Thomil's Random Ramblings

I’ll be honest with you guys. When I originally purchased the Microsoft Surface Go 2 back in early December 2020, I did so partially out of emotional reasons rather than to just fulfil a need for a lightweight mobile “writer’s notebook” and blogging machine. I’d been Surface-curious for quite some time and to be frank, I wanted to get my hands on something that was a) not Apple and yet b) not company-provided and as such locked down by company security rules. As such, I decided early on that a second look at the device would be in order. Now that I’m approaching the end of my fifth month with the Surface Go 2, I think it’s time to start writing down my thoughts. Granted, this still won’t be a complete appraisal of everything the Surface has to offer, simply due to the fact that I’m based in Ireland, and we’ve been in a non-stop lockdown since December 26th, with no sign of any lifting on the horizon. At the same time, the weather has mostly been simply atrocious, meaning there really ...

There’s something that’s seemingly popped up everywhere since the lockdown started here in Ireland. And no, I’m not referring to the proliferation of covidiots, conspiracy theorists and other dipshits that seem to spring up from under every rock. I’m talking about coffee trucks. Whether it’s in a converted trailer, at the back of a vintage truck, or in some other mobile contraption, these things have seemingly spread all over Corks parks over the last year or so. Well, what few parks there are, but that’s a whole other debate. And as you would expect, this has caused quite a bit of criticism, but not for the reasons one might expect. Yep, trailers like this one are what all the fuss is about. You see, much of the criticism isn’t aimed at the fact that many of these coffee trucks don’t provide any bins or any places to sit, or that they seem to be almost completely unregulated, all of which are completely valid points that should be addressed. No, the main point of criticism I’ve heard ...