In the beginning….
Originally posted 3/14/06 on technotrike.blogspot.com –ed.
Back in the days when the word “Computer” still meant “A room full of equipment” to most people, I got my start playing with them… although not the “room full of equipment” kind… more like the “only marginally more than a game console” kind.
Those were the heady days of the Atari 8-bit home computer. Ah, the old 8-bit days…. I remember….
**FAST-FORWARD TWENTY-FIVE YEARS**
So here it is, 2006… Computers are now simultaneously passe and mystical… ubiquitous and disquieting.
After an awkward and uncomfortable stretch in the MS Windows world, I’m tickled pink to have my joie du calcul back, working in the GNU/Linux world.
So what is this blog all about? Well… back when I was an MS Windows SysAdmin, I got a laptop from my employer… it was one of those ultra-thin, ultra-light laptops. It was pretty tiny. I was a pretty big guy.. closing in on 300 pounds… Our controller walked past as I was setting the machine up, typing on the tiny keyboard… he said I looked like a bear on a tricycle.
So… the name of this blog, “The Technological Tricycle” is something of a callback to that.
What I hope to achieve with this blog is not terribly lofty… Just technophilosophy, the occasional review, and the rare howto.
Enjoy!