Thankful Thursday
2021-08-12 09:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mdlbearToday I am grateful for...
- Air conditioning.
- Noise cancelling headphones.
- Coffee.
- The World Wide Web (30 years old last Friday - see http://info.cern.ch).
- A comfy couch (for a more traditional kind of surfing).
- Emacs. (Have I mentioned Emacs lately?)
- (ETA) Boxer shorts.
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Date: 2021-08-12 05:42 pm (UTC)Fuuuuck... I remember when WWW was a new thing...
I know, right?
Date: 2021-08-13 01:45 am (UTC)Re: I know, right?
Date: 2021-08-13 01:51 am (UTC)Yeahhh... there was one of those "tell me how old you are without saying how old you are" questions over on Reddit. So I said I when I got online the internet was called APAnet..
Some snarky little booger called me gramps and asked if I needed help checking my email. So I bot-net sniped his ip and booted him off line with a DDOS.
Do not quote the old magic at me, for I was there when it was written!
Re: I know, right?
Date: 2021-08-13 02:17 am (UTC)Re: I know, right?
Date: 2021-08-13 02:22 am (UTC)grin
See also "When I was a Lad". Unlike Frank Hayes, I didn't have to make anything up.
Re: I know, right?
Date: 2021-08-14 08:44 pm (UTC)I have forgotten a lot of what I knew over the years, but I still understand what you did and what you're quoting!
I think I'm going to keep that quote in mind, as I deal with the brain damage from the anoxia bouts and required open heart surgery in 2017.
I may not know how to do the old magic anymore, but I still know who to ask if needed! 😏😉
Re: A comfy couch
Date: 2021-08-12 10:50 pm (UTC)Good to hear you're (mostly) coping.
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Date: 2021-08-13 01:46 am (UTC)