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See now you just made me feel old. I used a fountain pen, a slide rule and 7-figure log tables in school...
I also had an HP calculator, but I started with a slide rule.
The only computer I had was an IMSAI 8080 that a bunch of us built, when we started the microcomputer club at the tech college. We had to write a proposal for the funds to the student council, outlining what we would use it for, how we'd manage time, etc. It had a whopping 8KB of RAM and a Tarbell-compatible cassette-tape interface in its first incarnation. Plenty of panel-switch toggling in those days.
Later we got 8" single-sided floppy drives, which we then wrote a bootloader EPROM for. Sadly, we bet on the wrong horse (hard-sectored floppies), and it was a little over a year later that we had to get soft-sectored drives so we could put CP/M on it.
Not even a Macintosh or Apple Lisa?
I used to do all textbooks and paper homework until middle school when they introduced BYOD even before covid in schools.
lol. It was probably an Omega or BBC micro or something. No Apple computers until many years later. Things were very different last century!
My first home computer was a Commadore Vic 20. Not a power house even in it’s day.
OH yeah !!??? I had to do the same , except we each had to cut down our own 7 logs and then make the tables .
OH yeah !!??? I had to do the same , except we each had to cut down our own 7 logs and then make the tables .
School ??!! You posh lucky buggers. I had to shear sheep from sunrise to sunset six days a week. Day seven was devoted to emptying the outhouses.
We did that before and after school. Had to get up so early we used to get up before we went to bed!
These youngsters have it too easy!
Good old Monty Python.
They were the best! I still occasionally quote them to the confusion of Gen Z students. Not all though, there are a few cultured ones.Good old Monty Python.
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See you existed even at the time of the earliest computers! 🤭
These were even at the earliest of CRTs and even before Mac.
So... you never had to muck out from underneath the shearing sheds? Some people have an easy life.
My computer tells me it is May Day today.
Apparently we are supposed to dance around a Maypole, wearing frilly clothing and garlands of flowers.
Apparently we are supposed to dance around a Maypole, wearing frilly clothing and garlands of flowers.
Actually, because it's MAY Day, not SUPPOSED TO Day or SHALL Day, we MAY dance around a Maypole (or a MayNotpole), wearing whatever clothing (or not) one may wish (or not). Flowers also optional.
A glorious late spring - early summer? - day.
I headed into the city, where - in advance of the Bank Holiday - I thought it prudent to make a few purchases.
Coffee (and coffee filter papers), artisan bread, organic milk, (and organic cream) and cheese, were all purchased.
The library was visited, and books were both collected (I had expected one, four awaited me) and returned.
Likewise, an excellent local bookshop was visited, - they had texted me to inform me that some books I had ordered last week had arrived - and those books were collected, and stuffed into the waiting rucksack.
I headed into the city, where - in advance of the Bank Holiday - I thought it prudent to make a few purchases.
Coffee (and coffee filter papers), artisan bread, organic milk, (and organic cream) and cheese, were all purchased.
The library was visited, and books were both collected (I had expected one, four awaited me) and returned.
Likewise, an excellent local bookshop was visited, - they had texted me to inform me that some books I had ordered last week had arrived - and those books were collected, and stuffed into the waiting rucksack.
Yesterday got my honour cords from a transferring and graduating students signing and recognition event.
It’s a casual event where I had tacos for lunch and much like the signing ceremony day I had two years ago at high school.
Surprisingly I got two honour cords. One cord had flowers on it.
Can’t wait to get cap and gown 🧑🎓 next week that’s when it goes on sale
It’s a casual event where I had tacos for lunch and much like the signing ceremony day I had two years ago at high school.
Surprisingly I got two honour cords. One cord had flowers on it.
Can’t wait to get cap and gown 🧑🎓 next week that’s when it goes on sale
I still use a fountain pen, whenever I write by hand (which is frequently, by which I mean, daily, and includes everything from a shopping list, to notes for talks, or briefings).
However, I also use my Apple computer daily.
The use of the one does not exclude using the other, for, to my mind, there is no contradiction to using both, on a regular basis.
The last time I used a fountain pen I was probably at primary school. I could have been a Doctor the way I write. I think I learned to write badly to hide my atrocious spelling being dyslexic.
These dates I write on a keyboard only tbh. Hand written notes are very infrequent.
Busy day. Finished work late. A meeting overran which was not a great meeting tbh.
Then I had to collect some items and drop them off with Mrs AFB for her voluntary job.
So all in all it’s been a long day.
Mostly on my mind is the fact that the glorious weather is due to change (now that it’s the bank holiday weekend). Typical!
Then I had to collect some items and drop them off with Mrs AFB for her voluntary job.
So all in all it’s been a long day.
Mostly on my mind is the fact that the glorious weather is due to change (now that it’s the bank holiday weekend). Typical!
Same here. First (and sometimes second) drafts with FP, then final on Mac.
And on another note.
Federal election on today. Leaving to vote soon.
Unfortunately, we have a very limited range to choose from.
They will only let us vote for politicians...
Federal election on today. Leaving to vote soon.
Unfortunately, we have a very limited range to choose from.
They will only let us vote for politicians...
Exactly.
Actually, while I like the physical act of writing, I find that writing something by hand somehow works better when I am thinking something through.
For me, it - physically writing, taking notes - also works better when I am attending a meeting (either in person or online) - the act of physically writing something down makes it easier to recall - to remember - what was said at that meeting, and what I had thought about it at the time.
My father is (very much) on my mind.
As it happens, he died twenty years ago, today.
My two brothers and I have been chatting by email, and will probably chat (by phone) over the week-end.
As it happens, he died twenty years ago, today.
My two brothers and I have been chatting by email, and will probably chat (by phone) over the week-end.
Understandable. Hope you can share happy memories.
My Dad recently had knee replacement surgery and is recovering well. But my parents age and the distance we live apart are often on my mind.
As their health deteriorates things will get difficult for sure. Especially as I see them so infrequently.