Score at Goodwill Computerworks
Houston recently opened a Goodwill Computerworks location. I was very happy to see this because I missed my weekly Saturday browsing sessions at the Austin location.
Last week, I picked up a great load of books:
- Murphy’s Law
- The Elements of Programming Style (both editions)
- COBOL With Style
- FORTRAN With Style
- Programming Proverbs for FORTRAN
- Programming in VAX-11 C
- Software Tools
- The C Programming Language (first edition, two copies)
- UNIX System Administration Handbook (first edition, yellow cover)
Today, i went back to pick up a book about BCPL for $2, and while walking towards the cash register, looked down at the tub of PS/2 mice.
Sitting there on top of the pile like the king of the hill, was a Logitech Trackman Marble FX trackball!
I grabbed it, hurried to the register, paid the $8, and brought it home. “Hey honey! I have a surprise for you!” Amy turned around, and I handed it to her. “OOH! It’s so.. shiny…. I told you flowers were overrated!”
Only in a nerd household could a ten-year-old trackball be worth more in karma points than a dozen roses.