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Maybe one of those HDMI "stick" PCs you can get? There's x86 Android builds you can run or you can do like I did with my media PCs and boot into Openbox and just launch a fullscreen browser right to Jellyfin and control it from your phone. (My main setup uses Emby but should be able to do the same with JF).

I've actually got a portable Jellyfin server I take with me. Built on the OrangePi Zero 2W with a USB->NVMe acting as media storage (as well as the Jellyfin DB). It's got several other services running as well as a second Wifi adapter so it can also act as a travel router.

For playback, I pretty much just use my laptop or phone but have thought about adding one of the "stick" PCs as a client for it.

I've always liked the "Go Away" door mat Slappy Squirrel had in Animaniacs. I'm legit surprised I don't actually have one.

Who approved this?!

I always forget that's J.G. Hertzler. It's like....the less elaborate prosthetics he wears, the less I recognize him. See also: Laas in DS9.

(At least, until he speaks)

Laptop-style speakers may be just enough. It would be tight and maybe the badge would have to be enlarged slightly to accommodate it, though.

I did a deep clean of my laptop not long ago and was surprised at how tiny and flat the speakers actually were. They won't fill a room, but they're enough for light music or a Teams call at arm's length. Granted, it might not be good in a noisy area, but that would be a problem for the mic as well (not to mention public speakerphone use is kind of frowned on lol).

What BIOS setting are you changing? Secure Boot?

Would love to have one of those. Guess I'll have to settle for 3D printing one and hacking up a Bluetooth headset/speaker to make it work.

I saw that, but it's November 19 already. So they've either not restocked or have sold out already.

I clicked a few of the "Where to buy" links from the bottom, but only the non-Bluetooth ones were available.

I have an old rotary phone / bluetooth "headset"! Though it's only technically portable.

It's a 50's wall-mount model that the phone company would have hardwired (no RJ-11). I've got it hooked to a Bluetooth -> POTS adapter that will decode the pulse coding. It rings when my cell rings, you can answer/place calls from it, and you can dial 0 to engage the voice assistant. Technically speaking, I can absolutely text people from a rotary phone.

Is it practical? No. Do I use it? Rarely. It's mostly decorative, but if I'm going to have retro tech as decorations, I like to make it work. Next "wish list" is an old payphone.

not amazing as a Bluetooth device. Microphone didn't pick up super-well

That's disappointing. Seemed to work well in that video, though it was quiet; I did wonder how it would fare in the real world, though.

A Bluetooth version of the TMP communicators might have better success albeit at the cost of having to hold your arm up for the whole conversation.

I've used smart watches for phone calls like that, and it was pretty annoying after not very long at all.

I could probably easily make a Bluetooth TOS communicator, but that would be two roughly phone-sized things to carry around, so not really practical.

OTOH:

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is circulating a draft bill to stop the implementation of a hemp THC product ban that President Donald Trump signed into law—saying it will “effectively turn out the lights on America’s legal hemp farmers, preempt the work being done in states to create regulatory frameworks for hemp products and restrict consumer choice for the tens of millions of Americans who use hemp-derived products.”

I mean, Nancy Mace is a lot of things I'm too nice to say (even pseudo-anonymously on the internet), but broken clocks and all that.

In my (non THC legal) state, there are two hemp companies, both veteran-run, that the hemp THC ban would effectively shut down. All of their products are lab tested and high quality. Such a shame. I, sadly, don't foresee my state's reps signing onto this.

Reminds me of a still from Portal 2.