Digital History Pillows

Fenton G. Gonklemeyer, Computer Scientist - Booted Up 1928 and Crashed 2009.

Moses on the web

"I imagined the Library of Congress would be much bigger."

'It's one of these new phones that takes photographs.'

'Someday TVs will be in big boxes on the floor.'

Fossil record player.

'It says our line printer is obsolete our remote terminal is obsolete, and I'm afraid, we're obsolete.'

"I like it but does it get only the one channel?"

'This is a letter opener, from the days before faxes and email. I just sold it online after I listed it as a vintage communication device.'

"It's a fantastic computer! It's so old that none of today's hackers know how to hack it!"

"David live a rich, full life, despite what his Wikipedia page says."

"I'll never forget you."

"It's very sweet of you to visit him. Mr. Mainframe doen't get out much since the desktops came in."

"This car is a retro classic. Instead of a USB outlet there's a cigarette lighter."

"My Gmail account is full. I can't get any more email." "So?" "I'll miss email. It was so old-timey. You could write hundreds or even thousands of words, with actual paragraphs." "People didn't see any little animations to show them you were typing. They had to actually wonder if you were going to reply." "And the spam was fun. You never got to hear from Nigerian princes while you're checking your texts." "Just delete stuff." "If you delete a few gigs of old emails, you'll be able to get n

Megabyte Information Processing Center.

God pulling the plug on January 1st 2000

'for more obit info, go to...'

Archeologists discover Egyptian Computers.

'Yes, our phones have WIRES attached to them! We're no free-range blabbermouths in this household!'

"Remember when, on the Internet, nobody knew who you were?"

''The Thinker' is an outdated concept.'

'At last we have found 'The Land of the Obsolete Hardware','

"Grandma, I have to bring an antique to school. Can I borrow your flip phone?"

"Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help the Google?"

"Let me take you back to a dark time when all you could do with a phone was make phone calls."

"I let go of all my earthly attachments, but there's one I can't seem to shake."

'I don't know what it is. I think it's some kind of old-fashioned cell phone.'

Caveman to wheel inventor: 'Nice invention - how do you boot it up?'

'Santa thinks desktops will come back.'

Memorials of The Great Exhibition - 1851. No. XIII. - The ladies and the police - the battle of the Crystal Palace

"This thing isn't working."

"And can one illuminate the manuscript?"

"Harold died happy knowing he gained a certain immortality through social media."

Computer Address Book.