As I am preparing for the old computer
challenge, I am thinking to go solar for
the charging of my setup. 

Which made me think, how about going solar
for all my 'outside-work' computer needs. 

And then I was like, how about I recharge
all my device manually, with solar, wind
of physical force. So I though about a few
options. 

Option #1: Using the hand trainer to help 
with strong wrist and forearm. You squeeze
that thing a thousand times a day and it 
help with the muscle in the hands and wrist. 
Why isn't this a tool to charge your phone too?
I could easily see a dynamo/gyro that spins
the more you train. 

Option #2: 2 heavy battery in each hands, 
as handle for a skipping rope that charges
the battery. This would spin quite fast and
would definitely be a good way to charge battery. 
The added weight in the hands are perfect for
rope skipping training. 

Option #3: An umbrella, with a foldable solar 
panel on top. When you hide from the sun, you
gather the power at the same time. If there is
no sun, the panel detach a bit from one 
another and angles a bit, creating a
turbine. You can then mount the umbrella
into its own stand to generate wind power. 
When fully charged, the turbine can spin in
the other direction to offer a cool breeze. 

Anyway, just thinking there should be some
charging solution that works with the training
of the body. Training can be boring, but charging
would be even more boring, why not bring both
together! It would be perfect for kids too, 
you can have as much screen time as you can 
charge! The fun part is that they will come
up with the most ingenious (lazy) way to charge
their device, activating their engineering brain! 

On another more serious note. I really like the
idea to limit my computer usage to the power I 
can create myself. It's both a 'permacomputing' 
solarpunkish challenge, but also a way to reduce
my computer usage to a healthy minimum. 

Anyway, I've ordered a waterproof portable
solar charger for my ebook + mech keyboard setup. 
Next week during the OCC I'll see how long a charge
on the ebook will last. The goal is to keep the
device offline as much as possible, and then
only sync online once all is written. 

It would be interesting to use something like 
offpunk to cache all the content I visit too.
But I think Lagrange might have some cache 
that could be used... I'll have to look into 
that, since gemini/gopher is such a lightweight
protocol, having a couple gig of cache would 
certainly go a long way!