Beautiful, especially the last part[1]. My youth started with a ZX-81 (10 print "notlisted"; 20 goto 10;), followed by a Vic 20 (poke poke), a Commodore 64 (6502 ASM, Pascal, C), Amiga (that demo scene! video toaster), a Silicon Graphics Indigo (rayshading) and various PCs, a NeXT, a few Suns, more PC-based (gaming) rigs, and somehow I've ended up with a Mac (Mini!) and various tablets.
[1] "Such a strange way to say goodbye. So here I am. Imaginary disks whirring and screens blinking as I visit my old haunts. Wandering through lost computer worlds for an hour or two, taking screenshots like a tourist. Shutting one virtual machine down with a sigh, then starting up another one. But while these machines run, I am a kid. A boy on a porch, back among his friends."
[1] "Such a strange way to say goodbye. So here I am. Imaginary disks whirring and screens blinking as I visit my old haunts. Wandering through lost computer worlds for an hour or two, taking screenshots like a tourist. Shutting one virtual machine down with a sigh, then starting up another one. But while these machines run, I am a kid. A boy on a porch, back among his friends."