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From: "Carol" <cshenk@virginia-beach.com>
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Subject: Re: living without fridge or food preparation
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 18:36:54 -0000 (UTC)
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Jill McQuown wrote:

> On 3/30/2025 5:57 PM, Carol wrote:
> > Paul Edwards wrote:
> > 
> >>"Carol" <cshenk@virginia-beach.com> wrote in message
> > > news:vsc0g8$22630$1@dont-email.me...
> > > 
> > > > Paul, look up Jackery units, minimum the 500w with the panels.
> > > > Portable but will cover laptop and charging cell phones.
> > > 
> > > Hi Carol.
> > > 
> > > Thanks for your reply, but that's not the direction I am
> > > trying to go with minimalism. This is what I have:
> > > 
> > > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09H6GGK55
> > > 
> > > and it will fit in my backpack.
> > > 
> > > I am trying to organize things so that I can travel with just
> > > a backpack.
> > > 
> > > While other people may attempt to "live off the land" by
> > > hunting animals or whatever, as a computer programmer
> > > I am trying to "live off the Sun".
> > > 
> > > I don't know if you're familiar with MSDOS, but I spent
> > > a lot of effort to reproduce the equivalent of that on a
> > > Smartphone. You can see it here:
> > > 
> > > 
> >
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cod5.pdos_pdandro&hl=en-US
> > > 
> > > (Robert is another person involved)
> > > 
> > > So I am attempting to adjust my "lifestyle" to conform to
> > > the solar in my backpack, rather than organizing sufficient
> > > solar to cater to my lifestyle.
> > > 
> > > You can add an external keyboard to a smartphone/tablet
> > > so that you can touchtype.
> > > 
> > > While in the Philippines I spent 1-2 months living purely
> > > off solar for my computing. But I had a 100W solar at the
> > > time - portable via hand-carry, not backpack. And I used
> > > an ARM-based laptop, the Pinebook Pro:
> > > 
> > > https://pine64.com/
> > > 
> > > with screen brightness turned way down. I had the brightness
> > > very low on my smartphone too. And I can do other things
> > > like restrict my computing to night time if necessary.
> > > 
> > > But I may be able to achieve the same thing with x64 which
> > > has significant advantages for me. I have to run experiments.
> > > 
> > > Thanks for the pemmican suggestion too.
> > > 
> > > BFN. Paul.
> > 
> > Good luck!  What's the plan for the laptop?  Trying to fill a
> > powerbank of any size at 40w will be painful.
> 
> It's an odd wish considering food is the least consideration.  One
> can live without computers but one cannot live without food.
> 
> Jill

I suspect he'll be at home and wandering maybe a week fairly nearby.  

Like I've contemplated renting a coach RV for a mini-staycation up at
First Landing about 15 miles from me.  Maybe travel down sandbrige
area.  Nothing long or hard.