[thelist] Hello World, Hello Stars, Hello Universe

erik mattheis gozz at gozz.com
Fri Apr 15 17:36:14 CDT 2016


OK, first computer?

Me, Apple IIe, purchased in 1984 with paper route money.

On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 5:34 PM, Joel D Canfield (Finding Why) <
joel at findingwhy.com> wrote:

> Bill, your last name looks familiar, like I've seen it somewhere.
>
> Wait; don't tell me . . .
>
> (My oldest son, now *34*, once asked on our drive to work, "Dad, what was
> the internet like when you were a kid?" I couldn't slap him, 'cause I was
> driving, but I did remind him that at 15, the only computer work available
> was on mainframes, and nobody would hire me yet. Internet? What internet?)
>
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 4:19 PM, Bill Haenel <bhaenel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > So when a lurker hears from a list in which he lurked for years, but then
> > didn't hear from for years, should he just admit it's time to stop
> lurking
> > and get on board in case everyone he ever lurked behind finally
> disappears
> > for good and never comes back again? Like, is this the universe telling
> me
> > "one more chance, buddy"? Jeez.
> >
> > Remember when this business was called the "web", and millennials mostly
> > weren't allowed to get near the computer because they might spill their
> > sippy-cups on the keyboard? Now it's "digital", and maybe my next boss
> will
> > be a millennial.
> >
> > I'm not dead yet.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bill
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 4:39 PM, Joel D Canfield (Finding Why) <
> > joel at findingwhy.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm not Anthony Baratta, but I play him like a piano sometimes.
> > >
> > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Nicole Parrot <nicole at parrot.ca>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > You're too sith for me. You're the master now
> > > > :)
> > > >
> > > > I actually think I "recruited" you through this list, way back then
> > > >
> > > > Nic
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 2016-04-15 4:10 PM, Anthony Baratta wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> On 4/15/2016 1:01 PM, Nicole Parrot wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> Woah you're still on this list, Anthony? Small world! Nic
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >> I'm *everywhere*. :-)
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >
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