Things I was doing in 1999 I no longer do — book air tickets with agents — landline (first cellphone in 2000 I think) — desktops (first laptop in 2000, laser desktop 2007) — AAA triptiks/maps — CDs — transparencies for talks! (had backups for ppt-fail as late as 2004)
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Things I was doing in 1989 I no longer do — 5.25” floppy disks — DOS, WordStar, GW Basic, Turbo C — CRT displays (stopped in 2005 I think) — Ride a scooter — Travel long distance by train routinely — Read paper newspapers and magazines — Top up radiator of a 1958 fiat
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Things I was doing in 1979 I no longer do — coloring books — play with toys — not watch TV (got tv in 1985 when I was 11) — listen to an old-fashioned microwave sized radio — go to school on a cycle-rickshaw — routinely watch steam engines actually operating
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This is possibly a false memory but I think I’ve ridden on a regular-service steam locomotive line before they were phased out (I do know I saw a lot, they were used for shunting work till the late 80s at least) ... not counting tourist steam trains I’ve ridden since
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- No longer use USB sticks because of the clouds.
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Much the same, save LaTeX. In 1999 I was still researching high school projects with index cards in libraries.
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I use a feature phone, recently built a desktop and still often have to deal with FTP because so many hosting companies use Cpanel which offers FTP as the primary means of accessing the file system.
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Primary instant messaging platforms: 1989 - notes in class, 1999 - AOL IM, 2009 - SMS, 2019 - WhatsApp
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