Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Blast from the Past...

Wow. 1988. In the Heyday of the Commodore 64. Back when I was still in West Feliciana High School, I submitted some tips to a popular Commodore magazine, aptly titled, "Commodore Magazine". I submitted a few and two of them were selected to be printed. Each tip selected receives a $5 check... well, except for the fact that I put them in the same envelope and, somehow, they found that as enough reason to just give me $5, instead of $10. No biggie. It wasn't really about the money. And, for that matter, I all but forgot about them ever being printed, my copies of the magazines getting lost (at worst) or misplace (at best) in the last couple of times I've moved to a new place.

However, just today, I was Googling myself (no, not for the typical vanity purpose; I was trying to locate some information about my mother in conjunction with myself) and I found where someone had put some issues of Commodore Magazine online when my search pulled up a couple of results from scribd.com.

Wow. 1988. In the Heyday of the Commodore 64. I realize that they're all but completely irrelevant (at best) now, but still, I wanted to post a link to them, for anyone who might want to check them out.

My first Game Tip ever published...
'Commodore Magazine Vo1-09-N12 1988 Apr'
(Search for "Yie-ArKungFu"): http://www.scribd.com/doc/14565370

My keyboard repair tip for the C64...

'Commodore Magazine Vol-10-N04 1989 Apr'
(Search for "RepairingYourKeyboard"): http://www.scribd.com/doc/14573215

I looked at the info about these being scanned in and saw that they were scanned in last year, which probably has something to do with copyright expirations, as it's 20 years after publication, but I also found it interesting (coincidental, I suppose) that they were both scanned in on my birthday. What a nice gift. Thank you, Steven D. of Prince George, B.C. Canada. It's just what I didn't even realize I wanted.