Agh! The internet burns!: Retro rockets fire!

Agh! The internet burns!

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Retro rockets fire!

I know I'm not the worlds biggest geek. But I'm in the running for tri-state. So, I'm usually impressed at bigger geeks than me, but not suprised. Once, I read an interview with a guy who had written a web server to run off his Apple Newton. I found it impressive, but not really astonishing. God knows I understand the impulse to fill time messing with older hardware.

What really blows my mind is when a company bases it's business strategy on there being armies of mega-geeks. That's the case with this company who's making a wireless controller for the original NES. They're counting on enough people being sick of leaning forward when they play Back to the Future 2-3 with their friends for six hours that they're going to snap these babies up. Well, come to think of it, maybe a little Wheel of Fortune featuring Vanna White is better played from a safe distance.

¶ 9:40 AM

Comments:

morgan, i thought i would say that i've been enjoying your posts of late. they're nicely thought out and of specific interest to meganerds such as myself. you go girl. thanks.

# posted by Paul : 5:50 PM

Thanks, Paul. I think it has to do with not leaving the house for two weeks.

# posted by Morgan : 8:40 PM

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