there's something exhilarating about getting something up and running, fixed, or working for me.

I just set up a Raspberry Pi (specifically, RetroPie) system for a friend, and trained him on how to copy files to it. And then fixed up a controller that had a button that didn't really press well.

There's just something really satisfying about taking something and improving it, like getting a setup like this set up or repairing electronics.

Part of me wants either an <a href="http://ameridroid.com/products/odroid-c2">ODROID-C2</a> or an <a href="http://ameridroid.com/products/odroid-xu4">ODROID-XU4</a> to play around with. The big thing stopping me is that these would, unless I switched to one for all my "secondary" computing, be expensive toys... and I feel more comfortable with the Pi's huge support base.

oh well, I guess. if there's ever an Intel board that cheap I'll have to check it out

wow, I didn't whine about work for once

(also working on the layout. soon...)

also, insom's recent post has me thinking about how I keep trying to trim things down a bit. I make some progress, but always seem to get distracted or too tired until things start getting cluttered or messy again. I'm slowly catching this sooner and sooner...