I’m still travelling, and today on the beach in Ipanema, I got into a bit of an argument with the tide, which swept me out a bit. I waved to friends for a bit of help and they just waved back, I think. (Had already lost both contacts at this point, so couldn’t see.) I made it back to shore by swimming parallel to the beach to weaker currents and planting my tippy toes in the sand when the tide pulled back out, and making it back in slowly. The Sea is mighty, even on a leisurely beach day! I’m not supposed to be posting, but I figured I’d pop in to do my usual birthday wishes.
Oh LAN, it seems like it was only yesterday that your first commercial installation (ARCnet) was born at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York. We must give thanks to Harry Pyle and that meatball sandwich he was eating for providing the inspiration behind ARCnet all those years ago. Enjoy it while you can old friend, because the times are changing, and you may not live to see your 40th.
The Apple ] [ was the first MacApple [Update: Thx for the Fact Check, Fanboys]I’d ever used. I spent Summers in Hong Kong with the grandparents, and one years, I got computer “lessons” on it. When I say lessons, I mean playing Ghostbusters. That game came out in 1984, which is seven years after the Apple ] [ launched, and actually even a few years after the Apple III (1980, turd). Pretty amazing little machine, with its 1MHz Processor and 4K or RAM. (Although I think mine was a more powerful Apple ] [e.)
[Wiki, RetroThing and TUAW. Image of the Apple I adopted for use from The Joy of Tech]
I’m 30 today. I woke up this morning and went for a jog up to Twin Peaks. I noticed how much harder it is to run with an extra couple of inches on my waist. Then I looked down and realized it could be the gigantic Halo 3 Zune in my hand. I got back to the apartment, thankful for the kind weather and the rare chance to exercise, and made myself a lumberjack platter of pancakes, 3 eggs, sausage, bacon, potatoes and a cup of ketchup and maple syrup. Damn Zune, slowing me down.
So what do I want for a present? Oh, so nice of you to ask! You don’t have to get me anything. I have what I need. Buuuut….since you asked, there are some things I’d really, really like:
I’d like an interview with Steve Jobs, where…
