How I Became a Lego Man

My journey from a Commodore VIC-20 kid to a 44-year-old Lego Maniac

Omar L. Gallaga
OneZero
Published in
13 min readNov 1, 2019

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I’m at my desk and the world has gone away.

Usually writing is what gets me here, the zone where nothing exists but the blank page in front of you, filled up steadily with letters, then words, then paragraphs, eventually stacking across pages.

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Omar L. Gallaga
OneZero

Tech culture writer and podcaster, now freelancing in Texas. Bylines: Washington Post, WSJ, CNN, NPR, Wired, Texas Monthly. Here for all your wordy needs.