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 title: AlphaSmart 3000
 date: 2024-01-03 07:34:00
 device: AlphaSmart 3000
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A few years back, I picked up an AlphaSmart 3000 [0] to try and do
some writing without the distraction of an entire computer.

Since then, I've used it a handful of times, but never really got
in the habit. I think I'd like to change that, though, because
there's something really satisfying about the thought of typing up
a post for this blog on a device with no internet connection, no
apps, and no alerts.

Hell, the thing doesn't even have a *screen* in the sense we
normally mean it. It's just a keyboard with a standard,
non-backlit, black on green LCD display.

Oh, and the entire device is also encased in a transparent green
plastic, which really scratches my nostalgia itch for 90's
aesthetics.

Speaking of the 90's, back in 1998, in the 6th grade, I broke my
right wrist snowboarding (possibly the last time I ever went) and
had to spend the remainder of the school year in a cast.

Considering the fact that I am right-handed, and they casted my
wrist at a 90 degree angle, I couldn't hold a pencil or write,
which meant that I couldn't actually do any school work.

To help, my teacher requisitioned an AlphaSmart *2000* device for
me to type my assignments out on in class. Combined with having to
do my homework on the family Compaq Presario at home, I have a
feeling that breaking my wrist ended up being a major contributing
factor to my love of computing.

Talk about the butterfly effect.

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[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaSmart#AlphaSmart_3000
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