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> to Barnes and noble, grab a coffee, and plant myself on the bench in the periodical section to pour through every page of the latest 2600, desperately trying

> to Barnes and noble, grab a coffee, and plant myself on the bench in the periodical section to pour through every page of the latest 2600, desperately trying to commit to my memory as much as possible I still go to my local Barnes & Noble, the last one remaining in Seattle, to get my 2600 (and a coffee!) every quarter. Why B&N? No other bookstore in the city sells 2600, at least not reliably. It's been a quarterly ritual for quite some time, even though I could just get a "lifetime" subscription and have more Hacker Quarterly pages to read than I could do in an actual lifetime. I still enjoy going and getting a paper magazine and reading spill about central offices and script code injection.

0xEF 3y ago
I do the same. Every quarter, I head to B&N, grab the latest 2600 and maybe browse for Make:, Nuts & Volts and Linux Format. I formerly had a subscription to 2600, but canceled it after realizing it was sold at B&N, which surprised me. Not that B&N chose to sell it, but that I could reliably find it in every location I visit. In my head, that meant 2600, a publication I actually care about, was getting exposure to curious minds, and that was important to me. So, I figured buying one at B&N was like me casting my vote that they should continue to carry it for the benefit of a future budding computer enthusiast.
unethical_ban 3y ago
I too go and get 2600 from B&N each quarter. B&N, while corporate so to speak, is also the last major gasp of fighting the Amazon hegemony. I root for them to succeed. Here in San Antonio, there are at least three if not four B&N. I know SA has a higher population than Seattle but hearing you only have one is surprising to me. I go once or twice a month to browse around, occasionally buy a magazine or stationery. The other day during holiday shopping, both locations in my area were quite busy at the register.

0xEF 3y ago

I do the same. Every quarter, I head to B&N, grab the latest 2600 and maybe browse for Make:, Nuts & Volts and Linux Format. I formerly had a subscription to 2600, but canceled it after realizing it was sold at B&N, which surprised me. Not that B&N chose to sell it, but that I could reliably find it in every location I visit. In my head, that meant 2600, a publication I actually care about, was getting exposure to curious minds, and that was important to me. So, I figured buying one at B&N was like me casting my vote that they should continue to carry it for the benefit of a future budding computer enthusiast.

unethical_ban 3y ago

I too go and get 2600 from B&N each quarter. B&N, while corporate so to speak, is also the last major gasp of fighting the Amazon hegemony. I root for them to succeed. Here in San Antonio, there are at least three if not four B&N. I know SA has a higher population than Seattle but hearing you only have one is surprising to me. I go once or twice a month to browse around, occasionally buy a magazine or stationery. The other day during holiday shopping, both locations in my area were quite busy at the register.