There are several areas I want to explore this year in the realm of computers, IT, and websites.

1. I want to tidy up my backups. I’m a bit behind, easy to do, but I need to catch up.

2. At some point, I have to figure out my carousel on the PolyWogg site. I created a pseudo-carousel, large header, and well, it doesn’t work for me. Yet.

3. I guess I also want to do something with the look and feel of the PolyWogg site as well when it comes to blog entries that are “sub-areas” — the main blog pages show perfectly, the sub-areas not so much. I’m missing something small to tweak, haven’t wrapped my head around it.

4. I want to do something with old computers. I have some I want to convert into game players, and I’m going to set up one PC to run 3D printing. It’s not urgent, but it will take a dedicated two or three days to sort it out enough to begin work. This includes re-purposing and maybe even jailbreaking an iPad. I’ve looked it for fun recently, just cuz I wanted to see how hard it is/would be, and you know what? Not that hard.

5. But if I set up the computer to 3D print, I also need to set up the 3D printer. That is a bit more complicated. The new one should be relatively easy, but the old one is a mess of pain.

6 Much more elaborate, I have plans for two apps. One is astronomy-related; the other trivia-ish. But I think they’re going to have to wait for retirement. The effort required to get into programming is just too much overall to dabble.

7. I mentioned in my book list that I want to read stuff about AI, and perhaps it should be here too, although I think it is more for my L is for Learning side of things.

8. I’m also not very proficient in a couple of pieces of software that I need to work with in the future — GIMP will be my basic editor of choice for photos, and I have a full training program to help me get better at using it. At least for the basics, astrophotography will require more work. But I also have ideas for the future that will involve video, and my wife and son got me a green screen setup for Christmas. So I’m mostly ready to go, I just need to double down on what I want to create and figure out which software packages I’m going to use. I have a bunch, but not sure which ones are best for what I’m going to be doing. That may take until late fall to figure out though.

And that’s it. Pretty linear, pretty straightforward.