👴🌞 Ah, the good old days when Sun Microsystems was a "tiny startup" and not just a nostalgic anecdote for boomers to reminisce about at dinner parties. Apparently, porting UNIX to mainframes was the pinnacle of excitement—40 years later, and it's still being dragged out like it was Woodstock. 🎸📜
https://akapugs.blog/2022/05/03/674/ #SunMicrosystems #Nostalgia #UNIXHistory #TechMemories #StartupCulture #HackerNews #ngated

Discover the magic of instant photography with the Polaroid i-Zone! 📸 This compact camera captured the essence of the early 2000s, producing mini photos perfect for sharing with friends. With its fun design and easy-to-use features, it's a timeless piece of tech nostalgia.
🏷️ #ThrowbackTech #RetroPhotography #VintageCamera #Nostalgia #TechThrowback #2000sTech #InstantPhotography #Polaroid #iZone #TechMemories #90sNostalgia

My passion for computing began when I was very young. I taught myself English by reading the instruction and programming manuals of my favorite platforms. My younger sister would look at me with the wide eyes of a little girl who saw a genius, for to her, I was her big brother - brilliant, heroic, incredibly strong. I was none of these things (except older), but to her, I was her role model. She would laugh hysterically when I purposefully dropped fruit on Donald Duck's Playground on the C64, just to see her laugh.

When I was photographed in front of my computer, she wanted to be included too, aspiring to be like me.

Later, she enjoyed drawing with Deluxe Paint on my Amiga, trying to understand how a computer worked. She was curious about what fascinated me so much about it, sharing my passion. But she was already drawing far better than I ever could.

On her 8th birthday, she decided to buy (with money gifted from relatives) a Sega Megadrive, knowing it was my dream console at the time. Since I let her use my computer, she wanted to reciprocate with something I would also enjoy.

30 years ago today, she passed away. She was just 8, and I was 14. I promised her that I would not pursue this career for "money" or anything else, but to prove to her that she was right to believe in me, because, as she used to say, “you love it when things work, even if it drives you crazy.”

Friends of the Fediverse, now you know why this time of year is not (and never will be) the happiest or most peaceful for me.

#TechMemories #SiblingsBond #RetroComputing #InMemory

Your first AI experience: What was your first encounter with AI technology? Nostalgia time! #MyFirstAI #AI #TechMemories

Today marks a very special birthday.
At home, recovering, doing things I love, working a bit, and spending time chatting with my wife.
An ordinary day, but in its own way, extraordinary.

I'll never forget, though, that exactly 36 years ago today, returning from school, I found a wrapped box with a gift from my parents.
I unwrapped it with my eyes closed, dreaming it would be exactly what I wished for. And, fortunately, it was: the dream of a boy turning eight, which his parents didn't quite understand but chose to support. Inside the box was a Commodore 64, the item that determined what my future would be.

Today, I want to thank my parents - who will never know I'm thanking them, as they don't even know what the Fediverse is. Their support helped me follow my path. Even though my father would have preferred me to be a lawyer (I wouldn't have been good at it, as I can't go against my beliefs), or a doctor (and I would faint at the sight of blood).

#BirthdayReflections #Commodore64 #Nostalgia #Family #LifeJourney #TechMemories