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id: 2026-04-11T23:50:56-0400
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title: 2026-04-11 23:50:56
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- status/draft
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date-created: 2026-04-11T23:50:56-04:00
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daily: "[[2026-04-11]]"
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---
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# 2026-04-11 23:50:56
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## already two from today
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While antiquing with my mom [[2026-04-03]]
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I found a flip open A-Z address directory.
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I had never seen one before
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and using it made me genuinely excited.
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I was considering how I might use it
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when I remembered that it
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(like dozens of other clever devices, I'm sure)
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had been made obsolete by the cell phone
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which has been ubiquitous as long as I've been alive.
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I thought about my typewriter.
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I asked my mom if,
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when she was my age,
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she was ever intrigued the same way,
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by dead tech.
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She said she wasn't,
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that she was always happy for the replacement.
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It's not exactly fair, I guess.
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I've got my pick of hundreds
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killed by the PC alone.
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She was just older than me now,
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had used them all she cared to,
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was happy to see them go.
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I'm typing this on a new laptop
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remembering my first.
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It was mostly the same.
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Just a decade after the Rolodex was killed,
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but already two from today.
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In another another three
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my kid will say the same:
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"Just a decade after the Rolodex was killed,
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but already five from today."
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Chips get faster,
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apps get slower.
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Nothing changes,
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but I think it used to be fun.
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