[jmvoodoo]

Unrelated, but I read your book in the 90s as a teenager and it had a huge impact on my life. Still one of my favorite books. Thank you.

[CliffStoll]

Thanks JM. Long time back, and lotsa changes.

Cleaning out my attic last month, I just found a stash of punch cards left over from the 1980's. Some paper-tape that has my phd dissertation. And a fortran manual from my high school's IBM-1620. Oh my...

[imdsm]

I read your book for the first time a few months ago after someone here recommended it. I was hooked. It took me back to my beginnings (99/00) when the internet was different, when we had dial up and there was still discovery.

I appreciate the time you put into writing it — and the nostalgic enjoyment it brought me.

[sizzle]

What are you up to these days? Were you able to predict or see the advent of modern AI and LLMs coming from earlier in your career? Thoughts on the future of computing?

Thank you.

[jakespencer]

Also unrelated, I too read your book in the 90s as a teenager and emailed you, and you emailed me back!