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Takes my glass of whatever it was I ordered and as ew was talking I took in everything he said. Being an introvert has its perks and being a great listener is one, once done listening I begin to speak, "yes an e-commerce site and it is more of a damned headache, all that html bullshit has me dreaming in code. I am almost done and as soon as I am I will put up a 'gone on vacation all summer' sign up so no more work for at least the summer." I take another sip of my drink, ew continued on speaking, once again the opportunity came for me to add to the conversation, "Oh? I wasn't aware that she12 was up to anything magical in the shed but if she is I am certain it will be amazing, she is a great artist with the ascii paintbrush" I laugh thinking myself witty. I add, as ew spoke of 8bit microcontrollers and 2 kb of RAM, "why with those specs that truly must be the tiniest of tiny computer. I would love to see it. As for gemini it is quite easy to start your own capsule with a VPS, domain name and a trusty TLS. Eventually I will fire up my own server and get my own gemini capsule".
The mention of the word prepper got me to cant my head slightly, since I am indeed one I listened intently but what I heard next made the corners of my mouth curl into a smile, I say "why that is a great idea, ew. You see I am a prepper, one thing I lack is a shortwave radio, but what you suggest is far better than a shortwave.
"On the contrary, you did not bore me, honestly you fascinated me instead" I continue to sip on my drink as the conversation continues.
Dreaming in code? Yay. That sounds like high time for a summer vacation, indeed!
// I shake my head in disbelief and take a sip from that Highland Park. Ah, good stuff!
I'm sure glad that my nights are "Black as the Night is Black in Africa" (from some old song by Özay & Altinay band).
Regarding the neighborhood telex ... I found two projects which might serve as puzzle pieces ...
// I grab my notebook and leaf through it. Paper is sure nice. And it works without electricity --- however, I always miss a "grep' working on paper journals ...
Ah, there we go: a microcontroller based thingy
and a small computer thing running on a Pi or similar, even without internet access. Even provides this newfangled gemini stuff!
// I take a mental note that my list of useless projects is too long already. And on the other table I overhear ~euromancer saying
... and was amazed at the amount of free time people have :D
// I chuckle
Did you hear that, too?
// Rosie88 nods.
I can speak only for myself: the day I stop feeding my mind with projects --- useless or not --- it will likely come up with its own. And that might not be desirable, I'm afraid.
// We burst in laughter ...