Hmm, I usually want to have separation between tech time and outdoor time, but the general notion of not being stuck at a computer unless it’s necessary is super appealing! In an attempt to have more “tech hygiene”, I have been grabbing my e-reader or paper notebook when I want to be in a flow for a while. I can send pdfs or html articles to the reader from my phone, so that’s increasingly just how I read stuff. This way I can be up and about without being tempted to ruin my flow with social network stuff, email, slack, etc. I wonder if there are other ways to carve out more capabilities from “laptop” or “smartphone". My research advisor used to print out my code and mark it up with red pen — I could do that on the go, or on a mountain. Would there be a way to write programs in blue pen and scan them back in? Maybe something immersive, interactive, like a pen plotter that also scans what you/it wrote with a high-res webcam? I could even do email via printer/plotter/scanner — x out to delete, check to mark as read, or draw a star to follow up. A lot of those things (including e-reader) seem paper or paper adjacent. I wonder if that’s a useful categorization: paper-like things vs. networked-interactive things? Being away from noise and ads (a form of noise) is also interesting. I’ve thought about setting up a desktop at my house that is totally air gapped from the internet. Doing that at sudo-room could be better, because then you'd be air gapped but together. Eric

Idk about any structural implications of knocking through the slab (there may be rebar in there that needs to stay connected?), but raised beds on wheels could maybe work..? Could possibly rig drainage from below the raised beds over to floor drains on west side of that room..? And have trees that are ok in shade of course :) David On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 10:18 Yardena Cohen via sudo-discuss < sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org&gt; wrote: