Extra Life: Coming Of Age In Cyberspace Bennahum takes readers back to his initiation into this electronic universe, to his discovery of PONG at age five.” In that era of gleeful discovery, driven by a sense of adventure and a surge of power, kids found a world they could master, one few grownups could understand.Today’s digi

Title	:	Extra Life: Coming Of Age In Cyberspace
Author	:	David Bennahum
Rating	:	4.98 (469 Votes)
Asin	:	0465012353
Format Type	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	256 Pages
Publish Date	:	1998-11-05
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Today’s digital culture traces its roots to the 1980s, when the first computer generation came of age. These original techno-kids grew up with home-brew programs, secret computer access codes, and arcades where dedicated video gamers fought to extend their play by earning “extra life.” In that era of gleeful discovery, driven by a sense of adventure and a surge of power, kids found a world they could master, one few grownups could understand.In this fast-paced, real-life tale set in the bedrooms, computer rooms, and video arcades of the ’80s, popular media chronicler David S. Bennahum takes readers back to his initiation into this electronic universe, to his discovery of PONG at age five. We follow him from video game addiction—his Bar Mitzvah gift was an Atari 800 with 48K of RAM—to his ascent to master programmer with the coveted title of “Super User” in his high school’s computer room. Bennahum reflects on how computers empowered

Editorial : Bennahum writes a rich account of what it was like to be among the first to grow up with computers as an important part of daily life, where the critical parts of the most coveted toys are electronic rather than mechanical. What lends Extra Life such poignancy is that it ranges far beyond mere push-buttons and keyboards to incorporate the new electronic world into the larger life of a boy growing up in New York. Bennahum delves into his own psyche to show how the computer revolution dovetailed with other revolutions surrounding his coming of age, such as coping with his parents' divorce, emerging from being an outsider, and youthful (sometimes illegal) strivings for adulthood. However enthusiastic he gets about his electronic extra life, he doesn't overlook the dark side of experience. When he violates a system-access rule, for example, he discovers a serious system flaw and must now wrestle with the ethical issue of whether to report it and protect the system when doing so woul

She shares her story, bouncing between horror and humor. It is a very good book. A very open look into the life of someone going through a life changing experience at a young age and the positive outlook to have after. And, in probably the worst passage that I’ve ever read by Darwin, he favourably quotes another writer’s dreadful racist stereotype of the Irish.

On the other hand, Darwin was always a strong opponent of slavery, and he rightly argued that all humans, whatever their “race”, belonged to a single species and were descended from a single common ancestor. It begins with Francis at age 40, on the death of his brother.

The title comes from the quote that one's ascent in life is like a winding stair, taking one step at a time.

Easy to read, and fills in the gaps of Francis Bacon's life. This is that Bacon was the concealed first born son of Elizabeth 1st and her heir apparent. He did this in “The Descent of Man&rdquo