I remember being 14 years old playing with my NEC PC because IRQ conflicts caused it to reboot at unexpected times. My dad might have fixed it, but he didn't ha

I remember being 14 years old playing with my NEC PC because IRQ conflicts caused it to reboot at unexpected times. My dad might have fixed it, but he didn't have time so I had to rely on myself if I wanted to play Warcraft ever again. I didn't really know what I was doing, but it was the first time I took something apart trying to figure it out. I explored BIOS and all the hidden parts that Windows tries to hide from casual users. Looking back, that's really where my perseverance in working through hard problems began. I was expecting this to be "Linux roolz, Microsoft droolz," but I really enjoyed this. It's been a while since such simple, fun hardware exploration came across my desk.