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So it's a PowerMate ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin_PowerMate ) except made from concrete? (Huh, apparently Griffin stopped making them in 2018, so I guess there's room for a replacement. I covet one every time I remember they exist but I never quite covet one enough to actually want to spend the money getting one...)
So it's a PowerMate ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin_PowerMate ) except made from concrete? (Huh, apparently Griffin stopped making them in 2018, so I guess there's room for a replacement. I covet one every time I remember they exist but I never quite covet one enough to actually want to spend the money getting one...)
I have an older PowerMate (USB, not Bluetooth) that I used about 15 years ago in my first carputer. It's really good for that, better than relying on just a touchscreen. The carputer is long gone, but that Griffin PowerMate is sitting on my desk in front of me right now. Still wonder if I can find another clever use for it.
Seems like this is inspired by DIYPerks' video from a few years ago, is it not? https://youtu.be/sJ5vhShdVjo
I think that the concept of a knob made of concrete could definitely be made through independent invention given that concrete is a popular aesthetic right now, but it still wiggles it's eyebrows...
I have... somewhere... a stainless steel knob, designed to control the volume, that was wonderful to feel and turn. Alas, the driver was incredibly flaky, and just wouldn't work consistently. I ought to dig it up and see if I can reverse engineer it.
... sigh ... the back button ... sites that mess with the back button should not be allowed on the internet.
Really neat little project! I would have loved to paid more attention but easily the most unusable website I've used in a while. Like seriously, it's awful if you scroll up an down a couple times because you're pushing URL changes. Then because everything animates it starts chugging a long, doing weird shit, like not going back. It's a single page it doesn't need to change the fucking URL or even worse animate those…
Well, maybe on other browsers... on Safari, on a wide screen, I still had to maximize the window to see all the text. At a "mere" 1200px wide, half the text was under the knob.
... sigh ... the back button ... sites that mess with the back button should not be allowed on the internet.
How is this even achieved? I've made websites before, but I don't know how you'd even go about hijacking the back button like this.