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i used to make this post every year and it’s been awhile since i did but, this year, i have an updated version of it… mainly because i found that the message board the links went to is no longer around, but, the internet archive still has copies… so, here is a copy/paste from the…

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amusing attempt to re-live the old days… [via Waxy] for the record, at that time, i was in the early stages of my techie journey with a TI-99/4A (with the 128k (?) memory expansion, disk drive, voice synthesizer, 300 baud modem, printer – ah, what i wouldn’t do for a pic of my old desk),…

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The true cost of free iPods – Engadget Boing Boing: Lucas put malicious Xbox trojan on Star Wars DVD Star Wars DVD Grosses $115M Google Search: star wars holiday special [not only do i remember the fam rushing home so my brother and i could watch this over 25 years ago, i have always rather…

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every year around 9/11 i have posted this in various places… now i have a blog to post it to, and i decided to post it early this year… here is the latest version of it… for those who have read it before, there is a chronology fix and i added a follow-up thread that…

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