The Buzz is back...oh Joi!
Ezekiel Krahlin
hacker's message board. The topic was:
Kim says, "The buzz is back..." [ Joi's Diary and Personally
Interesting Events ]
http://joi.ito.com/archives/2003/03/10/kim_says_the_buzz_is_back
.html
These are true wizards and their advocates, who know the REAL
history of Silicon Valley, and the great magic that once
flourished for a time. And I was/am part of it, too. So here is
my comment to this fine group: a look back upon the PC phenomena
through the eyes of an UberQueerGeekWannabe:
---begin my article:
I stumbled onto this message board whilst reading an article
about "blog" phenomena from that outstanding journal of cutting
edge news reporting, "The Register".
It is a genuine honor and pleasure, to have been a part of the
underground computer community, since I "got into it" back in oh,
1984 or so. So I remain with a fierce fire of oposition in my
chest, against that horrid company that won The Browser Wars! In
fact, it's even BENEATH ME to mention their name...or at most,
mention them obliquely, as in "M$".
I couldn't hack my way out of a virtual paper bag, but I sure
have been one tremendously delighted lurker taking ONE BIG LONG
RIDE!
How wonderful to see such innovative spirits emerge once
more...to trigger the NEXT ROBOT REVOLUTION, which should really
be UltraFantastic. As some of you may know, I am the author of
the world's only fully-ANSI-animated sci-fi tale, "Sally Jones".
Back then, I still lived under my birth name, Gene Catalano. But
in 1996 I legally changed my name to Zeke Krahlin.
If you care to reincorporate me into your community, my website
does a fine job of portraying my present self, and the great
adventures since I was last an active participant in S.F. Bay
Area BBS's...especially K*FOG, and later SFPCUG.
I was also honored by extensive quoting of one of my e-mails to
SFPCUG, regarding use of number-crunching algorithms to identify
virus invasions. That was for MicroCornucopia Magazine, BTW. Copy
of said article is in the "Flotsam" section of my site:
www.gay-bible.org/flotsam/micro-cornucopia.htm
BTW, I once worked under the direct supervision of Andrew
Fleugelman, when he was at PC World Magazine (then located at 555
DeHaro St., Potrero Hill).
Oh, one more thing: I founded Berkeley Unix User Group or BUUG,
in 2001. I let it go for others to run, as my gift to Berkeley,
for taking such good care of me when I was once homeless (1973).
---end of my article
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Lavender-Velvet Revolution
http://www.gay-bible.org/
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