[noduerme]

Hard to think of this as almost 40 years ago, but it was... my dad drove me up to MacWorld Expo in San Francisco in 93. We got badges and walked the whole floor a few times, looking at stuff. I was 13. Dad was a lawyer who had no interest in computers or my nerdy addictions and I think it was the only time in my life he and I ever took a trip alone, without the family. But he realized I was really, really obsessed with Macs, and what I didn't know was that he was about to divorce my mom and leave us. He so didn't realize I was using the house phone to run a pirate bbs for the last couple years. But he knew how to get around at trade shows. I remember just losing my mind at a few booths... VistaPro and Infini-D and the guy doing the Claymation demo, sculpting and rigging simple characters in almost realtime.... Dad got me my first Wacom tablet at that show. We stayed the night at the SF Hilton. Drove home to LA feeling like it was the best weekend of my life.

(edit) I just realized I'm drunk and this has nothing whatsoever to do with your post. Just a memory that seemed vaguely relevant. Disregard.

[stepbeek]

I very much enjoyed this comment - it sounds like it was a great experience. It’s a nerdier kind of beatnik prose.

[aphrax]

I thought it was a lovely reply, thanks for sharing!

[MauranKilom]

> Hard to think of this as almost 40 years ago

That's because it was almost 30 years ago, not 40 ;)

[noduerme]

heh. yup. I realized that after I wrote it, but I thought I should just let the original mistake stand. I've been feeling older than usual lately.

[Anthony-G]

It’s for the tangentially-related discussions and stories like this that I read Hacker News – sometimes skipping the original article.

[enjoy-your-stay]

Doesn't matter, I read and enjoyed it anyway :)