>Nothing about modern computing evokes an innocent "Wow!" or snicker from me anymore, and I find that very sad. It feels like there is fun out there to be had

>Nothing about modern computing evokes an innocent "Wow!" or snicker from me anymore, and I find that very sad. It feels like there is fun out there to be had but for some reason (stubbornness? Rose tinted glasses?) you're not having any of it. Just this week I saw a 13 year old in a cafe coding something for Minecraft. I had no idea people did that but I enjoyed his enthusiasm and I learned something new that day. Don't want to sound mean but maybe you've gotten old and your tastes have calcified trying to hang on to times long gone by instead of moving on and trying the new things on the menu. My playlist is also stuck in the '80s but that doesn't mean there's no good music coming out now that I can also enjoy. You're also free to pickup vintage computers and tinker with them, or even better, get into embedded and FPGA programming like I said before. There's a whole plethora of options out there that can WoW you. Something must fit you if you keep an open mind and not expect the '90s to come roaring back. I'm an old dog myself and today there's way more cool stuff for me to tinker than in the old days, better and more open and easier to access tools I just like the free time for it.