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Reminisce With Me

probably not TOO many will reminisce WITH me, but you can substitute "laugh at me & my early geekdom." those who CAN reminisce with me have most likely blossomed from geeklings into full-fledged geeks like myself by now. back on my dad's old apple IIc, complete with dot matrix printer, we used to play...

choplifter

swashbuckler

karateka (i almost forgot this one!)

lemonade stand (this one was REALLY early. brother dan might not even remember it. but i DON'T think we had this version.)

king's quest (i remember brother dan playing this, but i never did. all i remember is this.)

although not really a game, dan did play charlie brown's abc's quite a bit. remember M is for Motorcycle? sorry, couldn't find any screenshots.

last, but not least, for any apple fans, here is a link for you.

Happy Birthday, Mac

my family's first computer was the apple IIc. steve's family's first computer was the macintosh 512 (which we still have). yes, we've been geeks (and proud of it) from the beginning. yesterday was mac's 25th birthday. wow. here's some fun (i.e. geeky) clips and sites to check out.

1983 keynote, including the 1984 commercial

steve jobs demonstrates mac in 1984

the macintosh story, taken from the original vhs that shipped with mac - part 1 & part 2

fotos of the original geeks

happy birthday site

and... not sure where this came from, but it is great: bill gates on mac.

For the "Traditionalists"

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For Uncle Jonny & Aunt Jenna

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For Grammy Slice

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This Is Fun

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Up

i was just wondering... and then it appeared right on apple's trailer page. a big woohoo from this pixar geek. look it UP.

WoD x2

read an article in world magazine today about high school musical (1,2,&3) (which i now have to see). it used these words which i just had to look up. i had seen the first one before (but didn't know what it meant), and i had not seen the last, and although i saw the "ghost" in it, i could not guess its meaning.

jug·ger·naut

Pronunciation:

\ˈjə-gər-ˌnȯt, -ˌnät\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Hindi Jagannāth, literally, lord of the world, title of Vishnu

Date:

1841

1chiefly British : a large heavy truck2: a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path <an advertising juggernaut> <a politicaljuggernaut>

zeit·geist

Pronunciation:

\ˈtsīt-ˌgīst, ˈzīt-\

Function:

noun

Usage:

often capitalized

Etymology:

German, from Zeit + Geist spirit

Date:

1835

: the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era

WoD

upon reading that missouri is/was our bellwether in presidential elections, i had to satisfy my curiosity. the etymology is necessary on this one and quite fun.

bell·weth·er

Pronunciation:

\ˈbel-ˈwe-thər, -ˌwe-\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English, leading sheep of a flock, leader, from belle bell + wether; from the practice of belling the leader of a flock

Date:

13th century

: one that takes the lead or initiative : leader ; also : an indicator of trends