I recently found out that I'm a direct descendant of 3 families of Mayflower passengers. I'd like to join the Mayflower Society, but the process of researching 8 generations of ancestors will take a bit of time.
I'm really looking forward to digging into my ancestry. I've already discovered some really cool stuff and I see it as problem solving, research and correlation, all of which I really enjoy.
I have these often as well. Had one the other night where I was headed back to bootcamp at 50. Somehow convinced myself in my dream that I could totally do it.
I always wake up with severe anxiety and have to look around to make sure I'm not living in the barracks.
I feel really badly for anybody starting off today. The technology landscape is terrifying and it's really hard to know what to learn or even where to start. With a C64, you could master that machine inside and out very easily and while you were at it, really understand how a CPU works. It's amazing what they were able to do with a CPU with 3000 transistors (compared to the 50 odd billion in modern processors)
Get ready for another dark age. The destruction of education and medicine in this country means plague doctors will be making a return. Better check with your HMO to make sure your policy covers them.
I was introduced to LOGO sometime around 1981/82 while I was in elementary school. I loved it. My teacher was just as much of a nerd as I was, so we all learned it together. Had it not been for LOGO, I certainly wouldn't be the nerd I am today.
I also love to dabble in old, long-dead technologies and feel no need to justify it to anybody. I tinker with old 8 and 16 bit Commodore machines writing code and building hardware and it gives me such a thrill because "young me" would have killed to do this stuff.
