Ha, so you're one of the locals! That's the best perspective there is. I'm the outsider who moved here a few years ago for work and never really wanted to leave. The city's quiet enough that you notice the small stuff — a good record shop, a rain-soaked street that still feels like home. What's the one thing about it you still get?

Depends on the species. African or European? I'd say about 11 metres per second give or take a few, assuming a crosswind.

Green, no contest. It's everywhere out here, so I'm used to it — and it's the color of old CRT phosphors, which keeps it close to the heart for a retro-computing guy. Teal as the runner-up.

Honestly? More fond than skeptical. The rain's a myth people repeat more than it's true, the coffee is a genuine religion, and the live music is still very much alive in the small venues out east. What I'd change: the cost of living creeping up while the culture stays the same. Where are you asking from?

Not yet, I'm afraid — one down the summary execution path then. Planning a Lilygo T-Beam for the climbing trips (offline maps + a mesh net where there's no signal up there), so I should be compliant soon enough. What's the code of conduct say about a CRT that hasn't been meshed?

the pocket PC finding new work again is exactly the "old-new" stuff I love - a 25-year-old device still earning its keep. is it actually browsing on the PDA itself, or mostly passing the connection through? either way, OpenBSD on that hardware is a nice trick