Day3: Meet More Campers and Tell Us About Your First Computer Memory

Posted on 06.17.08 in Blogging and there are 11 comments.

I’d like you to meet three more campers today.

Meet Jamee, “Milk” and Marla

Jamee - Needs help picking a favorite musician.
Milk in the Closet - has known me for 15 years…
Marla Taviano - is a real live author (3 published and one on the way). Like me she has 3 kids and a work-from-home husband.

Click the READ MORE link to get to know these fine people.

ICEBREAKER Question

What is your first “computer” memory? Tell us about the first time you remember using the computer.

And if you remember 1994, enjoy this video (warning: it’s rated PG-13 for language).

Meet The Campers: Jamee

(Click here to meet more readers or click here to introduce yourself.)

1. What is your name or pseudonym and where do you live?
jamee

2. How did you find The Secret Life of Kat? Why do you read it?
you left a comment on jenn bacak’s blog saying you went to baylor. my husband went to baylor. i am easily intrigued!

3. What do you do?
teach preschool. coordinate 2nd hour of preschool sunday school at our church. momma 3 babes. love one husband.

4. What is one thing you’d like to brag about....if you were a bragger?
hmmmm......i am a really fast reader?

5. Recommend: 1 book, 1 musician, 1 movie, 1 blog
book- The Red Tent
musician- I am not so good at this.....
movie- Walk the Line
blog- I like The Pioneer Woman

6. What is something significant you’ve learned this year? I can be a momma to three. I must be better. God is graceful.

7. What is your favorite quote or verse? 
“All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” Romans 3:23

8. Based on your life experience, what is one nugget of wisdom you’d like to share?
Put no one on a pedestal. Rely only on God. Stop talking so much.

9. If you have a blog, what is the web address?
http://www.brickhausof4.blogspot.com

10. How many 5 year olds do you think you could take in a fight? 
I have done as many as 16. I don’t reccomend it.

Meet the Campers: Milk in the Closet

(Click here to meet more readers or click here to introduce yourself.)

1. What is your name or pseudonym and where do you live?
Milk in the Closet or MC, for short - sometimes known as psalm8410 or K on this blog

2. How did you find The Secret Life of Kat? Why do you read it?
Kat is my good friend.  I enjoy hearing her thoughts, both profound and witty.  She makes me laugh!

3. What do you do?
I’m currently in Human Resources, providing services to my Little One so she can become a productive adult in society.

4. What is one thing you’d like to brag about....if you were a bragger?
See above.

Also, I once tied a cherry stem in my mouth with my tongue in 7 seconds.

5. Recommend: 1 book, 1 musician, 1 movie, 1 blog
Whew...only one?  Can’t do it, sorry.

book - Through Gates of Splendor by Elizabeth Elliot

musician/group/composer - Third Day, Hillsong, Vivaldi, Barrage

movie - The Princess Bride, Pride and Prejudice, High School Musical (yes, it’s true), My Big Fat Greek Wedding (because it’s just too close to real life for me)

blog - this one, of course, and BooMama

6. What is something significant you’ve learned this year? I need others more than I think I do.  Being independent is lonely.

7. What is your favorite quote or verse? 
Psalm 24:7-8

“Lift up your heads, O you gates;
be lifted up, you ancient doors;
that the King of Glory may come in.

Who is this King of Glory?
The Lord strong and mighty,
the Lord mighty in battle.”

8. Based on your life experience, what is one nugget of wisdom you’d like to share?
God loves you.  It is a simple truth that has set me free and given me hope.

9. If you have a blog, what is the web address?
http://milkinthecloset.wordpress.com/

10. How many 5 year olds do you think you could take in a fight? 
I used to be an assistant principal of a primary school.  If they are anything like the kids I had, only one.  And I’d be lucky to come out alive!

Meet the Campers: Marla Taviano

(Click here to meet more readers or click here to introduce yourself.)

1. What is your name or pseudonym and where do you live?
Marla Taviano

2. How did you find The Secret Life of Kat? Why do you read it?
I saw a comment of yours on Michael Hyatt’s blog. You said something about his words applying to stuff in your world--web design, blogging, four-year-olds…

3. What do you do?
I’m a stay-at-home mom of three girls (7, 5, and 2). I’m a wife to a work-from-home web designer/podcaster. I’m a writer. (3 books published by Harvest House, 1 by Howard releasing January 2009, 1--er, 7--in the works)

4. What is one thing you’d like to brag about....if you were a bragger?
If I were a bragger, I’d brag about more than one thing. Cute kids, talented hubby, published books, my Savior…

5. Recommend: 1 book, 1 musician, 1 movie, 1 blog
Is That All He Thinks About? (Marla Taviano, Harvest House, 2007)
Watermark
The Sound of Music
BooMama

6. What is something significant you’ve learned this year? Apart from Me, you can do nothing. (John 15)

7. What is your favorite quote or verse? 
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14)

8. Based on your life experience, what is one nugget of wisdom you’d like to share?
His divine power (not my own!) has given us everything we need for life and godliness.

9. If you have a blog, what is the web address?
http://www.xanga.com/mtaviano
http://www.taviano.com

10. How many 5 year olds do you think you could take in a fight? 
Fist fight or word war?
Either way, one. Barely.

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I must have been about 7 or 8 and at my grandparent’s house. My grandpa gave me his techie genes. He always had the latest and best gadgets. I remember playing a video game in all it’s green and black glory on his RadioShack TRS-80

I remember floppy disks that were actually floppy and phone modems that you actually stuck the phone in…

Totally rocked the “trash 80!” I remember spending days typing in a Basic program from a magazine so I could play pong with my sister.

hey by the way, I need to update my get to know you thing...I think I sent it in a year ago...so don’t use mine, ok?

Commodore 64. I even had the modem where you hung the phone on it to get online. Retro goodness!

First computer memory?  Well, my brother had an Atari (2600), but if your talking like Apple computers (yep...nice little rainbow apple on it), it was 1987, 2nd grade.  It was exciting because you got to play Reader Rabbit.  And never, NEVER, put those floppy disks (when they were actually floppy) on top of the disk drive for fear of erasing the whole disk!

Ahh...thanks for the memories.

Commodore 64 also!  I think we used them in school in first grade, but the first significant use would’ve been around 1985, when I took a BASIC programming class at our school district’s summer enrichment program.  Learning to draw boats with color blocks (and, later, to make them move!) was the apogee of my programming skills.

Mine first computer memory is from 3rd grade (1983 I think) Playing Oregon Trail. We all got so pumped when it was Oregon Trail day.

Prodigy!!!  We had that and i just couldn’t figure it out.  I remember my friends telling me I should get an email account and we could write FOR FREE.  i couldn’t believe it… I couldn’t wrap my brain around how that would work.  Ha!

we had computers around as far back as I can remember. my dad had this Sharp laptop that had a printer attached to it. I used to play DOS games. Walk north. Grab sword. etc. it was pretty cool. i bought my first laptop in 2003, a toshiba satellite which is now too slow, i don’t even touch it. my next computer will be a mac if it kills me....i mean. i would really like a mac. Just gotta save up for it.

I’m not really sure, but the first thing that comes to mind is elementary school computer lab. This was probably late ‘90s, so obviously pretty far behind the curve. I think we had one in my house before then, but my memories of it all are awfully hazy!

I was also going to say the same thing Amy said...I think I sent an “introduce myself” e-mail a really long time ago...it might need to be updated! I don’t know if you were planning on using it or not, but just fyi.

My first computer was an IBM.

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