#37 rising in Technology on Substack! Great day :)

"When I played the dial-up jingle out loud in a coffee shop (accidentally), I felt a scattered wave of winces, like a frequency only older folks could hear."

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Yesterday I found a manuscript I wrote 40 years ago

Typed on an IBM selectric, only 1 copy (odd pages & a few chapters were all I had left)

Believed I mistakenly threw it out late 80’s

For decades this belief pissed me off considerably, so much work

I can’t contain my excitement & had to share

i learned what dial up internet is (was) yesterday

the doomscroll has made us forget about the joys of clicking through internet rabbit holes

'"stay hungry. stay foolish" - stewart brand' — steve jobs

vibe coding is literally the antithesis of FORTH programming

went on holiday with no plan, no google maps, and no internet!!
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I... started a substack! Each month, I'll quit a piece of tech for its more archaic counterpart. In between, I'll be exploring the indie web and all things neo-luddite :)

Follow my vow of digital chastity: cybercelibate.substack.com

I quit the infinite scroll!

Read the first installment of my vow of digital celibacy substack.com/home/post/p-... (I'm giving up a piece of tech for its more archaic counterpart)

Mountainhead makes me miss Silicon Valley

surfers once beefed with the librarian who coined the term "surfing the internet" — no! one! is! safe !

internet phone book! internet phone book!!!

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Can't stop thinking about the 2017 reddit blip where we decided to compete in designing the worst volume controls possible. My personal favourite — having to scream your audio level

Once the grid goes down, an old programming language called Forth—and a new operating system called Collapse OS—may be our only salvation.

My WIRED feature debut in print! Timely, since the world seems to be ending

I've been carrying this (beat up) tote for a decade, so to see my byline next to those whom I've read all these years is a real treat :')

Special thanks @amitkatwala.bsky.social
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Wonderful Tiffany Ng piece about the Forth programming language ...

... and Collapse OS, an operating system "for the end of the world"

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