I got a day off of school in 1990 because Iben Browning predicted the New Madrid fault would erupt. We had duck and cover drills and everything.

Soooo… underwater soccer then?

These were always the first workstations taken in my college computer lab. If you got there late, you had to settle for a Sparc Classic, which was probably missing its metal mousepad.

I didn’t think I’d be asking this question today, but did something happen to KMFDM since the 90s?

I started to get mad, then realized all the games would be either in blackout or on some streaming service I’ve never heard of

Fitbits have measured SpO2 for several years now, and I assume other wearables do as well.

One of my favorite things to do is to compare the cost of taking the kids out to fast food to consumer electronics. Imagine telling someone from 95 or 05 that you could buy a nice little computer for less than some Taco Bell.

Saw Apollo 13 at the dollar show in St. Louis while I was in college. It was standing room only; people were sitting in the aisles and on the stairs. At the end, everyone stayed and gave it a standing ovation.

As lame as some TNG episodes could be, it was still way better than most series on at the time.

I may have to use “summoned God with JSON” in standup tomorrow, that is golden

It’s been a while, but I think I remember the Solarians and other Spacer worlds essentially lived in their basements, mostly having relationships with AIs, and only talking to each other via social media? Asimov saw further than I realized…

the goggles do nothing dot gif

I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised when they followed up with Jane’s Addiction

WaPo: Turning off the lights is good, actually