Title: About the offline laptop project
       Author: Solène
       Date: 10 November 2020
       Tags: life disconnected
       Description: 
       
       Third article of the offline laptop serie.
       
       ## Sometimes, network access is required
       
       Having a totally disconnected system isn't really practical for a few
       reasons. Sometimes, I really need to connect the offline laptop to the
       network. I do produce some content on the computer, so I need to do
       **backups**. The easiest way for me to have reliable backup is to host
       them on a remote server holding the data, this requires network
       connection for the time of the backup. Of course, backups could be
       done on external disks or usb memory sticks (I don't need to backup
       much), but I never liked this backup solution; don't get me wrong, I
       don't say it's ineffective, but it doesn't suit my needs.
       
       Besides the backup, I may need to sync files like my music files. I
       may have bought new music that I want to get on the offline laptop, so
       network access is required.
       
       I also require internet access to install new packages or upgrade the
       system, this isn't a regular need but I occasionnaly require a new
       program I forgot to install. This could be solved by downloaded the
       whole packages repository but this would require too many disk space
       for packages I would never use. This would also waste a lot of network
       transfer.
       
       Finally, when I work on my blog, I need to publish the files, I use
       rsync to sync the destination directory from my local computer and
       this requires access to the Internet through ssh.
       
       
       ## A nice place at the right time
       
       The moments I enjoy using this computer the most is by taking the
       laptop on a table with nothing around me. I can then focus about what
       I am doing. I find comfortable setups being source of distraction, so
       a stool and a table are very nice in my opinion.
       
       In addition to have a clean place to use it, I like to dedicate some
       time for the use of this computer. I can write texts or some code in a
       given time frame.
       
       On a computer with 24/7 power and internet access I always feel
       everything is at reach, then I tend to slack with it.
       
       Having a rather limited battery life changes the way I experience the
       computer use. It has a finite time, I have N minutes until the
       computer has to be charged or shutdown. This produces for me the same
       effect than when starting watching a movie, sometimes I pick up a
       movie that fits the time I can spend on it.
       
       Knowing I have some time until the computer stops, I know I must keep
       focused because time is passing.