I used to collect computer punch cards from the data centers.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have these huge black foam boards on the wall, and tacked to them, I have these white punch cards with my story ideas, scenes and notes.
When I was a postdoc, I jotted every fresh thought on a three-by-five card and kept them in a card catalogue.
When I played Little League, I looked up to the big leaguers, too, and collected their baseball cards.
I used to collect comic books. I had a substantial collection. I collect records also, but those have gone the way of the world.
And I always keep cards people send me. I have a whole wall covered with them.
I feel like a 1960s graduate student. I still work on note cards. I've never found a better system.
During the week that I arrived in the United States, I saw an airport, used a telephone, used a library, talked with a scientist, and was shown a computer for the first time in my life.
I was an avid Pokemon card collector.
I've never gotten cash out of a machine. I use my credit cards, so I don't need to do that.
I used to collect hockey cards. It was like Vegas at my school. You'd go to school with your box of cards, and at recess and lunchtime there were all these games we'd play.