Update on geek status

Some further self-reflection on my computer geek -ness:


Was reading my Linux magazine the other night (OK -- most folks don't subscribe to computer magazines -- and esp. not Linux ones...), and in the Letters to the Editor page a guy was talking about getting his Linux certification, since he already had his Microsoft cert. And I thought: bleh.

And, I also don't want to have to mess with various configuration files to get stuff to work: I just plain, want it, to work.

So: not gonna be Troubleshootin' Computer King.


I **am** open to looking thru the various drop-down menus and customizing things -- to a certain extent. I like knowing -- more or less -- how computer stuff works (both concepts and terminology). But just not to the level of having to fix it when it goes awry.

And I **do** like old-timey (i.e. 1970s-1980s) laptop and desktop computers. Kinda like I think 1950s and 1960s cars look neat. So I'll probably keep around a computer or two from each era (translation: not getting rid of any of our old computers!), just to show the kids.

And I still skim the local classifieds for Apple II and Commodore 64s/Amiga computers.


If I wasn't into playing music, songwriting, recording my music, building useful things out of wood, martial arts, and shooting a few film shorts and music videos -- then, yeah, I'd be getting into computers. But given all those other hobbies and interests, I'm just an ''appreciative user'', I'm afraid.


There ya go.


--GG