Apple II Bits

Given the number of friends I’ve made through the Apple II, and my involvement with Apple II magazines, podcasts, and conventions, it’s a rare day that I’m not thinking or doing something with or about the computer or community. Sometimes, that means a relaxing weekend proves exhausting, leaving me no time to write the blog post I owe Apple II Bits every Monday. So today, I thought I’d outline in roughly chronological order what I’ve done from sundown Friday to sunup Monday that kept me from smithing anything remotely engaging for this blog:

• • Stayed at work until 7:30 PM on Friday to finish a floppy preservation project I’d been working on for months, finally made possible courtesy the Uthernet
• • Mailed my registration for the Vintage Computer Festival East 7.0
• • Coordinated VCF housing with Andy Molloy
• • Discussed VCF travel with Mike Willegal
• • Inventoried my back issues of Juiced.GS to determine what I need printed to bring to VCF
• • Burned some Friends for Life CDs
• • Mixed new voiceovers for Open Apple
• • Wrote two short pieces for inclusion in an upcoming Juiced.GS Concentrate
• • Reviewed submissions for a Juiced.GS tribute to Ryan Suenaga
• • Published a lost blog post by Ryan Suenaga
• • Wrote a blog post about VCF
• • Copyedited a press release
• • Recorded an episode of Open Apple
• • Received some Open Apple marketing material from a freelance designer
• • Commented on the Apple /// Enthusiasts group on Facebook so that its activity level would qualify it for an upgrade
• • Called Ivan Drucker to chat about VCF & Juiced.GS
• • Calculated how much postage on Juiced.GS has gone up since the USPS’s April 17th price hike of packages weighing more than an ounce
• • Coordinated a time to play Risk Factions and Worms Armageddon with Andy
• • Wrote this blog post!

Is it any wonder I’m tired? Despite needing to edit Open Apple this evening, I think I need to disconnect for a bit and enjoy a bike ride. Too many apples a day is not good for one’s health!