31 Nostalgic Technology Snapshots We All Have Stored in the Back of Our Collective Hard Drive
Do you realize how fast the world is changing? It doesn't feel like it, because a changing world is all we know but up until a hundred years ago, things used to change in a very, and I do mean VERY slow pace. Someone had an idea to tie his cart to a horse, and that idea stuck and remained unchanged for literally thousands of years. At the beginning of the previous century everyone was still riding around on carts with horses and then suddenly the steam engine came, and we got trains, and then the combustible engine came and we got cars, and then the electric engine came and now we have self driving electric cars and all that happened in a span of three generations!
Technology is moving so fast that we get nostalgic for a time that just happened a decade ago, yet looked so different. A time where we had to "Log on" to the internet, "Burn CDs" Use "Zip drives" to store files and play solitaire on computers that had a "Desktop Theme" and a bulky CRT monitor. Oh how times have changed!
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Frames, or No Frames? That is the question
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Burning CDs? never heard of it
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Google! Beta circa 1998
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Here's how we used to update our Microsoft Windows OS
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Delete Cookies
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Good old user pictures
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SimTower (1994)
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STC Executel (1984) was smartphone from the 1980s
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Zoo Tycoon (2001)
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The Zip Drive
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Telic Alcatel Minitel 2 (1980s)
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System preferences
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I miss desktop themes
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Sharp 3LS36P (1986)
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Solitaire
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Tucows: Screensaver of the Day (2000)
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Tekno the Robotic Puppy (2000)
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Quake III Arena
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Outlook Express for Windows 98
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NeXTStep (1996)
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The Nokia Talkman 320F (1984)
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Winamp Skin: MountainDew
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Apple in 2001
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Microsoft 3D Movie Maker (1995)
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The iTunes Music Store in 2003
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WebTV
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Half-Life (1998)
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The Motorola IMfree Personal Instant Messenger
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Körting (1980)
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Don't forget to defrag your computer!
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Trust me!
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