Cherry

Jumping on this and will be starting slowly. I have a newish laptop…that has a broken screen. Alternatively I can pick up a new one. I also have a bunch of portable hard drives.

I have terrible internet (cable) with the phone line sitting at a spot in the hall where I could keep a small dedicated cupboard. So I was thinking something connected by Ethernet.

I want to ideally use it for downloading content and streaming it to devices around the house. Likely firestick or an alternative tv box.

Secondly I would use to stream music to my iPhone outside the house.

Any guides or starting points would be welcome.

I may take a look at this. Also looking for a 360 alternative

I think that maybe you should look at as your earned your ability. It’s deserved. Each and every attempt you persevered.

Some people do it first time. Some people take 10. Don’t compare. Just be proud of all the extra things you can do now.

Agree. Made a real effort in recent years to question the crap what I really need, and what’s a want vrs a need.

I feel a lot happier not buy stuff upon stuff. I’m trying to buy as much used/second hand as possible.

I don’t understand many of the product hypes. Why would you pay more to endorse someone’s brand. The cups. Like $50 for a cup. That’s crazy, you still drink the same water out of it.

If I see something advertised or pushed by them i immediately question the integrity of the product. I can’t trust them or the brand.

Anything like this, It has the opposite the intended effect

Been thinking of booting them for a whilst. Just cancelled. Better late than never.

Yeh my family treat me like I am a nut job. I only swapped away from google and ask them to think about the orgs they spend their money on for example Amazon.

It’s amazing how many people got on board with Covid conspiracies but questioning where you data goes, who’s using it, what for, no that’s a bit far lol.

Cleaning needs adding to this list. Not just wash dishes The ability so see dirt, make a schedule, etc.

Milano mepphis was one of the last hurrah of post modern. A decent trend at least. Corporate Memphis is an abomination. It’s like meeting Clint Eastwoods great grandchild who has a mullet, has no option on anything, and works as a real estate agent. It’s not wrong but lack of character and conviction is such a bore.

It looks like primer and the car is unfinished

Smart everything. I’m buying second hand TVs simply so they are not marketing to me as soon as I turn it on.

Terms of design I feel like since postmodern we have had a bastardisation of flat design which was really mostly suited to information design but it got shoved on everything hence the monochrome blandness. On the other side we got a bastardisation of arts and crafts maybe where people tried to digitally replicate traditional methods, we got hand lettering stamping etc. then they swished them together and true design got shoved out the window in favour of , how can we grab the users attention, to
how can we hold the viewer captive, to
How can we force the viewer to absorb, to The how can we annoy the viewer so much they will pay to just read/view in peace.

I am not sure what this design movement will be called