I've been working on a concept called a cyberdeck for a while now, it's sort of like a laptop only instead of a screen you have a video display that you wear and it's sorta retro-futuristic, and Cyberpunk.



as of now I have all the parts working, I'm currently looking into a case and maybe a better CPU but here's the current list of parts as of now.

Logitech Solar charged Bluetooth keyboard.

raspberry pi Zero modified with composite out.

MyVu Crystal 701 Video display glasses with composite adaptor cable.

currently it outputs a clear and easy to read terminal at 640X480 resolution, I've used it, and I'm probably going to stick with the Command line for now.

OS: Pixel OS/Raspbian for raspberry pi zero.

once I get the case I have planned for it I may upgrade to a Pi 3 but that's down the road.

already took it to work with me and was able to attach sensors and such to it and receive data on the HMD (Head Mounted Display).

let me know what you think and any ideas anyone has as to where I can go from here.

Pictures of the working unit forthcoming later today when I get off work.

i have started drinking fruit/ veggie smoothies now..
I have enjoyed them to a surprisingly degree so far

Windows is nothing but a big frustration for me. My PC has Windows 10 on it, and is in desperate need of a reinstall. Buggy, slow, and a total mess to say the least. But perhaps the most frustrating aspect for me is that, being that I do not use the computer often, maybe once a month or so when I need to pay bills, every time I need to start it up I have to wait upwards of an hour oftentimes just to see automatic updates finish up before I can even use my PC. 

That was the last straw. I'm going back to college to finish my degree shortly and I need something way better. 

Bought a 2012 Macbook pro 13 inch, put the latest MacOS on there, and I'm up to speed and rolling. Absolutely love it. It actually works. The display resolution could be better, 1280x800 will take some getting used to, but that's absolutely 100% my only complaint. All I have to say is that I hope Mac stays around. I think I'm more or less an Apple convert for life now.

I was gonna buy some sprint stock about this time last year... It was running at less than four dollars a share. Mostly for one reason. Sprint actually has more spectrum than pretty much any other carrier, which means great things for 5G, but almost all of their spectrum is very high frequency, in the 2.5 GHZ range. Unfortunately, while it's great for speed and Sprint is no doubt one of the fastest under ideal circumstances, it also doesn't penetrate long distances or buildings very well. The result is fairly unreliable service and poor coverage if they are gonna depend primarily on their holdings of high frequency spectrum to build a high capacity network.

Anyway, the hype was there. And I'm kicking myself for not jumping on the gun because sprint stock has almost tripled since then.

However, T-mobile is about to have almost as good coverage as verizon, for much better prices, much better network reliability, and has more hype behind it now. And on top of that, with the disbanding of analog TV's, T-mobile just bought up a storm of spectrum in the low frequency range, which will do wonders for its network reliability and its long-range coverage. Sprint completely sat out on the auction, and isn't really doing the greatest job pulling a good force behind it as it seems. Their coverage still somewhat depends on roaming to fill in major coverage gaps, and they haven't really done a whole lot of good for their own in house network lately. On top of that they have cancelled a lot of their biggest promotions (such as the "cut your bill in half" event), which has kinda aggravated some customers whose bills are suddenly higher now.

I switched from Sprint last year and I didn't realize that good cell coverage was really a thing. Never tried T-mobile, but I'm on AT&T now, pay 40 a month for unlimited data (6 gigs of it at high speed), and unlimited talk/text, reliability and coverage is great.

Still shoulda bought stock, kinda kicking myself for that one, but I think my eyes I think are turning elsewhere for long term investments at this point. We shall see what happens with 5G... I could be wrong I suppose.

there's books, video games, music, movies, magazines, cyberpunk is a whole media genre in of it's self, it's also slowly becoming reality, like some kind of subconscious thought traveling back through time and infecting how we perceive the world and thus making it real

What is cyberpunk
Examples of cyberpunk works

now that that's all out of the way, let's begin... let's talk about cyberpunk media you are interested in, how does it affect your view of the world, or maybe just how close the cyberpunk and real worlds are?

I actually wrote the music for this about two years back. A good buddy of mine had a long conversation with me in the car late one night, gave me some of the best advice I've ever been given. So this song has a bit of a backup story behind it. I would share more but I'll hold on the details...

I actually am gonna re-record another demo and it sounds a little better how it will be re-recorded, but this is what I got so far for the music. Words are mostly written too and I just gotta find time to finish it all.

Anyway, I figured I'd post what I have so far.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/x9zydywva5r2zb...4.mp3?dl=0

This one will be fun... I'm generally fairly responsible but I've done some stupid shit on occasion.

I'll start off mild for me.

Me and some buddies wanted to go to the mountains to throw the wildest party we've ever thrown. And we partied hard at the time. We got some people from all over the state to come, and to say the least, we were young delinquents and took it a bit far, busted some windows out among some other things, but the party was definitely lit. One of my best ever.

Hotel? Nahhhh, it's a no.

Vacation home? That's more like it.

Now for obvious reasons nobody is just gonna rent a vacation home out to anyone.... and not to mention we were definitely too young to fit the requirements. So we came up with false pretenses to rent a 1000 dollar vacation home for a party. Our false pretense? That we were college grad students having an old school re-union and that we were several years older than we were. And we got someone in their 40's to put it in their name and to present their ID.

We actually managed to get away with it...

For awhile now i have been interested in the JFK assassination research ( on a quite amateurish level compared to devoted life timers i am sure !) .. Which as most people know you have tons of info on the internet connected to its many sub paths and aspects.. but sure, you can get into some long and interesting discussions with people on it in the chat rooms on occasions. ( I did so last night LOL)..

As far as this goes,here in the forums ?
lets see what kinda interest anyone has with this and than i can elaborate with this more

Any comments at all on this ?

Brian

Personally I think it's a bit sketch. But I've taken them before. Got drunk downtown at a club and well, didn't feel like driving, my roomate at the time ended up taking a girl out afterwards, and well, my lonely a** ended up in an uber. I'm responsible. I don't drink and drive. Responsible annoying drunk people end up in ubers for a reason, right?

It honestly wasn't too bad. Got picked up in a Civic, had a good ride back and was good to go.

I wouldn't say ride sharing is in the least going to dominate long-term. People like having their own vehicles but ride sharing won't leave you stranded if you're ever without your car. But the incentives for Uber drivers are terrible. Insurance companies won't insure you, and well, the pay kinda sucks when you factor in that you've gotta do your own car maintenance too. Thought about driving for them, but nah... I have better ways of making a quick buck.

Anyone else have experiences with uber? Seems shitty to work for but as a customer I had a good experience.

I currently drive a 97 civic as my primary driver. I bought it for 800 dollars thinking I had a good deal. Not a bad price at all for a car with less than 140K miles. Well, needless to say, I learned the lesson of the 800 dollar car pretty quick. Need I say, it's pretty bare-bones. Terrible paint job, no power steering, no tach, no nothing.

Honestly, it ain't really a loss. It's absolutely great on gas (33-34 in the CITY), and it served its intended purpose of allowing me to learn how to fluently drive a stick shift. And to be honest, after driving a stick for almost a year I can say I don't know that I'd ever want to go back to an automatic. On one hand the automatic is like a breath of fresh air. On the other? Feels like it's got a mind of its own. You get used to feeling like you're in control. The stick brings a new feeling.

Anyway, that aside, it's got the original clutch so that's probably gonna go out sooner or later. Had some minor issues, namely accessory belt issues and what not, but meh those can be fixed.

Anyway, one week after purchase, I pull out of my driveway and next thing you know I see the whitest cloud of white smoke I'd ever seen coming from the tailpipe. I'm talking call the f*** fire department thick. Like, really really thick. If you've ever seen a car being sea foamed through the intake, we're talking sea foam thick. Definitely not normal.

My stupid a** drives it to work anyway. Well, it runs.

Did everything I could to fix the simple stuff. Full tune up, PCV valve (hardest PCV valve ever by the way, took two hours to yank it out and broke in its hole), fluid changes, everything. Fair enough.

Well, the problem persists, so I decide just to keep adding coolant and oil. Looks like a blown head gasket. I'll give it two weeks before it blows and call it quits.

And you might not expect a car with a blown head gasket to last a year, but it has. It's taken me to and from work with no problems, on many vacations, and over 15K miles of driving. No problems... just adding coolant and oil. Actually more oil than coolant. The coolant doesn't seem to burn much anymore. Otherwise a solid car...

Well, until the electrical problems begin. It dies in the middle of the road. Randomly. Now, being that it's a manual, it'll come back to life once the power comes back without need of a starter. It stays in gear and the wheels turn the engine which in turn fires the ignition. Therefore I don't get stranded. But the car suddenly being killed in the middle of the interstate intermittently has me thinking it's a tad bit possessed at this point.

Next comes the headlights... bye bye headlights. Been driving without them for two months. Then comes loud rattling noises from the engine. No idea what this could be... And then next come to find out my AC doesn't hardly work. It's one thing after another. Yes, I literally have no headlights in this bitch.

Well, I figure, okay then, I can still drive it, that's cool. I'll drive it until the wheels fall off. Well, that phrase has a whole new meaning for me now.

I was driving home on the interstate, hear this loud rattling/bumping sound. SOunds like the brakes, I pull off. I kid you not, the wheel was falling off the car. Never seen this until now but well, it happened. Aaaaaannnnddddd it f*** up my brakes while it was at it. Bye bye brakes. Bye bye wheel. Bye bye car.

Well the brakes are fixed. I needed those. Kinda a necessity at this point. Even more than the headlights=. And you know, original clutch, no power steering, no AC, no tachometer, no CD player, tape player, nothing, terrible paint job, and an otherwise unsatisfactory appearance, it still "runs" like a champ, getting 34 MPG every day.

much as I love my clunker, the wheel has finally killed it for me. it might finally be time to sell. My wish of driving a car into the ground has finally come true.

My buddies tell me it's a $600 car. Imma try for a grand... hehe, hehe