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100DaysToOffload2024

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What Happend and What Now?

I was finishing up some college classes and forgot the challenge. Now I'm going to try to cram as much blog posts before the end of the year. I wanted to do the https://100daystooffload.com challenge to populate my blog with content even if i didn't compleate the challenge.

Quick Edit

I just realized the challenge is to post within a year not by the end of the year, Oops. I still want to get as much posted by the end of the year though.

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Why?

I bought three 256GB SD cards at Walmart for $8 on clearance. then I looked at recently modded iPod mini and realized I could buy 3 iPod Mini's with cosmetic issues, 3D print replacement shell's with my own flair, install the clearance SD cards, and bundle in a nice USB cable and a budget pair of IEM's, then sell them as a beginner HiFi audio art piece.

If you are interested, contact on Mastodon: @batvin3211@fosstodon.org

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Why?

My HP Envy x360 is consistently crashing. probably because I was compiling a application from source while the laptop fans were smothered by my bed and slightly cooked the CPU. I have swapped the RAM and storage to see if that was the issue, it was not. So i am shelving my HP Envy laptop for my old HP Elitebook 8460p that was presumed to have dead graphics from cat hair, old age, and the crushing weight of a over weight cat sitting on top while in the possession of my mother. A while ago I turned on my old HP Elitebook 8460p and i was working again; I don’t know how?

What now?

I will be using it for the time being, untill I can save up enough money for a framework 13.

BTW, since the HP elitebook is thicker and heavier that my HP envy, I have nicknamed it my CHONKY-HP.

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What I Did?

  • I replaced the 4GB compact flash hard drive with a 256GB SD card in a CF card adapter. (yes it had a hard drive)

  • I broke the fragile click wheel ribbon connector then had to buy a replacement off eBay.

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  • I 3d printed a new shell to give it a nice grip. (I need to reprint it though)

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Sources

https://youtu.be/qTEk-bgB7rs https://www.printables.com/model/975232-ipod-mini-shell-11-replica-wip

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I got up to 50 channel's while mounted, but I had to take it down due to being a distraction from the essay that I am behind on.

sources

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Tg0JjeotXq4

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What did i do?

I received the IPod on October 7th 2024. I started to flash mod the IPod with a 256 Gig SD card. Then when I disconnected the click wheel I used the provided pry tool and sliced into the solder pads. I should of used a different tool, but i did not.

What now?

I found a used click wheel on ebay, cheaper than on Elite Obsolete; so my wallet is not hurting too bad.

I will write a new post after I replace the click wheel.

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Why do i need a 20 year old IPod?

I want to listen to music, podcasts, and audiobooks while I work without my smart phone in my pocket. It is a distraction from what i need to do.

What will i do to the poor thing?

I will be replacing the micro hard drive with a SD card adapter with 256 Gig of storage. also i will be installing Rockbox. https://www.rockbox.org/

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What is it?

It is a Oracle Sun X2-3 server

hardware list

  • 2x Intel Xeon E5-2660 with 32 cores
  • 70 Gigs of RAM
  • 240 Gig SATA SSD with more storage to come

    How did I Get it

    My friend Nick from the Boston area, gave me his server that he was getting rid of because of power usage.

thank you Nick. Here is a shout out to his linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-cardillo/

#Linux #raspberrypi #writing #adhd #100DaysToOffload #100DaysToOffload2024

Why did i build it?

I needed a typewriter like device to write an essay for a college English class, because my ADHD was getting the better of me.

I can also use this to write more blog post, distraction free.

Parts list:

Setup

How to use

  • I connect the Adafruit Cyber Deck with the TFT to the Pi 400.
  • Plug in the 32 Gig Flash Drive that holds all my documents for editing on my laptop
  • Then plug in power.
  • run the mount flash drive menu option