I made a speech at my grandfather’s funeral which was written on my Palm Pilot. The speech was about how I was influenced at an early age by all my grandfather’s books and the image of him sitting and learning. At a young age, I developed a passion for knowledge and an excitement for learning things. I thought it was really exciting to be surrounded by books and knowledge. And I still feel that way. But nowadays I experience that not by being surrounded by books, but being surrounded by the knowledge available on the Internet and on computers and on well-kept electronic handheld devices. As I was speaking, I envisioned myself as the product of what Amir was trying to inculcate in children- being able to be surrounded by knowledge, access knowledge, and present knowledge, through something high-tech, something computer-related.
