Programming (Part 1)
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Programming (Part 1)

Hey, it’s pointless personal trivia day!  Hooray. Anyway, I’ve never taken up computer programming in any official “this is what I’m going to do for work” sort of level but it’s off and on been a background hobby of mine.  I’ve been considering getting back into it lately which has inspired this historical blog post. The first programming language I ever learned any part of was BASIC.  This was around 1987-1988 when I was 7 or 8 years old.  I know this because, at the time, my dad had gone back to school to finish his degree in Computer Science…
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Anime Central 2002

And now for your reading pleasure, the Lameazoid three part Anime Central EXTRAVAGANZA!! Anyway, was back in December a guy I know asked if I wanted to go with him to Anime Central in Chicago in April. For the uneducated, Anime Central is an Anime convention. So I agreed and here we are today. Friday After a long boring car ride, and a conversation on just what we each mean when we say "Chicago". He (Jason) seems to think Chicago is just some small bit of buildings near Lake Michigan. I prefer to think that the entire northeastern quadrant of…