Lifelong Nerd and Lego Afficionado
I want to know how it works
My dad bought me my first computer when I was 11 years old - a Vic 20. After that I upgraded to a Commodore 64 and started programming by typing in BASIC programs I found in books and then modifying them. At that time, my favorite programs were text adventure games like Zork. I was the typical fantasy nerd and loved novels by Tolkien and Asimov.
After that I learned my computer skills like any other kid - I wanted to play computer games, and so I had to learn how to copy and hack games. I remember frying my Commodore because I was trying to reset it via a paper clip that I would use in the back port to reset it and dump its memory (so I could copy it to disk once the reset was complete). A trip to the local auto store to replace a fuse got me back in business.
