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I got a refreshing change in the SEB Mailbag the other day. In place of the usual poorly worded, barely coherent ranting I usually find there was a bit of fan mail that contained a Question of Utmost Importance! This is such an unusual occurrence that I thought I should go ahead and answer it here. So . . . → Read More: SEB Mailbag: Dear Unintelligent Mean Illegitimate child. 
… over the past 40* or so years, basically in the time I’ve been alive, are really quite impressive when you stop long enough to think about it: I sit down some evenings and play a video game with anywhere between 4 and 1,400 strangers — depending on the game — at the same . . . → Read More: The improvements in video game technology… 
And another fond childhood memory bites the dust. Sony just announced the other day that they have ceased production of the cassette tape playing Sony Walkman in Japan. The last shipment was sent out this past April and there will be no more. Well, no more from Sony. Apparently some Chinese company has the . . . → Read More: Sony kills off the Walkman. I’m looking forward to the new TRON: Legacy movie. If this trailer is anything to go by then the upcoming video game tie-in looks like it’ll be pretty good too: Video Games | Tron: Evolution | E3 2010: Locals Trailer XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii What’s really impressive about this to . . . → Read More: “TRON: Evolution” game trailer his the net. There was a time when using the telephone meant picking up the receiver and talking to an operator who would make the connection for you. There was no dial or buttons to push and there was a good chance the operator would listen in if it sounded like anything interesting was being discussed. The technology, . . . → Read More: How to use your fancy new rotary dial telephone. Well that flashback to the 70’s was so popular that I thought I’d do one for the 80’s. This pic is from a Christmas morning circa 1985 or ‘86. I was probably 17 at the time. Click to embiggen! Looking at me now it’s hard to believe I used to be that skinny. And . . . → Read More: Retro Flashback to the 80’s! (#Blogathon) Somehow we got around to discussing the 70’s on the live video feed and I felt compelled to dig out and post the following picture of me, my mother, and sister from some time in the 70’s. Fear the plaid pants: Click to embiggen, IF YOU DARE! I’m not sure how old I am in . . . → Read More: Retro Flashback to the 70’s! (#Blogathon) The folks at The Retroist have an entry up featuring scans of the video games and systems offered in the 1983 Sears Wish Book: Click to embiggen! Man does that bring back memories. 1983 was the year the video game market cratered and it looked like home systems would be nothing more than a . . . → Read More: Ghosts of Krismas Past: Scans from 1983 Sears Wish Book. I have to admit that when I first read this news item… NEW YORK (AP)—It wasn’t the gruesome costumes or gory masks turning up at Lisa Bruno’s front door that spooked her on Halloween. It was the pudge lurking beneath the costumes. “The kids were just so huge,” Bruno says. So five years ago, . . . → Read More: Some folks substituting toys for candy on Halloween due to obesity. Oh yes, I can remember those bygone days when this was what we geeks lusted for: Click to embiggen! Found over at BB Gadgets. |
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