Seven Things You Don’t Know But I Do, II
Once again, I’ve been tagged with the “Seven Things About Me That You Might Not Know” meme, this time by CHESSNOID. (Jon did too, but I’ll do his in a different post on a different day.)
1. I write letters in PageMaker. Though, I suspect it will be in InDesign from now on, since I’ve upgraded. Yes, real men do letters in PageMaker (or InDesign). Precision control over the page layout. No funky formatting. No unexpected line breaks or other wackiness when printing. Microsoft Word? As if!
2. I used to play video games a lot on the Sears Atari 2600 clone. My neighbor and I would spend the whole day playing video games. If I remember right, I “flipped” Pac-Man twice in one session. There was a trick to hiding him in the tunnel so the ghosts couldn’t get you even if they passed through. So, for lunch or dinner (since there was no PAUSE button!), you’d keep him in the tunnel with one hand and eat with the other.
3. The first computer I bought was a Macintosh PowerBook 180c. It was my main computer until I bought my Power Macintosh 7500, which I still use.
4. I had a font obsession, and still kind of do to a certain extent. I probably have enough fonts that I could write a letter in a different font each day for several years.
5. Hiding in plain sight works. One time when playing “Bloody Murder” with my neighbors, I “hid” by walking in the street (other people were walking too). While the gang looked for me, they mentally tuned out the pedestrians and never saw me!
6. A good friend of mine in the 8th grade (and high school, though we went to different high school) was of Philippine descent. I was the only one who could pronounce his name correctly, although it wasn’t that hard! For one thing, “a” sounds like “ah” not “oh.” See, not that tough! Anyway, last I heard he was working at Intel.
7. When I was a kid, I only remember being grounded once but I don’t remember what for, and my parents don’t remember it at all. I wasn’t allowed to use the phone for a week, which wasn’t all that bad since I only used the phone about once a week anyway.
So, who to tag this time? Well, I couldn’t tag Joanne last time because she had tagged me. But, that’s not the case this time. So, guess who gets the tag… That’s right, Joanne. If I can do it twice, so can she.
Hey DCR, nice to know more about you
I wasn’t much of a gamer. Couldn’t afford it growing up. It was funner going to the arcade and dropping quarters in the machine.
A font obsession? That’s one I never hear of.
The MAC are cool looking computers, but there’s no right click, lol
Hold down the Control Key while clicking and that’s the equivalent of a right click.
Or, plug in a two-button USB mouse.
Or, get a newer Mac that comes with a Mighty Mouse.
Or, on an older Mac, use a programmable mouse.