DrewZero1 @drewzero1@mastodon.social
Mostly harmless, but if you leave me alone with a computer for long enough I will put Linux on it.
How on earth have I lived this long without remapping Caps Lock to Ctrl, honestly. #emacs4lyfe
Thus ends the latest round of Drew vs. Plumbing: Drew 2, Pipes 1.
Good game, pipes. I do not look forward to our next match.
The #palm OS reminds me of classic Mac OS (especially System 6 and 7.1) in a lot of ways. The interface design, proto-multitasking, and clever third-party hacks all make me feel almost like I'm carrying a classic Macintosh in my pocket.
On a side note, I'm really enjoying the Resurrect Page extension on Firefox. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/resurrect-pages/
It's made it a lot easier to find #palm information and downloads, since so much of the early-2000s internet is lost or paved over. (Credit where it's due, Archive.org is the one doing the actual resurrecting.)
After my success with my #palm lifedrive, I took a risk on 4 more palms. (Two tx, two e2) in unknown working condition via eBay.
Three of them work without issue, so I’m watching movies on my new tx.
This week I tried using a Palm Tungsten E as my smart device for daily use, replacing my trusty iPod Touch 2G. I was surprised in a few ways:
- I don't miss wifi as much as I thought I would. I spend too much time trying to read the internet anyway.
- Because of the lack of a functioning app store, the Palm is much easier to load apps on than the iPod.
- I really value having a digital sketchpad and spreadsheet app in a pocket device. I haven't been able to find a good iOS4 app for either.
Getting ready to replace capacitors in a DEC VT220 terminal. This kind of work is the game of a computer collector's existence.
My coworkers are trying to convince me to buy/build a reproduction Model A, to start wearing suits and long jackets, and to carry a violin case with me everywhere I go.
I ...
I can't think of a good reason to say no to this. The more I think about it, the more it sounds like a great idea.
Eight years ago I installed Ubuntu 10.04 on my laptop, and between Linux and OSX I've managed to mostly avoid Windows since then, at least on my own computers.
Now I'm in week two of my new job, and it's becoming clear that I'm out of touch with Microsoft products in general. It's almost enough to make me consider running Windows again. Almost.
@ajroach42 So I went to Goodwill today on the off-chance that I might find a cradle/cable for my Palm Pilot Professional, and instead walked out with a Palm Tungsten E. As soon as I find or make a charging cable (and maybe solder in a new battery), I'll also be exploring the wonderful world of Palm OS 5 apps.
I'm not sure whether I should blame or thank you. 😂
Pulling cable again today. I'm starting to understand some lazy-ish design decisions made by the previous guy, because I too am getting sick of crawling on metal lath.
CSV files... CSV files everywhere.
At least, that's how I remember it. Could my memory of woodworking be a myth constructed by a guilty mind? #existentialdread
I keep thinking I have blood on my hands, but it's really just stain from my woodworking project last night. Still freaks me out every time.
Overnight build still wasn't finished. I guess it's Bring Your VM to Work Day!
In all reality I should've just run it at work to begin with, but if I was building on one of their Pentium 4s it would probably still be trying to compile by my deadline next week.
Looks like it's compiling happily (so far). I'm going to go dream in 80x24.
The eye doctor tells me I need glasses, which in retrospect, I should have seen coming
I should have been in bed an hour ago, but instead I'm waiting for LibreOffice dev files to download so I can have it compiled by morning #priorities
