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I have managed to successfully do Computer Stuff for two days in a row!
(That's even sort of not true. It's more like a month, but most of what I was doing prior to two days ago was either maintenance I'd put off or "wouldn't it be neat if I set up a local IRC server and a couple of MS ComicChat clients?"
I was doing bullshit.
The last couple of days have been significantly more structured.)
I have some plans (some of which are personal, some of which are professional, some of which are community oriented (communal!))
Before I get too deeply embedded in my own Computer Bullshit, I'd really love to hear from you.
What are interesting hardware and software projects happening right now?
Who's doing weird stuff with computers?
What are projects that haven't gotten enough attention.
I was, when I was paying attention, really into LoRa mesh stuff, project gemini/smallweb stuff, retrocomputing, and anything that positioned a microcontroller as a PC replacement or companion.
I was carrying a palm, or a HP200LX, and I was doing a bulk of my daily work on an HP Omnibook 430 (or 425?) running MS-DOS and Win31 from ROM on AA batteries (It's the best computer that ever existed.)
@ajroach42 The playdate has been talked about plenty but the game and app library are properly huge now. The OS has been updated and now developers are putting more networking capabilities into apps and games.
I've also picked up an XTEink X4 pocket ereader that has a lot of open source community firmwares including some writing firmwares that support BT keyboards.
The X4 is nice because it's a pretty polished piece of hardware that works well and is available inexpensively but even more interesting is the Open Book Touch. Though I do wish it had physical buttons instead of touch.
https://www.crowdsupply.com/oddly-specific-objects/open-book-touch
