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just waiting for my ante-1337 bakelite casemod (or would that be post-'leet?)


The Other Michael is a constant source for legacy technology; remnants of the past that appear in the present, standing out like a sore thumb in some cases, coasting under the radar in others. Most recently he pointed me at two items of interest:
  • ElectriClerk, a prop for a Call of Cthulu game that is a mixed-signal of UI if there ever was one: it looks like the user-hostile, arcane machines from Terry Gilliam's Brazil, but has an Apple Macintosh at its heart.
  • A working manual typewriter, modified to be used as a PC keyboard. "It works."

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