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A computer theme:
I remember paying $1,600 for my first PC: 486, 25Mhz, 8MB of ram (expanded to 16MB), 120MB hard drive, Windows 3.1.
I remember paying $400 to upgrade that computer to CD-ROM capability (4X speed).
I remember replacing my 2,400 bps modem with a 56K to "really open it up" on my BBS connections.
I remember when Doom blew my mind. It was, like, so 3-D!
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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