Ricki Yasha TarrSep 24, 2023
@Itty53 @blogdiva Remember when building PC's was such a thing and lots of companies popped up selling parts and customizable bits. Plus 3-D printing tech would make this fun, phone building!!
Show threadyour auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦
@RickiTarr @[email protected] gateway was my jam. remember them?
Sep 25, 2023 at 12:16amWeb
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrSep 25, 2023
@blogdiva @Itty53 YEP
Show threadBenSep 25, 2023
@blogdiva @RickiTarr @Itty53 and before gateway, going to Radio Shack or local flea markets after stuff like uninterruptible power supplies and weird connector cords. A whole OS on like 4 or 5 floppies. Those were the days
Show threadCrone Cold Kate SherrodSep 25, 2023
@wolleysegap @RickiTarr @blogdiva @[email protected] My very first desktop PC that I owned myself cost me $0 because my beau and I found everything I needed in two weekends of dumpster diving on the MIT campus.
Show threadmoondog548Sep 25, 2023
@blogdiva @RickiTarr @Itty53 newegg and microcenter are still out here! 😅
Show threadyour auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦Sep 25, 2023
@moondog548 @RickiTarr @[email protected] but it's not the same. radio shacks were everywhere. i have to travel miles now to get to a microcenter and newegg only exists online for me (though at one point they were a store here in manhattan). it just doesn't scratch that tinkerer/maker itch the same way.
Show threadmoondog548Sep 25, 2023
@blogdiva @RickiTarr @Itty53 I didn't even know newegg did anything brick-and-mortar. Howbout that!
Show threadyour auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦Sep 25, 2023
@moondog548 @RickiTarr @[email protected] longass time ago in the aughts. i think the store started here and then moved online. it was on what would be Broadway between 34th & 33rd street but it's a part of that street that is closed to traffic. would have been diagonal from Macy's on 34th.
Show threadAllan ChowSep 25, 2023
@blogdiva @moondog548 @RickiTarr @Itty53 nobody beats the Whiz!
Show threadyour auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦Sep 25, 2023
@grumpasaurus @moondog548 @RickiTarr @[email protected] I MISS THEM AND THEIR CRAZY ASS CEO SO FUCKING MUCH!!!! seriously, buying electronics in NYC has sucked since they went out of business.
Show threadAllan ChowSep 25, 2023
@blogdiva @moondog548 @RickiTarr @Itty53 I remember going to canal street watching people who couldnt speak either of each other's languages haggle over a crt tv
Show threadyour auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦Sep 25, 2023
@grumpasaurus @moondog548 @RickiTarr @[email protected] those were days. i miss them so much. siiiiiiiiigh.
Show threadyour auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦Sep 25, 2023

@grumpasaurus @moondog548 @RickiTarr @[email protected] btw this is why i say capitalists are not entrepreneurs and even less business people. they're parasites.

entrepreneurs always think in terms of the communities they will build around their products and services. capitalists only think in terms of their cashing out at the highest margin.

you destroy communities when you destroy businesses to take them "online only" to maximize profits.

that's why capitalism sucks; but not real entrepreneurship.

Show threadmoondog548Sep 25, 2023

@blogdiva @grumpasaurus @RickiTarr @Itty53 100%

Are you thinking "what can I accomplish?" or "how much can I get?"

Show threadKenBallwegSep 26, 2023
@blogdiva @grumpasaurus @moondog548 @RickiTarr @[email protected] try B&H. It's a trip.
Show threadyour auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦Sep 27, 2023
@kballweg @grumpasaurus @moondog548 @RickiTarr @[email protected] i love them SFM it's the only place i buy my electronics. seriously.