Saturday, July 03, 2004

MeanDean, do programmers still hibernate?

My birthday was a few days ago, and the Eldest Younger Brother Tom sent me a few reminiscences that I wonder might still be so. So, Mean Dean of "Heal Your Church Website", or any other computer professionals who might be reading --- after a fine job of programming, do programmers still hibernate for a few days in recovery? Or are computers kinder to their humans in these latter days?

Here's the memory list:

Hey there, OLDER Sister o’ mine-

Blessings and felicitude on this thy Birthday, in Number of (dare I say it?) eight and forty.

Remember when :

Computers were only good for making Daddy sleep through the weekends??

It was science fantasy (Jetsons) to have carpal tunnel syndrome?
“Oh, my aching finger! I had to push that button EIGHT TIMES today! That Spacely is a slavedriver!”

It was a status symbol to have a portable phone the size of a briefcase?

Ditto for a business calculator?

We thought it was funny that small children could operate and program VCRs before they could talk?

Oh, for the good old days…

Your ever-loving Brother on the Left Coast


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2 comments:

  1. Hi Karen! Happy Birthday!!!!

    As for computers, well ... I'm torn between wishing they would all disappear overnight and needing them to satisfy my blogwunderlust!

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  2. Birthday blessings, Karen.

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