I have been waiting patiently for a week now. I was so exited when FedEx arrived, that I bolted to the door in eager anticipation. My new computer was here. Well, the parts for my new computer were here, anyway. Now all I have to do is put it together. Ever since I can remember, I have had this fascination with technology and computers. I just love playing with gadgets. One of my coworkers said that I am a true "Über Geek-. I am not sure if that's a compliment or an insult. .
I guess it all started back in late 1977, when I was around seven years old. I remember seeing a TRS-80 computer at Radio Shack. I would spend about three or four hours a week in the store just playing with it. I was so fascinated by the buttons and the interaction with the monitor. I had never experienced anything like it. It kind a sort of resembled a typewriter, but with its own screen. I remember asking, in fact begging my parents for one for Christmas. Thankfully, I was not disappointed. For the first several weeks after getting my TRS-80, my parents had to literally pry me away from it. I liked the way the keyboard made a funny clicking sound when you depressed a letter on the keyboard, and seeing that letter represented on the monitor, not on paper as with a typewriter. Of course, by today's standards, the TRS-80 can't hold a light to the computer chip in my wristwatch.
In Junior High, I quickly lost interest in the TRS-80 in favor of the new, more powerful, Apple IIe computer. The Apple was the first computer on which I learned to program. It was not overly difficult to program, but I found it exhilarating none the less. I loved to see my creations come to life on the screen. I remember one of the programs that I wrote was a simple Tic-Tack-Toe game. Seeing a few lines of meaningless code come together and transform into an interactive user interface left me feeling very satisfied. It was like climbing the highest peek on a mountain.
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Several religions have different and distinctive stories explaining how man, society, and parts of their religions were formed; yet all of them together suggest that there was a sole person or group that directly played a role in this creation encompassing food, animals, and the geography. Whether ...
The Trojan War started at the wedding of King Peleus, king of Myrmidons and the sea nymph named Thetis. When Eris, the daughter of Zeus wasn't invited to the wedding, she was angered and discord the banquet hall in the form of a golden apple, inscribed with the words "for the fairest," then throw it...
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When the computer children were banned from the machine for several weeks they formed the Lakeside Programmers Group, some kids set up lemonade stands, computer geeks start groups that are the predecessors of multibillion-dollar companies. ... When Bill and Paul presented their code, a BASIC, the makers were blown away and the rest, as they say is history. ...
He wears his dirty, hand-me-down t-shirts and ripped jeans, combs his brown hair, wears his thick, ungainly glasses, and looks like the average American geek-child. ... Spiderman will forever remain in Marvel history as the greatest hero ever. ...
Taekwondo, the art of kicking and punching, has a long history of being a self-defence martial art using only the hands and feet to fig ht off ones assailants. ... Although primarily a defensive martial art, it also embodies the principle of defence of the weak (now isn't that quite a cool idea, all the "freaks and the geeks, having the ability to defend the weak!) ...