Working Daze by John Zakour and Scott Roberts for September 04, 2021

So she’s from Padua in northern Italy? Or is she a young padawan?

Wasn’t Garfield a president?

She has so many things to learn.

https://garfieldminusgarfield.net/

Wait, where’s his Tandy, his Commodore, Apple II, or his prizes, rare Apple Lisa computer?

I think he was a president.

I wonder if the “paduan” is another term to refer to Star War’s “padme”

Don’t forget the luggable PC. I had a Sony PC with a colour monitor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible#/media/File:Compaq_portable.jpg

Give it up. She’s from a different planet called Millennial or Generation Z or whatever they are calling this new generation.

Lucky girl. I never did care for Garfield

I worked at an office that had one of those “portable” computers that was the size of a suitcase with a carry handle. A one-piece thing that opened up to reveal a keyboard and a tiny little screen. It was so heavy that I could hardly lift it. Fortunately I was just a peon and had no occasion to use it. Felt sorry for the guy who had to carry it around to various client offices.

I admit I still have a Sinclair ZX80 but I rarely mention it to anyone. It has personal associations. When I started work at a new company in 1990, they had only one PC shared among five systems engineers. I brought in the Sinclair ZX80, set it up on my desk with a portable TV and made sure the chief engineer saw it. He ordered us individual PCs the next day. :)

I had to explain Dilbert to a couple of newbies the other day. But now he’s been shut down, that’s another cultural thing they’ll miss out on.