Tag: personal history

  • Solo!

    22 Sep 2006 » 1 min read

    One last thing before going to bed. I would be remiss in my reputation as a perveyor of date-related facts, if I didn’t point out that 7 years ago today, September 21, 1999 I did my first solo flight ever–in a Cessna 152: [From my diary, 9/21/1999]: Solo! I did it. I flew a plane…

  • My first cell phone

    15 Sep 2006 » 1 min read

    Nine years ago today, on September 15, 1997, I ordered my first cell phone. I ordered it through AirTouch (which I don’t think exists any longer). I ordered their “Cal 30” plan, which cost $20/month for the first 3 months and $30/month thereafter. We could make free phone calls to our home phone number and…

  • Graduation 1994

    19 Jun 2006 » 1 min read

    My graduation from UCR was 12 years ago today, June 18, 1994. Normally, I would have remembered something like this, but it took external events to remind me. I was listening to my autobiography playlist, specifically, to the college era section, and I heard a handful of songs that remind me of the period right…