This article explains a setup I made for our family vacation place, I wanted to turn an old laptop (a Dell Vostro 1500 from 2008) into a retrogaming station. That's actually easy to do, but I wanted to make it "childproof" so it will always work even if we let children alone with the laptop for a moment, that part was way harder.
This is not a tutorial explaining everything from A to Z, but mostly what worked / didn't work from my experimentation.
What this also means that my programming endeavors have largely been short, distracted affairs or late-night sessions when I've managed to muster the strength somehow, or have imbibed unusual amounts of coffee.
I have a tendency to focus deeply on one project at a time, be it programming, music, or some other kind of art. This is probably not uncommon, since it takes a while to get into the Flow — to construct and maintain the relevant mental models and warm up the muscle memory — and switching to another project comes at a fairly large cost. It literally feels uncomfortable to switch focus. Similarly, after a longer break when I've purged all mental constructs, the comfortable thing is to just continue relaxing.
* Gemini (Primer) links can be opened using Gemini software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
