# tilde sites #
I have a brand new tilde account on [nand.club](http://nand.club/~phcordner). So far
it's as empty as all my other tilde sites I joined in the past 2 weeks but I'm glad to be a part of a cool new tilde server. I'm a huge fan of these intentional online communities and have been having a good time on the tildeverse and on SDF.org. I'm hardly on facebook or twitter these days, and I've gotten a ton of inspiration to do new computer projects. for example, I've restored my family's old forgotten PowerBook G4 from back in the day, and got a matching 23" Apple Cinema Display.    
The Cinema Display didn't come with a power supply, so I got one on ebay, and it didn't work. Instead of shelling out $70+ for a "guaranteed good" unit, I took the proprietary Apple power connector (which looks a lot like a big USB-C connector), wired a standard barrel plug to one end, and used a $20 power brick from Parts Express to supply the required volts and amps.   
It is still going strong and I'm proud that I was able to defeat manufacturer lock-in and proprietary standards. Yay hardware hacking!!!