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Walkman, at 30, a mystery to teen
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Wed July 1, 2009 | Alejandro Martinez-Cabrera

Posted on 07/01/2009 9:06:57 PM PDT by posterchild

What better way to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Sony's iconic Walkman than to ask a teenager for some feedback on the device?

The BBC couldn't think of one, and neither can I.

I like to imagine that the experience was similar to an archaeologist rediscovering how a recently excavated artifact was employed thousands of years ago. But I'm well aware that it must have been different for 13-year-old Scott Campbell, who co-edits his own news Web site. For one, teenage impatience must have stood in the place where I fantasize scientific curiosity should have been.

"My dad had told me it was the iPod of its day," Campbell wrote. "He had told me it was big, but I hadn't realized he meant that big. It was the size of a small book."

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To: saundby

Atari 2600 and Super Pong are great.


41 posted on 07/02/2009 11:11:50 PM PDT by FreeManWhoCan ("Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K.")
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“He had told me it was big, but I hadn’t realized he meant that big. It was the size of a small book.”

At least the kid knows what a book is.


42 posted on 07/02/2009 11:32:55 PM PDT by PLMerite ("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
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