http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/03/02/obsolete-skills/ Random things that interest me that I may want to remember later. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:37:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/03/02/obsolete-skills/#comment-371 Niko Kruzel Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:43:37 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/03/02/obsolete-skills/#comment-371 <p>Well, VCRs are still in use around my household. :-)</p> Well, VCRs are still in use around my household.

]]> http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/03/02/obsolete-skills/#comment-361 Lynoure Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:06:32 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/03/02/obsolete-skills/#comment-361 <p>First I thought the site was cool, then I noticed that people are eager to mark skills obsolete just because someone somewhere (e.g. middleclass American) does not feel the need to using that skill anymore in their daily lives. I'm most interested in skills that are so obsolete that a week long blackout does not make you miss them.</p> First I thought the site was cool, then I noticed that people are eager to mark skills obsolete just because someone somewhere (e.g. middleclass American) does not feel the need to using that skill anymore in their daily lives. I’m most interested in skills that are so obsolete that a week long blackout does not make you miss them.

]]> http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/03/02/obsolete-skills/#comment-360 Noridlo Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:20:47 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/03/02/obsolete-skills/#comment-360 <p>Remember the other button on the floor? The starter.<br /> How about the manual throttle on the dash? That was bygone cruise control.</p> Remember the other button on the floor? The starter.
How about the manual throttle on the dash? That was bygone cruise control.

]]> http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/03/02/obsolete-skills/#comment-359 Mackenzie Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:49:56 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/03/02/obsolete-skills/#comment-359 <p>Er....I still clean the lint off the mouse balls and the little rollers inside the mouse (it gets caked on those things). You just reminded me I need to buy more White-Out so I stop scribbling things out so much too.</p> Er….I still clean the lint off the mouse balls and the little rollers inside the mouse (it gets caked on those things). You just reminded me I need to buy more White-Out so I stop scribbling things out so much too.

]]> http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/03/02/obsolete-skills/#comment-358 matthew Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:25:54 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/03/02/obsolete-skills/#comment-358 <p>Matt: that is truly encouraging. Well, kind of. Sorry you had a problem requiring that skill. :)</p> Matt: that is truly encouraging. Well, kind of. Sorry you had a problem requiring that skill.

]]> http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/03/02/obsolete-skills/#comment-357 Matt Domsch Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:07:20 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/03/02/obsolete-skills/#comment-357 <p>Just last week I had to set a jumper on a motherboard to clear out some bad data from NVRAM. Not so obsolete a skill.</p> Just last week I had to set a jumper on a motherboard to clear out some bad data from NVRAM. Not so obsolete a skill.

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