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Things I was doing in 2009 that I no longer do โ€” ftp โ€” telnet (now: ssh) โ€” feature phone (briefly had the blackberry storm but hated it and went back to feature phone... didnโ€™t get iPhone till 2011) โ€” read a lot of paper books (got my first kindle in 2010 I think) โ€” LaTeX
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Things I was doing in 1999 I no longer do โ€” book air tickets with agents โ€” landline (first cellphone in 2000 I think) โ€” desktops (first laptop in 2000, laser desktop 2007) โ€” AAA triptiks/maps โ€” CDs โ€” 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 โ€” 5.25โ€ floppy disks โ€” DOS, WordStar, GW Basic, Turbo C โ€” CRT displays (stopped in 2005 I think) โ€” Ride a scooter โ€” Travel long distance by train routinely โ€” Read paper newspapers and magazines โ€” Top up radiator of a 1958 fiat
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