Category Archives: computer

Poor Mickey

July 13, 2016 – 2:56 pm

Milleniums and Pokemon fans of all ages are going crazy about the new Pokemon GO game. The addictive throw-back to the 00s has finger-twitchers fluttering their thumbs over cellphones like bees over the flowers of Elysium. My flip-phone doesn’t allow access. But I still like Mickey Mouse. He has no games. No movies. Only the […]

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Pong

July 24, 2015 – 4:33 pm

During the late 1960s and early 1970s I played pinball at the arcades on Boston’s Washington Street. My skills flourished and I competed against older wizards on machines such as Centrigrade 37 and Strikes and Spares. We loved the lights and bells accompanying our struggle to prevent the steel ball from ever dropping into the […]

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Incommunicato

February 13, 2014 – 5:58 pm

This past month I had been trying to sell a 1.25 diamond. Phoning Gene was impossible and he didn’t return texts, however the young tech lawyer was very prompt with responses to emails. “No one speaks on the phone anymore.” I wrote him and Gene responded, “Super old people use payphones/landlines, old people use Cell […]

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Eyes In The Sky

December 31, 2013 – 10:47 pm

The FAA announced plans to allow Alaska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Texas and Virginia to test drones for commercial use starting in 2015. The BBC reported that the head of the FAA, Michael Huerta, said safety would be the priority as it considers approval for unleashing the unmanned aircraft into US skies to provide […]

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Microsoft Team 1978

June 26, 2012 – 1:14 am

There were still hippies in 1978. Find Bill Gates. Clue; He’s wearing glasses. The kicker on this photo is WOULD YOU HAVE INVESTED IN THIS COMPANY IN 1978 If you had, you are richer than Croesus.

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