While looking for something unrelated in amongst the many backup CDs/DVDs I have dating back as far as 2000, I found this photo I apparently took of myself around 2003 or thereabouts (20 years ago as I type this). I was still in my 30s! I look wistful here, as if I knew the hair wouldn’t last. Or that the beard would shortly turn white, like Gandalf’s.
Also, dig those old school monitors. I think their combined weight was equal to mine.
Fun facts:
- The photo is a self-portrait taken with a Kodak DC280 Zoom Digital Camera (box pictured to the left of me), taken at a then-crazy resolution of 1760×1168.
- The date stamp claims it was taken on May 3, 1999, but I did not move in to the place pictured until September 2001. The “modified” date is October 26, 2003, which is probably the actual date taken.
- mytechbuyer.com no longer seems to be a thing, which is weird considering how SEO-sounding the name is.
- This was the end of my Big Glasses™ era.
- I was probably north of 180 pounds when this was taken. THICC, as they say.
- It was the only time I ever had two PCs set up side-by-side (old and new). I never ended up using the old one and eventually removed it.
- The window was at ground level (basement suite), which let anyone walking by peek into my living room, so I always kept the blinds shut, hermit-style.
- The house was sold recently and will likely be bulldozed to make way for an apartment or condo complex. I lived there for 10 years.
