1/25/2005 @ 5:27 pm by Daniel Eisner
On unix, back in the day(1999), we had something called a “profile.” This was more or less the same thing as a blog entry. If you chose, you could post some things, and any curious user could run a command called ‘finger’ in order to see what you had posted.
Now, being a too-clever-with-too-much-time-on-his-hands sort, I had written a program which would select one of several hundred quotes and sayings I had collected, and tack it to the end of my “profile” for the viewing pleasure of whatever random friend or stranger happened to be requesting it. Concept seem familiar?
I’ve managed to restore all my old quotes, and set up a similar system on the top of this page. It looks like I’ve dated myself with some of the computer jokes — I’m afraid some of the younger viewers may not get them. Maybe I’ll start an “old school” section…
