Surface pro stylus replacement and solutions

If you've got a surface pro, you're likely resigned to lose your 30$ pen because the pen holder is magnetic, and doubles as the power plug connector.  Today, I installed a low tech, kick ass solution.



This Self sticking pen loop can be installed on to your keyboard in five seconds, and holds the stylus securely.  Once you have the pen loop, you can also look at alternate stylus.



The surface pro is a standard Wacom digitizer so all Wacom stylus work.  I now use the bamboo stylus. It's heftier then the surface pro pen, and feel more like a pen in the hand.  The downsides to the bamboo are that  it doesn't have the magnetic attachment and it doesn't have an eraser.  The self sticking loops solves the attachment problem, and I never use the eraser.



So, next time you lose your stylus, pick up a Self sticking pen loop and a

bamboo stylus.

IOttie Car phone mount

It seems like I've had a car forever, and a phone forever, but the union of the two was always rocky. I'd always be trying not to rear end the guy in front of me, as I fumble with my phone in the cup holder.



For 20$ you can get a mount that lets you use your phone without taking your eyes of the road. I highly recommend the iOttie One Touch Dashboard Phone mount.  If you drive, and don't already have one of these mounts, I strongly recommend taking one out for a spin.

On the 200$ chromebook

From my wife:

I hate the chrome book - it is completely useless for actually doing anything creative - can you pls get the windows thing and I will install it on the old computer so I can make things