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Before Black & Orange

Write about your first computer.

Before black & orange, we were rolling dices to loading screens.

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couple sat at computer smiling.
Kim: What site is that?
Eric: Scriptingthewhy
Kim: You know Z-Daddy too!?
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DSL of Yesterday

Do you remember the wonder years of venturing to the library to use a computer if you didn’t have one at home? For me, it wasn’t a long walk but nevertheless, it wasn’t worth the effort for a half-hour use time.

You see, this was back in the days before the internet became a seedy place to distribute false information, perform criminal activities, and hide the fact that you might be discovering puberty at a young age from your parents. Remember kids, with great power comes great responsibility.

To give you some insight into the reason why we didn’t have a computer, it wasn’t attributed to discovering puberty. My family was more like the Jackson Five minus the record deal and singing “ooh, child things are going to get easier”, in short, we couldn’t afford to buy a computer. And yes, I know that’s not one of their songs, but it fits the tone of this story, so hush.

Since my parents attended school in the era of “make love, not war”, having something in the house that our parents couldn’t understand how to use was considered witchcraft. However, years later, I hopped into the working force and landed a job that paid slave wages. I manage to save up enough coins to make a purchase on eBay and snag my very first computer. Was I proud of this event? Well…I had to sell my body and time to corporate overlords, so you tell me.

To be technical, I had a computer before, but I don’t count it since it was a hand-me-down, and let’s be frank, no one enjoys using hand-me-downs. It was the bane of a nerd’s existence, all the reasons not to have a computer back in the day, using the phone jack, waiting for a page to load, hearing that god-awful loading sound, and if someone in your house just so happened to pick up the phone, you could call it a day, game over man.

The laptop I purchased was a 2010 MacBook Pro, got it for a decent price, and I waited because technology changes every three years. So it was only a matter of time before the internet horrors of yesteryear became a distant memory. I also made some upgrades to my MacBook and still use it to this day.

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Cloud Talk, Tech

Lifes Direction?

We have cellphones and you still brought a map.
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A Simple Director

Ever so often, we’re asked a question that really makes us stop and think, “Hmm, you know, we’ve never thought of that before, We’ve always been on the go.” Now, that we have paused to stop smelling the digital poo and smell some actual roses, we began to wonder.

What gives us direction in life? An interesting question that goes right up there with “What’s the meaning of life?” Oh, you don’t know the answer? The meaning is simple, you are to live and learn. We found that learning gives us direction.

How much snow can you fit into a ball? Man, that’s heavy.
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Who wants to learn? Learning is boring and for the most part, tough. Learning has a whole process behind it. It can be tedious, overbearing at times, and difficult at times. But what’s that old saying “If it was easy, everyone would be doing it.” Everyone wants to be known for something, but most don’t want to put in the work.

A great benefit to learning is it sets off a chain reaction. Going from one subject to the next sends the learner on a journey, where at moments, there are times of feeling lost, confused, and hopeless. Only to realize what they’ve learned has built their character, shaped their ideas, and raised them to new levels they could never have imagined.

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This is the equation to create a flux capacitor, I don’t know why no one believes me.
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Now, while we’ve made learning sound magical, and sometimes it is, there is a lot of work that goes into getting that magical “high”. A key to acquiring the “learner mindset” is discipline. It’s difficult to get anywhere without discipline.

This doesn’t mean forcing yourself to read 20 books in one day or take a series of classes. You could do that but the chances of getting overwhelmed and quitting are higher at that point. Setting the goal to learn a little of something each day, and building on that is a great start. You might be the next Albert Einstein, but you’ll know more than you did yesterday and the years to come.