Thursday, May 23, 2013

Encore: Old School High Tech

 In the midst of 12 hour days, a revisit to long ago moments. 

Originally posted July14, 2009




Before ipods, before walkmans, before tvs, before cable, even before satellites left the world of sci-fi and went into the sky, it was a transistor radio stuck to your ear, the crackle of the announcer "foul... rbi... and he's... OH AND IT'S.... bullpen... " and the fiddling of the tiny dial, not a button preset, but a precise touch and turn that required the finesse of an ancient watchmaker.