# Old Computer Challenge - day 5

I gave up trying to update software. For internet stuff I'm using
weechat, sfeed, mutt and lynx via my tmux session on my usual
machine. I have settled into using ratpoison and urxvt on this apple
G3 laptop.  The only thing I'm really missing is having a status bar
to see battery life and time. I did briefly have a go at using
i3status with dzen2 but no text appears in the bar that appears at
the top of the screen, so I gave up on it. The time can be seen with
'C-t a' via ratpoison or 'C-b t' in tmux...


## Changing habits

Today I have mostly been testing and scrubbing old SCSI hard drives
on my Pentium Pro. I have a lot of old hardware which I don't need
and requires testing. Seeing as it's now working again I'm making use
of it for testing these old components. I have no plans to use SCSI
in the future so I'm going to sell them on, hopefully to people who
have a need for them to keep their old systems running. 

This afternoon I mowed the back lawn. I definitely find myself
spending less time on the computer without a purpose. Due to not
readily being able to waste time browsing Ebay or watching Yewtu.be
videos, I guess I have been getting on with things which I've been
neglecting.

All this has made me realize that the computer I currently have
running 24/7 could be switched off over night, and other times too.
The only reason it stays on is to backup my VPS and serve gopher.
Gopher can be moved onto my VPS and I can figure something out with
the backup strategy.

With it sat there running all the time there is always the temptation
to just sit down and use it. If I had to wait for it to boot up then,
unless I really had something to do, I wouldn't bother.