In a small workshop tucked away in Subang Jaya, Malaysia, echoes of laughter and the whirring sounds of tiny motors intermingle, not as the byproducts of assembly lines, but as the signs of healing. Meet Tan Guan Poh, affectionately known as “GP” to both children and adults alike, who is neither...
circular economy
community resilience
digitalage
e-waste reduction
emotional well-being
environmental impact
hands-on play
intergenerational connection
lifelong learning
malaysia
play and development
public awareness
recycling toys
repair movement
social enterprise
sustainability
toy industry
toy repair
toy restoration
volunteer work
Few sounds are as instantly recognizable to digital natives and casual users alike as the iconic swoosh of the Windows 95 startup chime. Pair that with the ethereal ambiance of the Minecraft soundtrack—those gentle, pixel-inspired piano notes—and you have a powerful cross-generational chord that...
audio heritage
audio innovation
audio recognition
cultural icons
cultural significance
digitalagedigital culture
digital memory
digital soundscape
minecraft
music in gaming
national recording registry
sonic heritage
sound branding
sound design
sound preservation
soundtrack preservation
tech nostalgia
technology history
windows 95
Microsoft's relentless push for Windows 11—despite its glaring shortcomings—raises serious questions about long-term sustainability and user choice. The forced upgrade cycle, combined with features that alienate long-time users and create environmental and security concerns, paints a picture of...
advertising
business models
digitalage
e-waste
economic responsibility
enterprise solutions
environmental impact
hardware compatibility
legacy hardware
microsoft
operating systems
os as a service
security concerns
software updates
tech community
technology trends
tpm 2.0
user experience
user satisfaction
windows 11
I do buy and sell, pure business, and I have this rather rare collection, a promotion pack for a movie about Mannerheim that never made it in the end. But there's unique material in it.
I was contacted by a woman, who wanted to buy. It was all adult, "Get from work at 4 O'clock"... After some...
Memory was something you lost with age
An application was for employment
A program was a TV show
A cursor used profanity
A keyboard was a piano
A web was a spider's home
A virus was the flu
A CD was a bank account
A hard drive was a long trip on the road
A mouse pad was where a mouse lived...
analog
application
computers
cursor
definitions
digitalage
employment
floppy disk
hard drive
history
humor
keyboard
memory
mouse pad
nostalgia
program
technology
virus
web