音時雨 ～Regentropfen～

I've been looking for a decent phone a while ago. Although I've checked a few, they're either too expensive or a bit out-dated.
Since Android 10 has already been released, it's the time to look for a built-in 10 instead of upgrading from 9 to 10.
Originally I was having an eye on Moto G8 and Samsung A30. They both released not so many months ago, have decent price below $300 (the former was merely $210). But none of them has android 10. So I held up until a few days ago, when I noticed amazon showed a decreased stock.
Then I tried to compare other similar items on a phone comparison site, and eventually spotted A31, which was ~$350 and released right in last month with built-in android 10.
Fine, no more hesitation, time to place the order.

Because my previous iphone5 (with a non-working power button) is black, it's very hard to realise it's being placed on my black desk. Thus, this time I chose white. But apparently it's not helping much, since the front side is still all black when screen turned off. I completely neglected this fact, and should really have got a black phone, as black is just so all-purpose that nothing else can replace its importance. Anyway, it won't be a good reason to go for a replace.

My previous android was probably not above 4.4. The current experience on 10 is excellent -- Icons can be placed everywhere! Typing through swapping is smooth. The brand new machine is fast and the 64 GB storage will be undoubtly enough.
Now I can finally use OneDrive, which couldn't be installed on a lower iOS version, along with many other apps.
Blogger doesn't even have an iphone version [I just started a private blogger site for personal diary -- I wanted to resume my long-forgotten daily log habit].
Also, the your phone on windows 10 app is great, it's now very easy to access photos stored on the phone. Although I've set up OneDrive, seems it's not backing up. Probably it needs more configuration that I'll deal with in the near future, it's not in rush. I more often use a real camera after all. But the inconvenience is I can't transfer files from PC to phone. Hope this can be improved but it's unlikely..

It claims charging is fast, and I'll see tomorrow.

The only thing I'm not yet used to is to unlock: tap 1, 2 times or swap or home button or fingerprint... hope can get used to it soon.

Almost forgot to say, it came with a soft plastic (?) case. Never expected this but I'm happy with it. Will try how a strap can be attached from one of its holes!
And I'll definitely paint another Hunter's Mark on the back (of the case)!

No more apple, スッキリ！

Meanwhile, one of the past Notepad++ updates now allows auto-indentation for Perl scripts, like what it has been doing for php. Thankfully I love it!

時々そう考えてる、本物の日記帳でやれば中断しづらいかも。でも流石に今はもうおしゃれなノートとか持ってないし（一冊だけあるがアレに使われた…）、字も下手だし、時間が経つと絶対に読むこともないし‥などなど。過去はちゃんとやったけど、今は真似事できない。本気かどうかは関係ない。ただの無駄、確信。

で、アレについて…

最初の発想は‥何年前なんだろうか。過去の絵を見ないと分からない。
でも、もうどうでもいい。だって、今年の二月には、もう一度ゼロからやってみようと、
しかも今度はたったの２２だけじゃなく、全部７８でやりたいと、
そう思った。

が、もともとこいうものは信じるわけじゃなく、面白半分で足を踏み入れただけなので、意味とか解釈とか組み合わせとか全然分からなくても分かりたくもない。
三ヶ月かけてようやく２２の部分に終わりが見えるが、残りの４×１４には単にデザインを考えるだけでやる気がなくなる。
だから、まじで始める前にやめよう、もう限界だから、精神力的に。(・_・;)
せめて何年前にほっといた企画を完成させる。イメージ合っても合わなくても草稿できたから。
もちろん諦めるわけじゃない。前の２２はちゃんと完成する、バックもデザインする［つもり］。

これをやめたいもう一つの理由は、最近お久しぶりの「ヨルガ」を聞いてて、その特有の音階にてまた何か描きたくなった。そしてリマスターじゃなくリメイク！
ｷﾂﾈの方です～

そして、先週こいつを買った、アマゾンJPにて。
↓

ずっと携帯のアプリ使ったけど、声が小さくて使うときにスクリーンオフもできず、色々不便だった。そしてこういう古風のメトロノームをずっとほしかった。
最初は黒がいいと思ったが、やっはり淡きピンクが可愛い。
一番欲しかったのは白だったけど、海外配送できないので諦めた。

こっちのアマゾンにもある、黒の方なら値段も税も配送料も含めてほぼ同じ、ピンクの場合はバカみたいに30ドルも高い。しかも結局日本から郵送され、配達時間もめっちゃかかるので、やはりアマゾン本家とDHLさんの連携は王道だね。
あとひとつ、注文したとき在庫はすでに最後の一点だった、今は一時的に在庫切れになり。ちょっとお得な感じ♪（*´▽｀*）

でも、コイツめっちゃうるさい！！ｗｗｗ
これについて確かレビューにも読んだが、メカニックメトロノームが初めて使うのでこれほどでっかくなれるのは知らなかった。

It was a bit busier than ever in the past 1.5 months. Too many free ideas I've cumulated in my internal notepad to be released, which I'm going to do now.

Not the first time, but more frequently since February when I came across many personal websites, I've noticed they got a sort of plugin to disable text selection and/or copy/paste/Ctrl+U/etc. Regardless, the source code can be still accessed through your web browser's menu (unless their script can affect your web browser which is of a near-zero chance), and you can get all contents you want by parsing HTML. A bit hassle but not that much, especially when you know how to REGEX!

Nonetheless, I don't understand why those people invest some extra time (maybe minor since it's merely a matter of a few clicks from wordpress) to install it, since it doesn't really work. If you don't want people to copy your stuff, don't publish it. Otherwise there is always a way to get your text, and you only annoy most innocent people since they simply want to select a word and google its definition.

Another annoying plugin is the pop-up subscription ad. Honestly, how many people would enter their email and subscribe? Or maybe they just want to show off their skill of making a pop-up ad... u_u

On an intention to look inside, I borrowed Learning Python (the edition that only covers 2.3) from the library and finally managed to read the section of using modules. With my experience in Perl, it's going mostly well, though I haven't been spending much time practising.
On the other day when I was looking for a solution to clear my trailing rubbish on screen, but one of the quickest answers was rather:

Yeah, fine, there's more than one way to do it.

I'm still not -- and probably will never be -- used to Python's space-based indentation, I eventually realised that I missed the great feature of Notepad++, which can use either tab or space depending on the language. Missed the option earlier and had so many complaints.
Brackets are beautiful. {-w-}

Plus, I'm surprised that the book doesn't teach a lot in Regex, while Learning Perl spend chapters covering relevant topics.
I'm now very glad I didn't start with Python, even it's more popular at present.

Earlier, I didn't understand bitwise operators, but now I don't understand why I want to use them. And my sudden idea led me to use them as a code.
But though I can convert a piece of message into massive 1-and-0's, anyone who knows the logic behind will be able to decipher it.
Will that also apply to modern cryptography?

Whatever, I tried to make my own code. It does work, but when trying to integrate it into an already-built site, more issues came, involving to require a password, to manage current pass, to display original or enciphered text, etc.
Just too troublesome to continue.
Maybe what I need is to find a good javascript, or leave self-hints without literally stating them.
At least I've made a shallow attempt in this. Satisfied.

Two months ago, I applied a two-column layout, which doesn't look bad.
Today, I reset the template back to a one-column layout, which is more comfortable.
Two or more columns simply look crammed, especially for a personal site. And it's often hard to balance between a short article and a very long sidebar.

Still, to compensate those several "widget" php files I made (easily) for the sidebar, I rearranged them to fit into my index -- with a two-column layout! (>ω<)