Originally Posted By: peter
I sometimes dread to think what I'd've turned out like if the range and depth of coding opportunities available to today's consumer (or the kids of today's consumer) had been around back then.


Unfortunately the today's kids don't take advantage of the opportunities. Going beyond the "magic smoke" that makes products work takes too much time and patience, better move on to the Next Glittering Thing.

OK, see, I *have* become a Grumpy Old Man.