[thelist] Hello World, Hello Stars, Hello Universe

Scott Dexter dexilalolai at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 19 14:43:20 CDT 2016


Alls I have to say is, huh.
Oh, and that Austin trip? I wish I could have it back.
sgd 

    On Friday, April 15, 2016 4:46 PM, Joel D Canfield (Finding Why) <joel at findingwhy.com> wrote:
 

 I "borrowed" my brother's no-hard-drive something or other. "IBM
compatible", that's what we called 'em, right? Two 5 1/4 floppies. Being
all upscale and groovy, I had an amber monitor instead of green.

When I played California Games, the sand was the right color.

First WORKED with computers in, erm, when was I 15? 1975. Teaching
calculators, with some kind of rudimentary logic built in. Did some QC.

Now I wish I had better knife skills in the kitchen. Rather be cooking than
coding most days. Wait, I am. H'ray, me.

On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 5:42 PM, David Kaufman <david at gigawatt.com> wrote:

> TRS-80 but it wasn't mine. I just used it all day, all summer long, right
> there in the Radio Shack.
>
> What's a radio shack, dad?  Slap.
>
> First one actually ~owned~?  Atari 800 with the BASIC cartridge and a
> cassette recorder for program "storage".
>
> /dave
>
> On Friday, April 15, 2016, erik mattheis <gozz at gozz.com> wrote:
>
> > 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 <javascript:;>> 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
> > <javascript:;>> 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 <javascript:;>> 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
> > <javascript:;>>
> > > 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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