Four different song collections by the University of California Marching Band (2 CD, 2 cassette)
Amazing Grace by the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Fowler’s Modern English Usage
All 3 figurines from the LOTR Extended Editions (Argonath, Gollum, Minas Tirith).
Dammit, why can’t we edit posts…
And the Ramayana Monkey Chant on .mp3.
Oh boy where to start…
My Commodore 64 sits right next to the Intellivision that I inherited. I love that Utopia game. They are both still hooked up to my television and work very well.
I also have a several boxes filled with Star Wars CCG cards.
My 2-XL sits next to an original 2-XL (they like to quiz each other).
Small fry really, but–
–The Japanese release of Death and Rebirth/ The End of Evangelion, despite already owning and preferring to watch my English copy (what can I say, I love the commentary. I’ve been meaning to check out Promethia for ages now, as well as have another go at Paradise Lost). The footage is absolutely beautiful.
–An Amiga 600, gathering dust in the loft. The last time it was used was a year or two back, just to check if it was working. It was, and I promptly grabbed the moniter for use with my PS2.
I still have a Tardis key (old style)
Now that is way-cool and nerdy and retro all at the same time 
A Star Wars plastic light saber and a Jar Jar Binks wristwatch.
Thank goodness I never had to pay for them.
No. I wish though.
Get an unopened copy of the original release of Zork Zero.
Or try Ebay. Apparently, the coins go for around a hundred bucks there.
Or find somebody who has one and trap them in absolute darkness. Then tell them you will sell them a lantern for the coin.
They’ll have no choice. Either they give up the coin, or they are eaten by a groo.
A Grace Hopper nanosecond.
(That is, a piece of wire about a foot long that represents how far light can travel in a nanosecond.)
Not only did I just buy a couple of those plastic change purses (the squeeze kind) but it took me 2 years to find a place that sold them. I hate change rattling around the car. And yes, I know what people call them.
“Grue.” This is a Groo, and it is infinitly more dangerous, as any fool can plainly see.
For the sake of comparison, here’s a picture of a grue.
Jeez, you’re right. That is depressing. (And I’m not even thirty.) :eek: I loved the Zork games to absolute bits!
All y’all are way more nerdy than I am – I just have a plush Cthulhu on my test box, and a Rabbit With Big Pointy Teeth on my desk. Plus a small ‘geek.’ button on my backpack, in matching black.
Now I am jealous. I am ex-Navy and a Computer Programmer and she changed both insular little worlds. One of the people I admire most.
Did you actually meet her?
How did you come up with one of her famous nanoseconds?
College Lecture?
Jim
I thought this was a Groo? 
She is one of my heros, too. And I enjoy thinking about McD’s handing out ‘Grace Hopper picoseconds’: Those little packets of ground pepper. Not as personalized as a genuine ‘Grace Hopper nanosecond’ but still geeky and fun.
Remember, that’s only his nickname. His full name is Grooselag.
In truth, NO, Dammit!!
In late 1983 or early 1984, my supervisor at Martin Marietta Data Systems, did go to one of her seminars. I didn’t.
So, no I never had the privilege of meeting her.
My boss did get plenty of Grace Hoppe nanoseconds to pass on to us when he returned.
I was quite happy with this, becaue although I never got to hear her speak, or even meet her, I got one of the wires that she touched. It is, nonetheless, very precious to me.
…an almost brush with greatness. Thanks for asking.
