> I came across this a long time ago, but read it again, and laughed out loud several times. It's a good read. I've read it before as well, but read it again r

> I came across this a long time ago, but read it again, and laughed out loud several times. It's a good read. I've read it before as well, but read it again recently due to this HN post (before it moved up in the stack, sometime last week). While I always find it an amazing and amusing recollection of the period, at the end I always find a bit of "smoke" in my eyes, knowing that we have lost one of the greats of our age, and that I will never be able to say to him personally how much I have enjoyed reading and listening to his words. Fortunately, though, we do still have those - and they seem to continue to inspire people - which is really something.