retro things that aren't anachronisms
A lot of stuff being sold as "retro" ends up being a pile of suck because it's nothing more than an anachronism. An example of that is this thing, a CD player made to look like a record player with fake wood grain, fake tone arm and all. Yes, really. That audio player misses the mark so badly that it's living on a different planet.
Retro things that aren't anachronisms are the best kind. "True to original", if you will. And if it's cheap, that's even better.
I did find a few.
gamers have been screwed for years
I recently talked about deleting accounts to get rid of digital clutter in my life. I've made progress, but out of curiosity, I wanted to know the answer to a question:
Who has it the worst when it comes to having too many online accounts?
Answer: Gamers.
I thought my total number of accounts was pretty bad before I started my deleting. Nope. Gamers have it far worse.
It's so bad for gamers that a video game library manager exists in an attempt to handle it all.
dumping digital clutter
I wasn't intending on deleting a bunch of internet accounts to be my New Year's Resolution, but that's just how things ended up happening.
While going through the account list in my password manager, I found some seriously old and crusty stuff there, and it was long overdue to do some jettisoning.
True, I could have just left those old crusty accounts as-is and nothing bad would have happened... probably. But that lingering doubt is something I couldn't shake, so I started deleting the old stuff.
plain text zen
It's funny how things work out.
Something about Linux I totally didn't expect is how much better it feels using text now.
Years ago, I would read about certain editors for Mac that bragged about distraction-free writing as a selling point. I was using Windows at the time, and it made no sense to me that the editor itself could somehow be distracting. My thought was why not just get Notepad++ and call it a day?
Yeah, I was wrong there.
analog is real
Something I started last week is wearing an analog watch, but not just any analog. It's the sole 100% mechanical watch I own, an Orient Crystal (a.k.a. "3 Star" or "Tristar") that was gifted to me close to ten years ago. It still works. More on that in a bit.
I've said before that I hate analog watches because sometimes it's difficult for me to tell the time depending on where the hands are. Even so, I needed to get over that and get used to it.
I have both legitimate and kooky reasons for why I'm wearing it, so let's get into that.