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April 01, 2005
The toad in history
There seems to be some consternation about the sudden appearance of a toad among new users of the blog. We think we should therefore coach you all in its origin. We wrote this column waaaay back in 1993. Reading it, all these years later, made us feel (a) nostalgic and (b) resigned, because, alas, little has changed. We are still addicted to speed.
Is this at all familiar to any of you?
Posted by cw at April 1, 2005 05:16 PM
Comments
Very, have just been processing some digital photos on the aforementioned HP 333 Celeron instead of the usual 2 gig P4! The brain has been busy working in an endeavour to formulate a plausible excuse to pension it off and upgrade. Brainjam would run much better for the better half on a 3 gig P4 wouldn't it?!!
Posted by: Calamanthus at April 1, 2005 05:41 PM
And you say you don't understand Formula 1 !
Posted by: Raoul at April 1, 2005 06:48 PM
Hmmn. A fair point. Would they let me drive one, do you think?
Posted by: cw at April 1, 2005 06:54 PM
I see you've fessed up to the "...faster and faster machines..." bit, but what about the eventual "...moral ruin..." bit?
Posted by: ya-gotta-laugh at April 1, 2005 07:23 PM
After a long career in journalism, there's nothing left to ruin, I fear.
Posted by: cw at April 1, 2005 09:52 PM
I just love the story. Seeing the writing style of some years ago was also quite refreshing and reminder of how you developed such a loyal following.
Thanks for the post.
Posted by: chriscurnow at April 2, 2005 12:28 PM