---
title: "How I spent my burn-in period"
date: 2005-11-29T21:54:24-05:00
url: https://blog.lmorchard.com/2005/11/29/how-i-spent-my-burn-in-period/
author: Les Orchard
tags: [asides]
---

# How I spent my burn-in period

<blockquote cite="http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/11/burn_in_0_how_i_got_into_compu.html">I don't want to produce a book (I was an editor for four years, and one should never learn how sausage is made :-), but I do have a blog. So I asked some of my friends and I'll be posting the results, several per day, so long as they keep coming in.</blockquote>
<small style="text-align:right; display:block">Source: <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/11/burn_in_0_how_i_got_into_compu.html">O'Reilly Radar > Burn In 0: How I Got Into Computers</a></small>

Nat's recent series, [Burn In][burn] reminds me a bit of Adam Kalsey's [Newly Digital][nd] from a few years ago.  (*Man, has it been **a few years** since that, already?*)

Unsolicited, I'd [written up my own newly digital experiences][mine].  There I was, in the fourth grade, reverse-engineering the C64 kernel from a disassembly dump of the 6502 code I'd printed out.  I can't say it really hurt my chances with the girls, though.  On the contrary, [it eventually attracted just the right one][girl].

<img src="http://www.decafbad.com/blog-images/first-c64.jpg" width="297" height="200" />

[burn]: http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/11/burn_in_0_how_i_got_into_compu.html
[nd]: http://kalsey.com/2003/05/newly_digital/ 
[mine]: http://decafbad.com/blog/2003/06/13/newly-digital
[girl]: http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/06/17/were-engaged