I Love Collecting Cool Stuff
[b]Cool Shit (tm)[/b]
As much as I hate to give the impression that I'm materialistic - I prefer to think that I'm made of some sort of vapor - I do enjoy my Cool Shit.
The various music stuffs in my apartment come to mind immediately. My guitars (and other instruments/gear,) records, all the stuff acquired at concerts...it's obvious to anyone who enters my home that music is a big factor in my life. Pick any of the autographed pieces on the wall - it has a story, which hopefully someone other than me will think is cool.
I also have a thing for older computers. Like I currently have an old PowerMac G4 sitting under my desk, rigged with two video cards so it will drive dual displays at 1920x1080, for literally no reason other than "I think it's cool, and better that it sits here than in a landfill for the next several centuries." And I love the old compact Macs from the 80s and early 90s; I have a Mac Classic, which was a dumpster rescue, because it's cool. And because sometimes I want to play Oregon Trail, I guess. Or write in a completely distraction free environment.
At the end of my life, it won't matter. I won't get into some post-life bonus round for having this rare pressing of an album, or still knowing how to write code that will execute on a dead or dying processor architecture, but for now it's fun.
As much as I hate to give the impression that I'm materialistic - I prefer to think that I'm made of some sort of vapor - I do enjoy my Cool Shit.
The various music stuffs in my apartment come to mind immediately. My guitars (and other instruments/gear,) records, all the stuff acquired at concerts...it's obvious to anyone who enters my home that music is a big factor in my life. Pick any of the autographed pieces on the wall - it has a story, which hopefully someone other than me will think is cool.
I also have a thing for older computers. Like I currently have an old PowerMac G4 sitting under my desk, rigged with two video cards so it will drive dual displays at 1920x1080, for literally no reason other than "I think it's cool, and better that it sits here than in a landfill for the next several centuries." And I love the old compact Macs from the 80s and early 90s; I have a Mac Classic, which was a dumpster rescue, because it's cool. And because sometimes I want to play Oregon Trail, I guess. Or write in a completely distraction free environment.
At the end of my life, it won't matter. I won't get into some post-life bonus round for having this rare pressing of an album, or still knowing how to write code that will execute on a dead or dying processor architecture, but for now it's fun.
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