Perhaps a bit off-base, but...I'm writing another novel! It's the long-awaited sequel to this (post-apocalyptic sci-fi if you're curious): https://www.amazon.com/Viscount-2213-Post-Apocalyptic-Surviv...

I've had the idea sitting in my notes for years now. It waited patiently until I could get back to it.

I use an Alphasmart Neo to write my novels. It's incredibly easy to focus with such a machine. If it just had bigger storage capacity and a microSD slot I'd never consider another option.

My writer friend also loved the alphasmart stuff until his last one died and he was looking for something with a bigger screen. I gave him my old remarkable and he got himself a little fullsized bluetooth keyboard and he's as happy as a clam now. Every time we see each other he thanks me. Loves the epaper and extra screen real estate and claims it's easier to pack around than the alphasmart. (flatter, boxier, etc)

What part of your writing requires so much storage? I thought the alphasmart only did text files.

The Neo has small storage, and is divided into documents, which I believe take up a fixed amount each of that total storage. Any decent-sized novel is going to strain the storage of the Neo. Still, it's a great little distraction-free writing tool.

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I'm a content developer and an SEO. I specialize in managing business websites so their owners don't have to. Keeping them content-rich, technically stable, and search-optimized. Looking for a place where my work makes an appreciable difference.

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I'm a content Swiss Army knife. If you look under my belt (not that I recommend doing that) you'll find everything from building content strategies to managing websites. Looking for a content strategist or Director of Content role where I can set & follow a good long-term direction.

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What a great idea! I love checking DiskPrices; the structure does lend well to mini-PCs (another interest of mine). Bookmarking this for my next shouldn't-grab-this-but-price-is-too-good impulse buy.

Thank you!

Congratulations on finishing the book! It's never an easy thing to accomplish.

Thank you very much!

I tried to keep writing daily—sometimes for just 4 hours, sometimes for 13. On average, it was more than 8 hours a day, with some longer (1-week) breaks in between.

I will write another post on writing experience in the next few weeks :)

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15+ year content developer, tech writer, and SEO looking to branch out. I'm curious about AI research, ethics, and quality assurance. The rich knowledge base between my ears is ready for its next challenge.

Very first game I played on a computer was Zork 1. Old Commodore 64. I think I still have the disk jacket for it (but not the disk, sadly).

That's easy. Writing books and researching curiosities.

I have dozens of book ideas, from novels to reference volumes. My research would at least partially focus on energy/power generation/storage, and partially on current scientific mysteries in our reality.

Ideally, such work could help enrich humanity. Make the world better in some way. Sadly, unless I win a lottery tomorrow or a wealthy person issues me a grant, some of this work won't get done.

You have ideas on power storage?

I'm not them, but recently I've become interested in thermal batteries (aka sand batteries) ala https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVqHYNE2QwE which isn't exactly power storage but my house specifically uses 50% of my electricity for the water heater and untold $$$ (and CO2 :( :( ) for the house heater, and thus if I could load up a sand battery with heat and disburse it for hot water and hot air, that'd be swell

Tankless is for sure one fix to that problem, but if I had a magic wand the thermal battery still feels "better" to me

Now this is interesting. I've read about using synthetic DNA for data storage, but other uses surely abound.

I don't suppose you'll need documentation help at some point in the near future...?

Synthetic DNA for data storage seems much higher to degradation (ie, heat, light, or other sources of radiation). Not sure if I would use syn DNA to for anything long term.

The oldest sequenced DNA is 1.6 million years old. In the right conditions, it lasts far longer than pretty much any storage method right now. Plus I also sometimes store things in Bacillus subtilis, which is very hardy https://keonigandall.com/posts/sporenet.html