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Funcoland? Who the hell knows what they’re up to! ☯94NOV

Fresh off the press today: it has been announced that Software Etc. and Babbages will merge. ☯94AUG

I’m not quite sure how I ever lived without Quicken and TurboTax. ☯94FEB

Programming is much, much easier than writing a novel. It is even easier than writing a text book. I have attempted all three. ☯94FEB

Years ago I saw an article about how this person bought a wonderful Apple II, but he couldn’t figure out what to do with it. ☯94FEB

Why do we need to compute? ☯94FEB

Off the net, I run a BBS, write database templates for birdwatching, compose music, and make scripts for accessing the “datahighway.” ☯94FEB

On the net, I play games, edit a weekly digest about Queensrÿche, maintain two FAQS, and do lots of mail. ☯94FEB

I’m not giving very good odds that Steve Jobs will be the leader of the next generation of personal computing. ☯92FEB

Apple’s recent ads for their PowerBooks and Newtons have attempted to tell people what the heck these nifty gadgets can be used for. ☯94FEB

Software giant Microsoft has denied rumors that it acquired the Roman Catholic Church and exclusive electronic rights to the Bible. ☯94DEC

I began programming in 1968 on a CDC 1604. I used Fortran (when the sucker did not force me to use binary). ☯89MAY

This entire GOTO debate seems to be indicative of the quality of programmers available today. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH GOTO. ☯89MAY

Don’t hold your breath waiting for head mounted retinal projection systems. They are many years off. ☯92DEC

In the November 1992 issue of the Virtual Reality Report, there is an article titled “Head Mounted Displays May Damage Vision.” ☯93JUL