A Bit of Spring

Even though there was frost on my car this morning I can't help but feel like spring is here. I saw a guy biking over th weekend that really motivated me back into the gym today, I got an email about breaking ground on the historical garden I volunteer with, it was free cone day at Ben & Jerry's today, and the general signs were just everywhere.

I am really looking forward to spring and summer this year. This winter was the hardest one in recent memory and I just need to move past it. Its going to be a tough month of hunkering down, but I feel like it is leading somewhere good.

Tech Projects

I was sitting at my desk today and took stock of all the projects I have on my plate and I am really looking forward to some of the things coming in the next few months.

I have been fiddling around with a G3 PowerBook I got for a song late last year and have finally settled on its role to my tech ecosystem. Up until now I have only really used it for more longer form journaling, the kind of stuff that is just for me. I plan to keep that up, but a great, and obvious use is for old school gaming. Many of my favorite games are total abandonware at this point and I am looking forward to installing them from the Mac Garden soon.

I have a couple vintage digital cameras now, a Quicktake, and a Mavica. Both should be compatible with my PowerBook and will produce the lower rez images I would prefer for my Neocities website that has been long neglected.

I need to fix my Linux partition on my Thinkpad. Right now the only solidly working computer I have is this Acer Iconia Tab with a custom Ubuntu install on it. It works well...but I never intended it to be my only system, just a smaller one that is easy to pack.

Ebay needs to become a priority in the near term too, a bunch of the tech I have needs new homes. Indeed, some of the things I have were bought specifically to resell, only to languish on my shelf.

After struggling to find options I have decided to soft retire my personal smartphone. In its place I bought the new Nokia 3310 feature phone and it will become my primary phone. I plan to make sure the sim card can be swapped so I can use it with my smartphone for travel, but most of the time my phone will be far more basic.