Too many hobbies, not enough focus
A note about the image above: this image was generated using WordPress's AI features. It "read" my post and generated an image to go with it. I have to say I'm impressed. At a glance, it looks very much like my MacBook Pro. The shape of the hardware, the layout of the interface on the …
I bought my MacBook Pro with a M2 Pro chip less than 2 years ago and I'm replacing it with a new one. Why? I'm trying out a new service called Upgraded, which is essentially the iPhone Upgrade program, but for Mac hardware. Upgraded isn't run by Apple, but it might as well be. It …
So this thing started happening late summer and early fall: auroras started appearing across the U.S. in places that rarely see them. I'm not a great planner and missed most of them, but happened to catch one in our neighborhood in early October. Since I'm late with everything, now seems like the right time to …
There are times when items in my Mac Museum cross over and provide function in my real life. One example is the Mac mini I bought as a backup server – I didn't have the 2010 design in my collection yet and I actually use it for regular tasks. It runs the Backblaze client on macOS …
I've had success installing both CF-to-IDE adapters and 2.5" SSD-to-IDE drives in my older computers, but those only cover about â…” of my collection. The rest of my machines, Macs from the late '80s and early '90s, don't use IDE at all; they use SCSI – an older and more expensive interface. Replacing SCSI drives …
A Guest Post Written by the Wife For years, people asked me what I would do once the boys got older and didn't need me as much. They warned me that I needed to find something to do because they knew I didn't have any hobbies. Every time it came up I just shrugged off …
The thing about having old computers is that parts inevitably fail and replacing them becomes more difficult as time passes. The most common items to fail are hard drives, and replacement drives are getting rarer and more expensive every year. Luckily, thanks to the ingenuity of the retro computing community, there are modern ways to …
I’ve been taking a lot of photos lately and I’m a bit photoed out so I’ve drifted back into my vintage computer interest. In addition to looking for new items, I’ve pulled some existing ones out of the basement to catalog and explore. One such machine was a Toshiba Portegé 3500 from 2002. While touch …
I enjoy photographing animals and I've invested quite a bit into equipment, but I find myself frequently challenged to actually do it. I don't set aside time to go out, I'm not great at tracking animals (or blending in to hide from them), and I don't have the patience to sit outside and wait. What …
I bought a Nikon 180 - 600mm Z lens to replace my Sigma 150 - 600 for wildlife and sports photos recently. It’s an awesome lens, but one difference from the Sigma is that it does not extend to zoom, which makes it physically longer than the Sigma and harder to fit in a camera …
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