Yeah for me OS9 is pretty retro - Classic Mac OS was great with some awesome apps many of which didn't make it into OSX and using the classic emulator in OSX doesn't help the experience.
The Mini is a great compact hardware platform to run them on. I have four minis that run various Mac OS generations.
This is something I get (better ways at storing and using information.
I like the of a list of ingredients with the quantity in the top and then repeated in the steps (if no quantity is mentioned in the steps its implied the whole ingredient is used). This makes sense in that you may need to have on hand 3 tbs of butter but 2 get melted and mixed in step 3, and 1 is used to grease the pan in step 5.
The next dimension would be a language/glossary of preparation terms (slice apple - how? radially or into x thickness sheets?) This would be helpful for those without any clue on common actions and maybe later for automation. Though cooking is way more an art than just a set of steps and standard unit quantities.
With a glossary you could search for recipes that use grated apples or recipes that use a food processor, or don't use an oven, etc.
This was a software project for me, wanted something that lets me know what things to do in the area, where are shops, what are their hours, how to contact them, etc. Not only for businesses but for public spaces (say you wanted to rent the local park for an event-contact info is there), also event information, local notices, etc.) I've used it several times checking if some store in the town I'm headed is open (go to the local info page, then click on the facebook link and see if it is actually open) as well as a place to point others local resources (like where can we hold a wedding near town X).
https://doplaces.com After ten years I've learned it's to get people to submit information (even if listings are free) also has been a challenge for this semi-introverted programmer to market it.
Another project (for my employer) we have had a printed community resource directory for decades this helps people find local government/aid resources for families and has got recognition for its handyness in emergencies. I have created a web version - the notable part on this one is putting in a facility so those on mobile can (via cookies) select favorites and write notes associated on those for later reference. https://rr.trcac.org/resdir.htm I guess the other challenge in this area is we are rural and a good portion of the population is not all that well connected or tech savvy. The paper one still currently wins out over the on-line version.
Re: project for your employer: Is 211 not a viable option in California or in the counties your org serves?
Don't get me wrong, I've tried working on 211 in Washington, DC and experienced the same thing, ultimately: Individual nonprofits creating their own resource and referral systems since 211 was not cutting it and would likely never cut it.
Last time I heard about 211 in our counties - about 20 years ago - they (the agency that got a tri-county grant) had a resource directory website and were looking into doing phone support but funding left for some reason and the site is long gone. (Found Calaveras 211 - has only PG&E public safety/Hate crime support line/tobacco cessation info.)
Will see if it has regained any support up here - don't see much advertising for it in this rural area, and looking at the California 211 most of the resources point to the central valley... Thanks for the heads up!
For me it was the MiniPET from Tynemouth / TFW8b.com all through hole components and when done you power it up and you have a Commodore PET computer without the bulky case. Made my pandemic shelter-in-place time awesome.
Looks like the current models are pre-built, but if you can get a kit it's easy enough even for a (dangerous with a soldering iron) programmer like me to solder it successfully.
To see what its about - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHAIuE5BQWk (this is showing the older version - newer ones have a handy inbuilt SD card "drive" and 80 column PET capability.
Depends on who makes it and how its perceived. If it is something like an up-front ad banner that is shown on the fly - (Movie premieres in 7 days!) it works, if it is somewhere not visited often people may forget to check.
I do event lists with the days in between listed... https://doplaces.com/events I make sure to list the day name as well as I think more about what day it is than the date.
X days might be confusing if it's not live like an email or facebook post (which I regularly discover after the events)
