It was 1995.  I had just received Bryce 2 and Photoshop 3 as presents.  Not too long after, I was browsing the internet, which I'd just accessed that year, and came across Metacreations' web page.  At least I think that's how it happened.  It's been so long.  Anyway, I saw an ad for Poser and knew that I had to have it.  I'd been drawing for years but the human form eluded me.  So I wrote a check, sealed it in an envelope and headed out the door to mail it.  Seems strange now.  Why not use PayPal?  Why not use the online form?  Why not download the demo?

None of those things existed yet.

As I was heading out the door, I saw that the mailman had delivered the mail.  I scooped it up and leafed through it.  There was a software catalog among the bills and letters and inside the catalog was a big ad announcing the debut of Poser 2.  So I went back upstairs to fill out the form from that catalog and put it, and the check, in a new envelope.

Sixteen years ago.  Wow.