stock photo of old computer monitor When I was 10 or 11, I remember sitting next to my dad in our living room and reading computer code to him as he entered it into an Apple computer. We would finish the exercise and he would hit enter (or was it "run"?) and wait expectantly for the green type to appear on the screen. If we were lucky, the whole conversation would occur. Most often, there would be an error either in my dictation of the code, or in the typing of the code. We would then go painstakingly back through the lines, character by character, to find and correct the error. After what seemed like hours (and might have been), we would succeed and the computer would finally run the entire program. It was magical! My dad designed and built an earth-sheltered, passive solar home decades before solar panels were commonplace. He also was on a 9-month waiting list for a Prius, when hybrids were not seen on every street. While my dad is definitely on the cutting edge of technol...
I love old photos! Its nice to see a few that are not so posed!
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling it was supposed to be a bit more posed, but my grandma tried to make a break for it! At least that's what it looks like to me.
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ReplyDeleteNope, you beat you. I don't know what's up with my comments lately. I've had some not publish, and others duplicate.
DeleteSadly, I never knew either one of my grandmothers.
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DeleteHello stopping by from the a-z challenge. I love both of my grandmothers. One has passed away when i was in highschool miss her she was one of my favorites. I am now following you. Have a good evening.
ReplyDeleteThank you for visiting! I'm off to go read the post on your blog now.
Deletesunflowers! I'd love to have even the tiniest success at growing sunflowers (which would, of course mean giant flowers!)
ReplyDeleteThat photo was from our garden in Washington state, where gardening didn't really require a green thumb. I miss the ease of growing things there!
DeleteI love the picture of Reno and baby Drexel! I got sidetracked when I read this post and emailed GDB to see if there is any way we can raise a puppy for them. There are several states that have puppy raisers, including Texas. Dallas is 5 hours away. Thought it was worth asking, even though the answer is probably no!
ReplyDeleteI think that puppy raisers for GDB are limited to western states, but they might be able to put you in touch with a guide dog organization that does use puppy raisers in your area. The other option, of course, is to move west! We could really use more puppy raisers in our local group!
DeleteGodiva-Chocolates!!! That's my favorite G-word! Sadly enough I haven't had those for ages. My days currently are in the G of Getting my butt kicked with fibro... (my worst F-word I can think of by the way)
ReplyDeleteThose are wonderful Gs!
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