What's the age of the oldest physical artifact that is simultaneously personal, inheritable, and usable?
Most are things that have a larger scale, gross appeal, aren't personal. A water wheel, a stone bridge, a building. Perhaps a gun, or a watch, comes closest.
Start with that and what would an heirloom computer look like?
Somewhere on the continuum of abacus, slide rule. What's the computational era's equivalent? An HP-11, HP-12 series calculator?
Sometimes I think: we're all making expendable shit.
Most are things that have a larger scale, gross appeal, aren't personal. A water wheel, a stone bridge, a building. Perhaps a gun, or a watch, comes closest.
Start with that and what would an heirloom computer look like?
Somewhere on the continuum of abacus, slide rule. What's the computational era's equivalent? An HP-11, HP-12 series calculator?
Sometimes I think: we're all making expendable shit.