AnalogTechnophile

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Centered in the image is a flat, rectangular, clear plastic packet visibly containing a Windows 95 CD-ROM, instructional booklet, and marketing materials, never opened. The packet has been taped flat to a white wall using two long strips of packing tape forming an ‘X’ over the packet. The packet and packing tape are fully opaque, and reflect late afternoon sunlight from a tall unseen window to the right. Miscellaneous watercolor paintings and drawings affixed to the wall peek into frame from the right and bottom. The image reminds of the artwork “Comedian” (2019) by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, which depicts a banana duck taped to wall in a similar precarious fashion.

Going to start the blog. I’m lazy tomorrow, regrettably, so next week for sure…

bad UX while using a modern piece of software: inexcusable, horrid, I want a refund

bad UX of trying to set up a multiplayer session for a 25 year old abandonware game: immaculate, joyous, full of soul

this is deep.

utilize our digital infrastructure for one (1) good thing every day :-) you’ll be sure to feel a little bit better about the uh everything else

in early 2019 when i saw the AT&T 5GE icon show up for the first time in the middle of 1st period AP Computer Science Principles i freaked out and excitedly told everyone how this was the paradigm shifting or something

and by “people” i mean every person without fail— i can’t remember a single time when someone placed their laptop on top of it without first being prompted, then reassured

my favorite theory i’ve come up with is that this odd behavior stems from whatever instinct led to us avoiding walking over graves

my (IT help)desk at work is adjacent to a small client-facing table, and 2/3 of it is taken up by a relatively large laptop that sits closed unless a client hasn’t brought their own. the lengths people go to avoid setting their own laptops on top of it needs to be studied.

the once-was-a-girlchild who sat quietly watching her guy friends screaming at local multiplayer-enabled videogames in single player mode is now really interested in human-computer interaction for some reason