At least, I think it was thirty years ago today.  I might be off by a year, but I'm pretty sure it was on my 13th Birthday (I'd have to find my old diaries and see if I wrote it down.)  At any rate, for the sake of arguement, thirty years ago to this day, I got my first computer - a Coleco ADAM system!  Oh, I'd used computers before, such as ( Read more... )

     One thing that I really enjoy is looking through old cataloges; the waves of nostalgia bring me a lot of pleasure.  Ones from my own childhood bring back the strongest feelings of course, but I also love looking at old cataloges from before my time.  Late last summer, I scored a couple of boxes of old cataloges at an auction; there are ( Read more... )