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I must have been in fourth or fifth grade the year my father connected our family computer to the internet. At that time I had been given a hand me down, black and white, Acer laptop. I remember thinking it was the coolest thing ever, even if I only used it for basic word processing and solitaire, it was my own personal laptop and that made it awesome. The Herlihey communal computer was a little more tricked out. I spent quite a bit of time playing CD Rom games with my older sister – we were particularly obsessed with DOOM – and learning about random items (such as the Nile) on Microsoft Encarta. I was standing in the doorway of the basement office where our lovely home computer lived, shifting anxiously from foot to foot as my dad and his friend tinkered about with the dial up connection. I was insanely curious to see what the internet was all about and could hardly contain my excitement. Perhaps out of his own enthusiasm, or anxiousness, my dad shooed me away as he and his unnamed friend continued tooling around; I sulked off as the dial up gargle sounded behind me. 10 Comments Scott Pilgrim VS Mirvish Village
Mirvish Village was hopping last night as hundreds of nerds crowded Markham street for the midnight release of the latest, and final, Scott Pilgrim book. Scott Pilgrim is a series of graphic novels by Bryan Lee O’Malley. An international hit, the series is set in Toronto; holding a special place in the hearts of Torontonians. continue reading… Comment Hoth Bound
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