http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FZgFAgmJkiE<\/a> .\u00a0 Her and I would spend hours taking turns on this game.\u00a0 Those times are one of my most cherished memories I have.<\/p>\nFrom there I graduated to a Commodore 64.\u00a0 My best Friend Shawn Hackett and I would spend hours drooling over the newest games at Hills department store.\u00a0 We would also spend hours copying games from other people and users groups.\u00a0 During that time 5 \u00bc\u201d floppy disks would be passed around user groups to trade games between the members.\u00a0 Games like Druid, Wasteland, Whirlybird, and Jet Set Willy would have an immense influence on our young lives.\u00a0 To this day they were so much a part we still joke about the humor and enjoyment we received from the games.<\/p>\n
The commodore would stick with us until around 1992-93.\u00a0 This is the time I received my driver\u2019s license.\u00a0 One night I was on Purdue campus just exploring around and came across a computer lab.\u00a0 No one questioned my being there so I just sat down at an Apple Macintosh. On the desktop was an icon labeled Netscape Navigator 1.0beta.\u00a0 Little did I know clicking on that icon was a life changing experience.\u00a0 In front of me popped up something called a search engine.\u00a0 I started typing in things I was interested in.\u00a0 Anything from Star Trek to weapons to cars.\u00a0 I remember sitting there that first night for hours seeing all this information at my fingertips.\u00a0 I would spend all my free time going to that computer lab. I would spend my time printing off tons of things and taking them home to read.\u00a0 This was one of those moments in life where you reach a higher level of consciousness.\u00a0 When I actually enrolled at Purdue I was able to gain several \u201cshell accounts\u201d.\u00a0 This opened up the doors to things like ytalk, html coding,\u00a0 and shell scripts.\u00a0 All of my free time was still spent in the ever-changing computer labs in the basements of various buildings.<\/p>\n
It was during this time my dad helped me buy my first Apple Performa.\u00a0 It was running Macintosh OS 7.0 and had a 14.4 baud modem.\u00a0 I immediately signed up for tctc.com dial-up Internet.\u00a0 I was one of their first Macintosh users which expanded my understanding because I had to do things very few others were doing.\u00a0 It was during this time I found the world of IRC.\u00a0 This chat system spawned many long lasting friendships I still have to this today.<\/p>\n
One day I saw a posting for a job opening at TCTC.\u00a0 Little did I know this was about to change my entire life\u2026<\/p>\n
Stay Tuned for Part 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I published this several years ago, and was lost on a previous blog.\u00a0 I found it while archiving things tonight and figured it was time to re-post and update in the end. 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I published this several years ago, and was lost on a previous blog.\u00a0 I found it while archiving things tonight and figured it was time to re-post and update in the end.<\/p>\n