From aa2e74398e092de270180fc3453755e99667fa29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neale Pickett Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2023 16:02:12 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Smartwatches --- content/blog/2022-11-28-smartwatch.md | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ content/blog/_index.md | 12 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 52 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/blog/2022-11-28-smartwatch.md diff --git a/content/blog/2022-11-28-smartwatch.md b/content/blog/2022-11-28-smartwatch.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2e9766f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2022-11-28-smartwatch.md @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +--- +title: Smart Watches +date: 2022-11-28 +--- + +My employer has this add-on to the health plan where, +if you wear a pedometer, +you get money in your health spending account. +If you also provide sleep tracking, +you get even more money. +It doesn't seem to care (currently) about your pulse. + +I don't have any huge issue with this plan. +But I'd like to, as much as possible, +have this not be at the foreground of my day-to-day life. + +After a lot of thinking, +I wound up realizing that the main consideration for me was battery life! +Believe it or not, all the other doodads and gizmos weren't actually that important. +So my requirements list is basically: + +1. Tells me the time +2. Can go for a long time without needing to be recharged +3. Counts my steps and automatically puts them in this health plan thing +4. Also tell the health plan how long I sleep + +I wound up going back to a watch I had a few years ago, +which has a month-long battery life between recharges. +If you turn off the thing where it vibrates when you get a phone call, +I think it will go even longer. +It also has the advantage of telling me the time the old-fashioned way: +with hands. +So I can just glance at it and see what time it is, +without needing to flick my wrist or get into a dark enough area or whatever. + +I started writing this article in November, +and I'm finishing it in January. +I've been wearing that watch for a couple months now and it's no big deal. +It feels kind of silly writing about it. +But this is something a lot of people spend time and money thinking about in 2022! diff --git a/content/blog/_index.md b/content/blog/_index.md index 9629e59..46960a2 100644 --- a/content/blog/_index.md +++ b/content/blog/_index.md @@ -2,3 +2,15 @@ title: Blog url: blog/ --- + +Blog is short for "web log". +It's a sort of online journal, +that anyone who finds it can read. + +Mostly when I write here, +I'm thinking the reader will either be someone looking me up online who wants to know more about me, +or someone in the future who wants to know what life was like during my time. + +I don't have a lot of personal anecdotes, +or commentary on current events. +Mostly this is just hobbies and idle thoughts.