Blathering into the void since 1996
Nearly 20 years ago I took the plunge and began moving all my music into the digital world, ripping hundreds of CDs to MP3. Years later I did the same to my DVDs and Blu-rays, converting everything to video files in one giant library. So basically I abandoned physical media as much as possible, which... Continue Reading →
No. Just...no. The most shit-tastic music format ever is now a nostalgia thing? I have fond memories of playing tapes for most of my childhood and teenage life, but what a pain in the ass they are! People say the same about vinyl, but your record player doesn't suck the record up into its hungry... Continue Reading →
Listening to music from my childhood and teenage years has not only fed my hunger for nostalgia -- it's also helped me cope with the terrifying reality of our new authoritarian nightmare. We all have to do what we can to stay sane, right? I grew up in a small Arizona town which was surrounded... Continue Reading →
Game Boy's Grandfather Long before the iPhone, Nvidia Shield, or even Nintendo's Game Boy, a group of pioneering portable games was born from the guts of digital calculators. This is the story of 9-volt gaming. I had the game in this picture! My brother had the baseball one. Clunky, beepy, and utterly unsophisticated games that... Continue Reading →
