When the NeXT system came out, I had moved to Chicago and absolutely fell in love with the system. The only problem was that I couldn't afford one. So, I came up with an idea to try to become a certified developer (or whatever they called it back then) and applied. Fortunately, I was rejected. I'm quite happy with the path my life has taken, so I'm happy with just about all the things that have happened (I wouldn't be who I am if those things hadn't happened, right?).
What reminded me of the NeXT was coming across this site, through comments an article on Ars Technica on the history of the graphical user interface. The article itself is pretty okay. Took me back to when I first saw the Macintosh (lived near Ocala, Florida back then) and when I was messing with OS/2 - I had a machine that I had upgraded to 2 whole megabytes of RAM. Yes, two whole *megabytes*. I was quite the computer stud.
Anyway, time to change up my desktop on my home system again. It's been looking that same for a while now. Can't have that!