Christoff, the human<p>Hey, I'm chasing that early computing life I wasn't able to have myself and was fascinated by, and ultimately what got me into computing and keeps me in computing.</p><p>Not ashamed to admit it. </p><p>- Working on learning to code <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a> assembly and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/8BitComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>8BitComputing</span></a> in general.<br>- Working on learning exactly all a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBS</span></a> actually is and coding one.<br>- Reusing existing skillsets for coding/sysadmin/dba/hacker for it, but in this origin story <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgia</span></a> I never got in its entirety. </p><p>I saw a tape deck at a 2nd hand store the other day and was reminded of a math teacher showing me it could be used for data storage with computers.</p><p>I also feel fortunate that at this stage in my life I'm secure in my career (as much as I can be anyway), so I can relax a little on the hustle of skill improvement solely for work and all that.</p>