Slow inefficient (non-derogatory) guestbook
I made a guestbook, like we used to have in the old days, except this one has a physical component. It’s pretty inefficient and impractical, and I love it. My soul has been yearning to decouple the <making of a Thing> from <being productive> and to rediscover the joy of making things that are not really necessary but just fun. And, connected to the internet but with an IRL component. I got an old thermal receipt printer years ago (2019, according to the purchase confirmation email) that I was going to use for an Arduino project with the intention of doing something clever with it, but never did, until I felt a random spark of intrinsic motivation amongst the sea of external demands on my time and attention. Story of my life.
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