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Link: analog audio tape cassette nostalgia - tapedeck.org

I was originally going to post this on a thread about getting hold of Win 7 pre order where someone was asking why everyone was in such a hurry to spend their money. This got me thinking about why I have personally put money down to by an OS for the first time in my life. After the Vista debacle, I never thought I'd be excited about an MS OS again. Being of a certain age, I remember the anticipation surrounding the releases of various versions of Windows over the years and with a couple of notable exceptions, I've been excited to try every single one. Here then is my potted of history of what got me excited about Windows at almost every version. Windows 1.0 - Oooh windows! No apps though. Windows 2.0 - Oooh, overlapping windows. Pagemaker! Yay! Windows 3.0 - Nice step up from Windows 2.x. Colour! Program Manager! Windows 3.1, Workgroups etc. - Mmmm networking, Internet. Windows NT 3 - At the time I was not that interested, but that would change. Windows 95 - Hugely exciting at the time. I forget how many floppies this came on but at the time it was well worth it. All that desktop customisation - good stuff. Windows NT 4 - This came along just in time to save me from years of suffering with Novell NetWare. Windows 98 - Smoothing out of the rough edges and a much nicer OS all around. This is what 95 should have been from the start. (as pointed out elsewhere in the thread, R2 was the version to have) Windows 2000 - This came along just in time to save me from years of suffering with NT 4. A giant leap forward for Microsoft and a very very solid OS, still running in many places. Windows ME - Best left alone although some newer stuff did debut here. Windows XP, 2003 - Despite the solidity of Win2K, it was never an exciting user experience but XP fixed all that and 2003 was a good evolutionary step on the server side. Windows Vista - Never wanted it, never used it so I suppose I should just keep quiet about it. Anyone else care to share their thoughts / memories at this exciting time... [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Microsoft_Windows[/ame]

Link: The Nostalgia Machine http://i.snag.gy/iEVM7.jpg

Any other Trek nerd remember Star Trek in Sound and Vision that ran to circa 2001? https://web.archive.org/web/19990129032448/http://web.ukonline.co.uk/stinsv/index2.htm

While reorganizing some boxes, we found a collection of (unused, still in wrapper) cassette tapes. No idea as to why we bought but didn't use them!

NOTE: Audio might be NSFW

http://www.w3.org/History/1994/WWW/Journals/CACM/screensnap2_24c.gif Source: Link

Link: Mars brings Marathon name back in UK as nostalgia rises for retro sweets | Food & drink industry | The Guardian

Link: British Airways plane repainted in retro livery for 100th anniversary [belfast Telegraph]

Today is the 40th anniversary of Blake's 7 first going out on the air. Where did that time go?

Link: Double glazing is killing the ice cream van as no-one can hear the jingles [The Telegraph] Full article paywalled. When they play that music itmeand that they are out of ice cream - Dads all over.

Link: Can you recognise 44 kids’ TV shows from the 80s and 90s? | The Poke My score: Mostly guesswork.

Link: BBC News - Nostalgia for an old-fashioned milk bottle I was talking to a friend about this same topic not long ago.

Obsolete technologies that will baffle modern children - in pictures - Technology Interest read and make me feel old haha

Link: Windows 1 Emulation http://i.snag.gy/CTbui.jpg

Link: Timeline - The Atlantic