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This is a trip down memory lane for me. We played the text based games on the TRS-80 constantly. Then I bought my very own Commodore Vic-20 with a tape deck to store the code. I created an application based on the "Increase Your Word Power" from the Reader's Digest so that a friend could use it to teach kids vocabulary.…

I once had a network engineer chastise me for not automating a routine task. I argued that since it was such a simple task and only needed to be performed twice per year, that the return on investment of the time to automate was not worth it. He pushed me aside and declared that he could have it automated in the time it…

I played everything I could get my hands on. This seems familiar. the star trek game and word game adventure were my favorites.

Back in the 70's, my high school science teacher started a computing club with a TRS-80 (that's a Radio Shack computer). We spent hours playing games and writing basic programs. It seemed like a whole new world was opening up to us! I graduated high school and started as a pre-law student at the university. But it wasn't…

I'm in San Antonio but several of my family members are in the Houston area. Flooding is bad, but the community is great! Everyone is pitching in to take care of those affected. Sending love their way.