The Best Replacement Refill For The Studio Neat Mark One Pen

Construction wise I love my Studio Neat Mark One pen. But I disliked the included Schmidt P8126 refill. I have a preference for Pentel Energel fine refills. I try to have them on all my pens but so far neither my Mark One nor my Machine Era Field pen has been blessed with Energel refills.

I have been on a constant search to find a refill almost as good as my Energels.

Enter The Swiss Made Premec

Here is the best refill I have found for my Studio Neat Mark One pen so far. The Swiss-made Premec G2 Jumbo Refill Gel comes in either 0.5mm or 0.7mm. I opted for the 0.5mm and I am really happy with how it performs. Not scratchy, fluid, not smudgy, and no clogging like the stock refill of the Mark One.

These refills are a bit hard to get and come and go from Amazon all the time so when you find them in stock make sure to order a couple at once.

Get Your Premec G2 Jumbo Refill Gel on Amazon

To US Politicians, Stay Off My Charging Port

Recently, European Union Eurocrats approved a new law mandating that all smartphones and small electronic devices need to have a standard charging port. And copycat US politicians want to follow in their steps. Like we don’t have bigger issues to tackle in this country.

The consensus is that such a port will be USB-C and starting in 2024 it will need to be in every new smartphone sold.

This includes Apple which has been using its proprietary charging port called Lightning for almost a decade.

Now, I do prefer USB-C over Lightning and will appreciate if Apple made the switch. They had already done it with the iPads and is markedly better than Lightning.

So, what's the issue?

The issue is that tech-illiterate bureaucrats should be forcing designs and tech on innovative tech companies. When Apple introduced Lightning back in 2022 the USB flavor of choice was Micro-USB and that USB for factor was terrible. Fragile and cumbersome. Back then, if Apple was forced to use that port, the iPhone experience would have been less enjoyable this past decade. But because Apple was free to innovate and use its own in-house technology, we had a better charging experience.

The point is that while USB-C is good now if stupid politicians force it on manufacturers It will kill their drive to innovate and come up with better solutions. And even if better solutions are developed, the bureaucrat's red tapes will make it much harder to implement.

What we will get is stagnation, and we may stay with USB-C for way longer than need to be if we leave the decision to the politician.

It’s trendy now to pick on tech companies since politicians gravitate to what's trending just so they can f%$& up. But they seriously should go concentrate on Big Oil, Big Pharma, and Big Banks. Leave the tech to the people with the actual education.

I am so tired of these stupid politicians. We should have an IQ test done on anyone wanting to run for office.

#myportmychoice

A Culture Of Mediocrity

If you prest attention to any amount of business news you have probably seen the constant reporting about how company x or y is bad by demanding too much from its employees.

Some examples lately are about how Apple is bad by asking that employees return to work in person. How Amazon is bad because it expects its contracted delivery drivers to deliver on time. And so many other cases in every industry.

We see employees complaining we see investors complaining we even see customers complaining. Apparently is bad if a company wants to offer a better product, better service, or a better experience and demand that its employee deliver the quality promised.

Why can’t a company expect the best from its employees? And why do so many people side with mediocre employees? The company should lower its standards if an employee isn’t a fit it should be let go and that spot filled with someone that can deliver.

If we keep supporting mediocrity instead of getting a same day or two days delivery we will get another USPS or FEDEX Ground. Two of the most mediocre companies around.