The answer to 1984 is 1776!
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." - Plato
If you're "bored", how about making a portable. I have masses of projects looming/in progress (in rough order of priority) so got enough to keep me going for a couple of years or so continuous projects:
* GBA addon for Mini project (current).
* Repaint Mini system, decided I want a light cream colour not black.
* Make a mini MP3 stereo system in a very small space (keep you posted on this), including speakers and amp (next). If I can do this mod as I think I can, you guys will be impressed with the result!
* Mod a couple of plug'n'play systems and sell on e-bay as unique items.
* Li-ion in GP2x in existing battery compartment.
* More plug'n'plays for Mini project - quite a few.
* Complete SNES case for Multi project (system works and complete).
* Repair and sell one of the two NES units.
* More console conversions for Multi system.
Hey, maybe then get some time to play some of my hundreds of games; sometime!