I wrote about the Sony Vaio VGN-TX2XP, a notebook from 2006. It worked surprisingly well for basic tasks and I ordered a new battery so I can carry it around - Sony Vaio VGN-TX2XP
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I hope you feel better! and… “games for women” being a mess is unshocking. Gah.
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Well said! And the good thing is it’s already happening. I like yer ‘small home.’ I’ve been thinking about the same things recently, so thanks for the segue:
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This is cool, I love how many different things you are learning at the same time. I share your JS/Electron.
Every 6 months I decide “I should practice Rust” but I can never come up with an interesting project.
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I’m glad to hear that you’re learning to have fun with old hobbies and interests like tech again at your own pace, surround yourself with people who share your interests, and that you are being happy in general. 
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Congratulations on coming out and the new site. I think it’s natural to want to wipe the slate clean after going so many major life changes. I like your philosophy of learning the tools/skills that you want to learn and letting your interests guide you.
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I wrote a bit about boredom and a little experiment I’m trying this week to work through the over-stimulation I’ve been struggling with lately.
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Didn’t have a section of my website devoted to deserts yet, so I decided to fix that.
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The Weekly Wrap Up is posted! Links this week include a visual timeline of technical achievements, lady frogs faking their death to avoid unwanted attention and a miniature 19th century Armenian bridal trousseau. I had a day of frustrations, acquired new old screensaver software, explored the world of gemlogs and enjoyed a summer monsoon. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.
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THIS IS SO COOL!! If anyone is ever down in Tucson, The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is such a cool place to visit. Desert Botanical Gardens up here in the Phoenix area is also pretty neat.
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You all remember Punch-Out!! ? Nintendo sure doesn’t. But I do.
This is an interesting experiment! One thing I’ve found works great for me is to go outside and sit starting at the sky for a bit. I have a hammock in my backyard, and when the weather is nice, I love laying in it and watching the leaves move around with the wind.
Being still is a practice for sure. Recently I’ve been sitting with my cat when he’s starting out the window. Believe it or not, it is pretty interesting watching the birds and insects. I get why he sits up there so much!
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it can be really fun to hang out with your pet where they are rather than bringing them to you. i really enjoy hanging out with my cat where he has decided to settle
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Wrote a post about why I’ve started running again:
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I remember Punch-Out!!, but the only title in the series I had ever played was the 1987 NES title Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!. Many of the stereotypical characters you mentioned in your post are in the 1987 game, too.
I’ve learned not to expect too much in the way of what passes for progressive thought in the West from Japanese game developers. ATLUS, for example, still has some problematic LGBT representation in its Persona games. I suspect this is because Japanese game developers target their own country’s market first and foremost before worrying about foreign audiences.
Speaking of Persona, it used to be a lot worse. I can explain how in three words: “Mark danced crazy!” (Though, in fairness, it was ATLUS USA that massacred the first localization of the original Persona by trying to Americanize it.)
So, Nintendo mistaking caricature for character in Punch-Out!! seems par for the course. After all, one of their most famous characters is an Italian plumber.
Thank you! I was more apprehensive about releasing this one than most, since I wasn’t sure anyone else would care for it at all.
I’ve never been to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum myself, but I hope to one day! 
plant pics from the empty lot near my doctor’s office!
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I’m a little late to the party, but I felt like writing about my feelings about Ozzy Osbourne’s passing.
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Thank you for sharing this. I’m also a runner but not super culty about it—but I can see why many runners make it a big part of their identity, because going for a run is always the most … different part of my day. No screens, hella nature, just man vs. nature. At the same time, it has many built-in temptations to “gamify” on distance or speed or frequency. As healthy as running is, I think it’s possible to have an unhealthy relationship with running as a hobby and push yourself into a place where you hurt your body. So yeah, kudos on stepping back and then getting back into it in a more moderated way.
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Omg I love your pixelated outlines, I was about to be completely lost without the labels in that picture!! I got into trees (literal sense) for a while and I loved the sense of adventure where even the most random places (like an office park) were suddenly more interesting because I could try to see how many species I recognized.
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