Much like last year, this January and early February are turning out to be annoying, health-wise. The whole family is taking turns coming down with a cold. My own nose has been running for a couple of weeks now, which is mostly an annoyance. The real problem is that when the kids get sick they have big issues with sleeping, which means I won't be sleeping much either. Productivity has ground to a halt.

Consequently, my caffeine-break has been disrupted and I'm back on a regimen of 2-3 cups per day. To generally improve my mood, I'm also enjoying a healthy dose of retro-computing videos. There's really something about watching old Commodore computers and ancient PCs being restored to a fully working condition.

🕹️ skyjake [sysop]

Feb 06 · 3 months ago · 👍 gritty, leoperbo, zetamacs, taichara

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🍀 gritty · Feb 07 at 00:27:

I hear you. I've got two little ones of my own and cold season is one reason I dislike February the most. it's the "hump day" of the year.

Ive been caffeine free since 2020, but I get it with the tough days, sometimes you just need it.

🚀 stack · Feb 07 at 05:40:

School is a major reason viruses are still around!

🍄 Ruby_Witch · Feb 07 at 08:46:

On the note of retro computing, this 9 part series of getting a network of Playstation II consoles running Linux functional was a very interesting watch for me.

— https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0oOag_esN0

Warning: the audio mixing is rough but gets better as the series goes on.

However, this guy does some really innovative work here, both with hardware and software. By the end he has a web and email server as well as a lot of his local network activities running through these fairly old and low powered machines. It's neat!