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FiiO JM21 - Listening to music and podcasts free from interruptions and distractions is something we lost around 2008. I wanted that back.
IBM Model M Keyboard - After years of trying to find a substitute for this crunchy masterpiece, I picked this one up, did some work on it myself, then finally paid an expert to restore it. It’s glorious.
Author Forecast - I love writing, but I’d often rather be outside on a bicycle. So, having the weather at my fingertips is important. The quotes are a nice bonus.
DIGITAL
News - RSS is still the best way to consume blogs and online news. I run this app on my Nextcloud server.
Moon+ Reader - this allows me to cheat and plug my Boox e-reader. Rather than be locked into Amazon’s ecosystem, I can read DRM-free books (like mine) on an Android device that also runs every reading app on the planet.
INVISIBLE
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
I don’t think I need to point out how relevant Santayana’s famous assertion is right now. While most of science fiction is about imagined futures, I prefer to write about alternative histories in the hopes that readers might learn from it.
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