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One thing I'd recommend is getting your own domain for email (looks like mailbox.org allows custom domains with some plans). You never know what will happen to your email provider in the future, so having the freedom to move your domain to a different provider is valuable.

The source code is such a fun read (for the comments). I found some source code for GW-BASIC, and here are two of my favorites:

  ;WE COULD NOT FIT THE NUMBER INTO THE BUFFER DESPITE OUR VALIENT
  ;EFFORTS WE MUST POP ALL THE CHARACTERS BACK OFF THE STACK AND
  ;POP OFF THE BEGINNING BUFFER PRINT LOCATION AND INPUT A "%" SIGN THERE

  ;CONSTANTS FOR THE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR FOLLOW
  ;DO NOT CHANGE THESE WITHOUT CONSULTING KNUTH VOL 2
  ;CHAPTER 3 FIRST
Edit: GW-BASIC, not QBASIC (https://github.com/microsoft/GW-BASIC)
Paint.net 2 years ago

I use a Mac now, but have a Windows VM running in Parallels. Paint.net is one of the first apps I installed on that VM. It's ridiculously easy and intuitive.

I spent SO. MUCH. TIME. in computer stores (yes, they were a thing) as a kid in the 80's, and the Compucolor was a favorite. The keys with different colors! Everything was opinionated and geeky. And hardly any demos existed, so the computers were wide open to experiment with.

For me, service to others keeps me fulfilled: Volunteering, mentoring, and teaching. Doing those things also means I interact with people, and meet new people with interesting viewpoints.

I ended up getting Dutch clogs (some are specially made for nurses and other people who stand all day) after having plantar fasciitis for a year and trying lots of different remedies. YMMV, but they helped cure me.

Anecdote: I've had anosmia for exactly a week now, without any nasal blockage or any other symptoms of covid-19. It seems to be slowly getting better as of today (I can smell cologne, a bit). My doctor's office said they wouldn't test me, but that I should assume I'm infected and stay at home.