Haha, nice work! I want a C64 so bad! Or a VIC-20. I also really love how the new Raspberry Pi 400 keyboard thing harkens back to this era of computing: https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-400/
Yes, I love the look of that Raspberry and of course I want one. Do I need one? Of course not, but it would make me happy.
After booting up my fake C64 and playing a few games for nostalgia's sake, I'm still struggling to find the time to learn some assembly language for it as I had planned.
Did you ever find the time to do something with your Apple II? If so, you should really write about it. I really, really liked your blog post, I must have read it at least three times!