Slayer’s Reign In Blood album was released 25 years ago this fall. For my 13 year old daughter, it’s the equivalent of an album released in 1961 to me.
If I had any idea then that someday it’d be described as, “That old music my Dad listens to” – my head would’ve exploded.
I bought a VCR for $18!
Now I can finally start coverting my VHS collection that spans as far back as 22 years and includes roughly 6 gazillion tapes.
If I could sum up my teenage years using just one photo, it’d be the poster from Slumber Party Massacre 2.
Hype alert: Why cyberspace isn’t, and will never be, nirvana
That article was posted 16 years ago this week.
Amazing how someone standing right on the cusp of the big explosion of the Internet could be so blind to what was about to happen. Such gems as:
The truth in no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works.
and
Then there’s cyberbusiness. We’re promised instant catalog shopping—just point and click for great deals. We’ll order airline tickets over the network, make restaurant reservations and negotiate sales contracts. Stores will become obselete. So how come my local mall does more business in an afternoon than the entire Internet handles in a month? Even if there were a trustworthy way to send money over the Internet—which there isn’t—the network is missing a most essential ingredient of capitalism: salespeople.
Hilarious.
Copyright © 2012 Lord Gonchar