Tag: nostalgia
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On This Day In 2004
On this day in 2004 Claire and I hosted the eleventh ever Troma Night, a weekly event that became a central part of the social calendar of our friends for about six years. I've dug up some old photos, so I thought we might enjoy reminiscing about how young we all used to look.
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This Old Tech: Remembering WorldsAway's avatars and virtual experiences
This Old Tech: Remembering WorldsAway's avatars and virtual experiences (PCWorld) The year was 1995, and CompuServe's online service cost $4.95 per hour. Yet thousands of people logged into this virtual world daily.
WorldsAway was born 20 years ago, when Fujitsu Cultural Technologies, a subsidiary of Japanese electronics giant Fujitsu, released this online experiment in multiplayer … -
HMF episodes of outTHERE (2001-2003), because it seems to have vanished from the planet.
Back in the early 2000s when I was suffering from insomnia I used to sit up and watch all kinds of trashy late-night TV on the UK's (then new) Channel 5. There was one show that I got hooked on and tuned in to religiously, simply because its presentation was so bizarre. That show … -
Children's book about a kid and an alien represented by an asterisk (*)
I read a book as a child, probably in the early 1990s, whose story sick with me but which I haven't been able to find since. The plot goes thusly: a child plays a semi text-based video game in which he controls a character (represented by an asterisk), but it later becomes apparent that … -
Cosmo - Building A Watercooled PC (Part 1)
Mostly-irrationally, Dan decides that it's time to build a new computer, and sets out to make a souped-up, liquid-cooled monster of a machine. This is the first part of that story.
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Geek Week Remake/Homage to the classic series (because nobody's posted anything else in /r/knightmare...)
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New Volunteers for Three Rings
Following their weekend in Jersey, Dan, Ruth and JTA went off to Malvern to train three new Three Rings volunteers. Dan gets nostalgic about the history of Three Rings.
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The Worst Joke I Ever Heard
After refusing to share it for over twenty years, Dan performs his first (and only) re-telling of the worst joke he ever heard.
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On This Day In 1999
In today's On This Day, Dan looks back on bonfire night of 1999, the crushes of his younger years, and the excitement of a rambling adventure!
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Edinburgh 2012 - Day One (was: On The Fringe)
Dan goes with Ruth and JTA to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and is joined by Matt R.
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Three Parties
After three consecutive weekends of parties, it's no wonder than Dan's so tired. Andy's birthday, Earth's Summer Party, and a wedding.
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Three Rings - Then And Now
Dan plugs the Three Rings blog, which recently published a post looking back on the technical changes to the Three Rings rota management system over the last ten years.
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Eurovision Spectacular 2012
Eurovision Night 2012 is on Saturday, and it's time that we brought our disparate Eurovision Night Parties together via the power of the Internet. Let's share the experience.
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On This Day In 2005
On this day in 2005, Dan received an unusual parcel. No, you're not reading the same post twice... this is not a fault... just deja vu!
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On This Day In 2004
On this day in 2004, Dan finally handed in his dissertation on the subject of Three Rings. Since then, Three Rings has become the de facto standard for University Nightlines, and has also become the most popular rota management system for Samaritans branches and a variety of other helpline charities, too.