So it's now official

[mikephillips]

I've got a small deck of punch cards round here somewhere, kept them years ago as a reminder of 70s tech when I graduated. Once thing I don't have, and glad not to, was the old crt terminal and loaf of bread size modem used for connecting from home when oncall. Darn thing was carried around in a case the size, and weigh, of an old 20 inch crt TV. We only had one and the rest of the then team didn't want to do weekly oncall that each evening someone took it home then brought it back the next day for the next guy. Real pain to haul around...

 

[NutmegCT]

Mike - the inspiration for computer punch cards, ca. 1800:

The Jacquard loom: Innovation in textiles and computing | National Museums Scotland

A handloom in our collection was used for weaving silk at Stonehouse in Lanarkshire in the 19th century. It has a Jacquard attachment which allows complex

www.nms.ac.uk

 

[Basil]

Mike - congrats on being able to take that Great Leap Forward!

With all your computer background, you might recognize this even tho' it's before your time - an image created from punch cards and a light pen on the DoD SAGE system in the late 1950s.

The first "computer graphic"

Best wishes for your new retirement life!
Tom M.
a/k/a Curmudgeonly Master of Useless Information

I’ve seen that IRL!

 

[mikephillips]

I'll say it's completely official as of today, went to the grocery store this morning before lunch for my weekly run and not later in the afternoon after work hours. You know, lots of "grey" hair wandering the isles...

 

[NutmegCT]

Mike - one of the benefits of retirement: I haven't worn a wristwatch in 20 years!

 

[John Turney]

I eased into retirement quite slowly. I went from full-time employment to part-time consulting where I said "Why didn't I do this 20 years ago?" When annual bike to work days would come around, I said 'I'm not riding my bike: walking to my bike is longer than walking to my desk."

 

[equiprx]

I haven't worn a wristwatch in 20 years!

I never liked wearing one.
Now with a cell phone I get all the data I need.
I only wish it would tell me the day of the week at a glance.
Now I need to open the calendar app.

 

[Gliderman8]

I never liked wearing one.
Now with a cell phone I get all the data I need.
I only wish it would tell me the day of the week at a glance.
Now I need to open the calendar app.

I quite sure you can go into "settings" and place the day of the week on your home screen.

 

[DrEntropy]

Congratulations, Mike!

Are you planning on staying at the eastern edge of the continent now? Or heading back "inland"?