Too much honesty

Hauling water, food and gear. Setting up and putting away equipment. Performing menial mundane tasks like cooking, cleaning and repairing(from mechanical hand tooling to hand stitching). All these things have been really fun but they do take a lot of time up.
It's particularly difficult to keep the combination of dust and spattered cooking oil off all the electronic gear, especially in a 7x5 ft. tent.
So if anyone reading my blog or viewing my photos finds my techno abilities subpar, please forgive me. I'm trying to get it together(and then take it back apart) but things are rather challenging. Not that I'm not aware of what conditions others are sometimes communicating from. But sometimes I feel a little behind the rest of the world. And I live in a developed country!
Which brings me back to sex, drugs and rock and roll. Will I ever atone for my past sins!?

In case you're wondering about the two photos below, I thought I'd explain. My trike is setup with 4 chainrings(front gears) in the crankset. This is not usual and my own design. Shifting down to the lowest ring(22teeth) had to be assisted by my fingers all summer due to the tension on the chain and the flex of the derailuer. I just, hopefully, replaced my fingers with some stainless tubing and a wad of brass.
The little blue thing is what is left of the brazing rod.

Just got back from what has become a weekly trip to my mailbox for new toys. The 9 cell battery for this Aspire one is the new test subject. I welcome not having to be attached to external batteries to get any real amount of run time. The icon says only 7 1/2 hrs at 100% though and what it really turns out to be has yet to be determined. Four full hours should be enough for me. Any more than that and I start either starving or freezing and I have to put it away. Setup is assisted by the fewer number of wires also.
My other new toys haven't been completely installed yet. The power source for my cd/rw failed and the down loaded driver doesn't work so no microscopic photos just yet. I've yet to set the driver up to run off batteries but that is how I'll try to do it or I might replace the camera in the microscope housing with another one that I have gotten to work. I'm working on both ways at the same time.
The portable printer needs a usb adapter and that's on the way also.
I also managed to locate a tripod! It's really fancy for the price I paid for it, right down to it having 2 levels. I guess that's to keep me on the up and up.
I just rechecked the icon and it now says 5:27 hrs with 92% remaining and please believe me I don't type that slow. Of course it's the rate of use thats changed.
Gotta go anyway; other things to do.