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pre internet I remember driving to Stevens Creek Boulevard from San Francisco for all the Indian pc stores, and visiting Frys and weirdstuff and other places I
by olivermarks 9y ago
pre internet I remember driving to Stevens Creek Boulevard from San Francisco for all the Indian pc stores, and visiting Frys and weirdstuff and other places I knew the location of and what they sold but didn't know the name. These days everything is online and apart from places like Jameco - which are online too - physical retail locations in the valley are very last century. Very sad to see WeirdStuff go though...
- rconti 9y agoSome of what is making the world smaller is also making it better. I sometimes lament that you can find literally anything online; no longer can you find some amazing Walkman model in Tokyo that will blow away your friends back home in the US, nor find a truly unique souvenir you just HAVE to go to Europe for. That loss of exclusivity/rarity is a good thing, but it feels like you've lost something when you can no longer have that cool rare/weird thing.
- kuschku 9y agoIt also means that now a developer in Shenzen can prototype in a matter of hours, while I have to wait 2 weeks for shipping to Europe.