doesn't
+seem to expect to run off battery so there's no "low battery" indicator.
+Meaning when the battery's done pCrowDoodle just abruptly shuts down on me.