# jjSuper1 / onebyte || - Gemini: MICRO BLOG ``` ! ▘ ▘▄▖ ▗ ▌ ▜ ! ▌ ▌▚ ▌▌▛▌█▌▛▘▜ ▛▌▐ ▛▌▛▌ ! ▌ ▌▄▌▙▌▙▌▙▖▌ ▟▖ ▙▌▐▖▙▌▙▌ ! ▙▌▙▌ ▌ ▄▌ ``` # jjSuper1 BLOG ## This microblog I am switching to a more daily version, so there will be fewer entries here. ### 30 JAN 2026 Sheleved the D1 - its not really even supported by the builder. People move on, that's fine. I'm back to the VF2, as Alpine started working, with decent support for most of the hardware I need working. I'll probably get the camera working at somepoint, but its not necessary. Writing this on the VF2 board now, in Alpine, and it works great. I think I'm going to try and complete a palmtop/deck project with the VF2 as I think it would be a great portable computer brain. We shall see. ### 27 JAN 2026 I decided I should make use of my DevTerm, since abandonded by ClockworkPi, learn something in the process, and make a sort of terminal out of it. So far, I've compiled a RSICV kernel, BusyBox, and ZSH shell. Hopefully I can get something working tonight. I have started with kernel 6.1, and will upgrade to the latest 6.18 when the system is running. I am leaning into the terminal setup to be more like DOS/CPM, with busybox being used for its more compact size. ### 25 JAN 2026 I wrote terminal rain. Its a C program that makes it rain in the terminal. That's all. ### 24 JAN 2026 I need to get the "island" feeling back of personal computing. We've stripped out all the whimsical, fun, small producer coder vibes. Everything is the least friction for the most dumb. No color, no knowledge needed, just internet all the things. Perhaps using SDF more is one way to get the feeling of useful things back. Since last year, the VF2 board has been shelved. I can't really get it to do what I want to do; China engineering team is slow/quit updating. So perhaps someday I'll do more hacking on it? The Raspi Zero project stalled because the camera/interface cable I had did NOT work as expected/at all. Currently awating major ice storm. I have applied to Mastodon/Fediverse/VideoToobnix/ social network sites awaiting approval from the admins. ### 06 JUNE 2025 Working with the StarFive VisionFive2 board is challenging. It sort of works, but the engineering department in China is slow to release new versions of things. The GPU is non-free, there are locked drivers, and most users are electing PCIE graphics options to get around the onboard issues. It WOULD be a great board if there was some vision, or support of any kind, rather than hacked workarounds and incomplete development. Still, my dream of a RISCV64 portable lunchbox computer to play with at shows is still a dream. ### 28 MAY 2025 Building a small Raspi Zero w camera to monitor my pico-reef tank. I used DietPi, even tho I hate systemd. I needed it to work, and I'll figure out how to get rid of systemd later. Still a work in progress. ### 26 MAY 2025 I found some cool people over at 23-bit.cafe webspace, all about slow/smol web, personally made sites, and taking back control. ### 25 MAY 2025 EF4 Tornado damaged a good portion of my home town. Completed PSI/PCI Inspectiontraining. Visited Georgia Renaissance Festival. ### 25 AUG 2024 Currently monitoring the hurrican effecting the southern United States, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and other countires. => https://x.com/jjSuper1 X Social Media Link => https://mastodon.social/@arc_x Mastodon Link mailto:jay@arc-x.org Copyright 2025 ARC-X. All rights reserved.