obligatory oldness post

[eub]

I just got some CDs. Okay, that's old, but that's not what I'm here to talk about. I got them from cdconnection.com, and I realized I've been buying from them for something over 15 years. Since before the web; you used to telnet in to their site. (Wired article, speaking of oldness.)

I am sad to report that

$ telnet cdconnection.com
Trying 208.218.142.11...
telnet: connect to address 208.218.142.11: Connection refused

(If you still buy CDs, by the way, I recommend cdconnection. Never had any problem with them, and I don't see how other retailers get away with $14-$16 prices. They have eight-track tapes too.)

Comments

[eub.livejournal.com]

OMG google for [ascii art] and look what happens.

[katybeth]

I just realized I did ASCII art in jr. high typing class. As "You finished early, here's something 'fun'" assignments, we'd be given a sheet of instructions, like "23 M, 15 space, 5 ;" and when you typed it all out, line by line, you'd get a picture.

We did use electric typewriters.

[eub.livejournal.com]

That's a pretty clever way to keep Jr. HS students busy!