This may seem kinda ironic to be posting about, but when I say offline, I don’t mean strictly physical (like print books), so much as stuff that still works even when internet’s disrupted or whatever.
This may be a tell of my age in some respects, but I still enjoy downloading music, games, ebooks, or (more rarely) movies that simply work without phoning home or updating super often. There’s a weird sort of relief that I have both physical & digital fallbacks for when there’s a “storm in the clouds” so to speak.
One piece of media I’ve been meaning to look into to help in this space are maps. Maps are tricky given that they’re living documents, but I’d love to get a good downloadable/print map for reference.
Btw little protip if you’re on Android, check out Aard2 and downloadable dictionaries. They’re remarkably small, and it’s so much better than the ad-littered dictionary sites/apps, and even supports multiple languages.
I’ve been “shrinking” DVDs and all of their extras onto those little miniature 8cm mini DVDs because modern compression got… amazing… and well the mini DVDs they just look so cool!
I know that the H265 files will never play in a real dvd player but it’s just so fun to have a collection of little itty-bitty pocket sized DVDs. Even the little 3 inch jewel cases just look interesting
Oh wow, literally shrinking them! What devices do they work in these days? I’m guessing you have something that can play them.
I have this cool little portable usb DVD drive that I can hook up to my laptop(or my phone, which is amusing). It is kind of an odd setup but it’s the only way I’ve figured out how to watch them. I guess it’s alright since I just watch everything on the laptop anyways