Tales of the Midwest: Computers, Girls, and Arrowheads

Photo atop piece is adapted from “Apple IIe” by William Warby (Flickr, Creative Commons).

Don’t worry about failure. Worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.

~ United Technologies ad in the Wall Street Journal

In my junior year of high school, I programmed the Apple IIe nonstop. At the time, I spoke fluent Beginners All-purpose…