I need to do something with my hands for a few hours and today that thing is “replacing a bunch of ancient save batteries in my NES cartridges.” In the spirit of this blog thus far, I’m going to stream it, on the assumption that someone out there either:

• Has more monitor real estate than spare time, or
• Wants to ask a self-taught hobbyist some basic soldering questions in a scorn-free zone, or
• Big exhaust-fan ASMR aficionado

Here’s the URL if you’re so inclined: https://twitch.com/rappyland

I’m about to go live and continue working on my earliest pandemic depression project: Setting up OS9 on a 1st generation Mac Mini, which is technically not supposed to run OS9 but has the 68K processor to do it anyway. The prior owner stripped the wifi and bluetooth wiring before they shipped it, so it’s been a real treat up until this point. Please come hang out with me if you, too, would like a long hot soak in some turn-of-the-Millennium Desktop Toys: https://www.twitch.tv/rappyland