outdated technologies

Outdated technologies have a certain appeal. My fiancé collects 8-track tapes. He has over 1000 of them. He sees them as a snapshot of another time and collecting them is a mission to recapture a piece of bygone days. With computers, I’ve found that almost everyone likes to talk about the equipment they used back in the day (Commodore, Apple IIe, Atari, etc). The Sweetwater Library System’s (WY) “On the Same Page” blog recently included a humorous take on a gadget graveyard article, analyzing technologies that are about to become extinct. In a culture in which it feels like we’re rushing to keep up with the latest and greatest, it’s refreshing to remember things that feel simpler.