Monday, September 30, 2019

El Dorado, Arkansas

Give Me That Old-Time Technology:  Anyone born in the 1970s, grew up and fell in love with the computer. These kids became the most computer savvy generation ever, simply because they grew up as the computer was growing up. Their generation had to learn those dorky computer languages, and they all learned how to take computers apart and put them back together. Arlington Cemetery. [2018]


Friday, September 27, 2019

Elkridge, Maryland

Give Me That Old-Time Technology: The sad thing is that computers used by our federal employees probably still look like this. Don't believe it? Just ask anyone who works for the government. When you think of infrastructure, think computer systems, not just roads and bridges. Meadowgrove Cemetery. [2018]


Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Seymour, Indiana

Give Me That Old-Time Technology:  Remember how large the first generation of computer screens were? No better than a blackboard for displaying information, said some. Now, blackboards are teaching tools of the past, and computer screen have become smaller, flatter, and so portable. Don't you love this computer teacher's name? Riverview Cemetery. [2017]

Monday, September 23, 2019

Wellsboro, Pennsylvania

Give Me That Old-Time Technology: At one time you played a typewriter like you played a piano: It took physical force to move the keys. Then came the electronic typewriter where only a light touch was needed to imprint a letter on the page. The transition decade was the 1960s. Wellsboro Cemetery. [2013]

Friday, September 20, 2019

Charleston, Illinois

Give Me That Old-Time Technology:  At the Doty Title Company, the upright typewriter was probably their best friend. The commercial typewriter came into prominence in the U.S. in the 1880s; it was first supplanted by the electric typewriter, and then by the computer keyboard; today in the U.S. (but not in the rest of the world) it is extinct. Rosemont Cemetery. [2017]



Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Florala, Alabama

Give Me That Old-Time Technology:  A Midland Power Max followed its owner to the grave. Do you know what it is? A CB radio (which is not the same as Ham Radio). CB radios were especially popular during the 1970s. Now, we have mobile phones and the Internet. Chapel Hill Baptist Cemetery. [2017]


Monday, September 16, 2019

Carroll, Ohio

Give Me That Old-Time Technology:  Ham radio shaped generations of men's lives. Right KA8KNV? For many it became almost an addiction. Right K3ODS? Ham stands for nothing more than "amateur." Betzer Cemetery. [2017]