February 9th, 2018:

	Met with my ol' pal Slam last night for coffee.  It was good to 
get together for a good old fashioned computer chat.  We talked about our 
projects, what we've been doing, etc, and it sounds like he's come a long 
way in terms of hardware repairs (soldering, SMD, etc).  We're going to 
meet up again in a few weeks for another chat.

This gives me the kick in the ass I needed.  Now I have a reason to set my 
computer lab up again, and work on some of my own hardware and system 
projects.  He's offered to fix the cold-solder joints on my Commodore 
1084 monitor, and we'll consider upgrading it while it's apart.

He also asked if I had a spare Amiga 500 which, as it turns out, I do.  So 
I've offered it to him, can't wait to see what he does with it.

Speaking of inspiration, you folks on SDF have inspired me to learn to 
program again.  I haven't programmed *anything* since I sold my original 
Coco 3 in 1992 (and even then I only programmed in Basic), and wouldn't 
mind learning something like C so I could program for many of my old 
machines.  Will see what my needs are once everything is set up.

This weekend is going to be spent cleaning the house up, and if I can find 
the time, I might start going through the boxes in my lab again.