You may have forgotten (or never knew), but I actually declared some time ago that my blog is about digital minimalism. If not entirely, then at least partially. And it's been a while since I wrote about it.

Anyway, I recently set a course to return to the analog era. Reading paper books instead of arguing on Pikabu, shooting film instead of stories, relistening to favorite albums instead of podcasts.

And also — trying the so-called "smartphone decentralization." The domestic internet is still quiet on this topic, but abroad it's quite a trend.

In short, the idea is to move some smartphone functions to other devices. So that, ultimately, you spend less time glued to that smartphone.

As part of this story, I decided to buy myself a music player. Without streaming and all that. Back when I was in university, I wanted a classic iPod. But it didn't work out then.

I started browsing Avito trying to find something functional. Then I remembered that I had an old iPhone 3GS lying on a shelf somewhere.

I rummaged. Found it. It's alive! And even the battery is fresh. Amazing.

And then, as they say, the game changed.

You've probably already forgotten, but this is truly a cool device. It's good in every way — the form factor (hello to today's shovels that you can't hold with one hand), and the skeuomorphism — when "Notes" looked like a paper notebook, and "Calendar" like a real desk calendar.

Plus the vibe, definitely.

And the photos it takes! Yes, detail and everything else leave much to be desired. But there's a certain charm in that. When you don't have five cameras, just one. And zoom is only digital.

In short, for the last couple of months, I've hardly parted with it. Am I getting old, or what?