I went to two parties on Saturday night, and I didn't drag myself home until after 5AM. You'd think that would be some sort of indicator that I'm not a total nerd, wouldn't you?
At least, you'd think that if you hadn't actually met me.
But instead, the big news I want to share from Carringtonland is that I had my very first Ebay experience this weekend. Yup, until now I'd neither bought nor sold anything on Paypal's poppa. And when I finally did, it wasn't to buy something cool like a motorcycle or a poster of Shaft. Oh no, not me. The thing that got me reading about auction sniping and bidding techniques was an $8 copy of a double-decades old Apple II computer game. “Yet another in a long series of diversions in an attempt to avoid responsibility,” and if you get the reference you have no right to judge me. ;-)
The game I so eagerly snagged was one I had wanted to play back when I had Apple II computers the first time around, about five thousand years ago. Now that I've got a “new” Apple IIe sitting on my kitchen table I've started eyeing the Infocom games and other goodies available online. I'd much rather stumble across them at nerd-fest vintage computer trade shows like the one I attended last month, but alas those don't come around often.
So now Dondra's winging its way here and there'll be hot times in the old 8-bit town tonight (or in a couple weeks when it actually, hopefully, arrives).
Eyeglasses, meet masking tape. Pens, meet pocket protector. You'll get to know each other well.
