New Years 2026 Update
2026-01-03
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Happy 2026, Gemini!
The last few weeks of the year became quite busy for me. Just before the Christmas holiday, my wife became ill with flu, and we ended up canceling a holiday dinner with extended family. Immediately after, I took a week off my job to organize my clothes and clean our basement. Soon, we decided to remodel our entire closet while we were at it.
Around the same time, I made a resolution to cut down on my smartphone screen time. I did so by splitting my apps across two different phones: communication apps remained on my main phone, and I moved all other apps--including my Gemini client--to my Pro1 X. Only my main phone has a SIM card, so the apps on the Pro1 X cannot access the Internet if I'm not in range of a WiFi signal. I found that my screen time dropped immediately, especially when I was out of the house, since I could no longer use services like YouTube, or even Gemini.
Unfortunately, less than a week after I made the change, a drop severely damaged the Pro1 X screen. Even though the phone was in a holster case, it fell out of my backpack and landed onto asphalt on one corner that was slightly exposed. The Pro1 X still works, including the digitizer, but it's almost unusable.
The Pro1 X uses the same phone screen as the Elephone U Pro. I bought a full replacement on Amazon, but the Elephone and the Pro1 X use different firmwares for the screen, and interesting, an original Pro1 is required to flash to proper firmware to the screen. Fortunately, a member of the F(x)tec community forum agreed to sell me his Pro1 and a spare Pro1 X, so I have spare parts on the way. In the meantime, I've ordered a Unihertz Titan and am considering switching to it as my main smartphone.
Now that the holiday is over and once I repair my Pro1 X, I see myself becoming more active on Gemini again. I'd like to write in this log more than I did in 2025; last year was my slowest year since launching my capsule. I should also be more present on Station and BBS again.
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[Last updated: 2026-01-03]