Author: DJ Billings
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Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 2024
I swear, I did not plan to buy anything. I only wanted to gaze at the tech. But I got…itchy.
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Advice for the Passionless
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the nature of passion and work and how we try so hard to combine the two.
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Why Cybersecurity Feels Like Bullshit
2.9 billion people. That’s the estimate for how many were affected by the recent NPD data breach. After reading this Time article about the hack, I had more questions than answers. Which is par for the course when you’re tallking about media coverage of anything regarding politics, health care, science, or data breeches. After the…
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Owning a Home is… Expensive
We’ll likely look back on this time and think, Wow, I’m really glad we drank all those cocktails every night.
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Reading right now
I don’t remember a time when I didn’t have a stack of books I was reading. I’ve been a library hound from a very young age. Even today, wandering the stacks at our local library gives me joy. Even if I don’t know what I’m looking for, there’s something about seeing so many books that…
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François
Saw this character at the French market yesterday. I don’t know if he is French, but I suspect there was a purposeful intention of looking French. I just had to draw him when I got home.
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You Gonna Eat That?
This one is from the doodle archives. It makes me smile every time I run across it.
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$180
To say we’ve had a lot going on with our house since we moved in is like saying the 2024 political climate is somewhat polarized. There’s been a lot to deal with, and a lot to learn. Today’s was a comparatively small issue and a pretty quick fix. By a long shot, the least expensive…
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Rescued LG Monitor for TRS-80
I’ve been looking for a dedicated monitor for one of the TRS-80 CoCos (Color Computers) I picked up a couple months ago.
