Steve Wozniak is 60 years old today. That’s probably not as bone-chilling as it should be.<\/p>\n
If all he’d ever done was create Breakout, or the floppy disk controller for the Apple ][ , Woz would be remembered as a genius. But he also had a dab hand in the creation of the Macintosh as we know it, and his is the DNA in Apple that keep the Jobsian drive leavened with perspective and a sense of humor. Infinite Loop – hell, the world – is a better place for the efforts of Employee #1, and if he wants to spend his years now as the court jester of Silicon Valley? Nobody is more deserving – or suited.<\/p>\n
Cheers, Woz. Hope next time you go drinking with Gray Powell you get more than a lousy T-shirt. ;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Steve Wozniak is 60 years old today. That’s probably not as bone-chilling as it should be. If all he’d ever done was create Breakout, or the floppy disk controller for the Apple ][ , Woz would be remembered as a genius. But he also had a dab hand in the creation of the Macintosh as … <\/p>\n