Donk. Donk. Beep!
While searching through some of my family’s old junk yesterday, I came across this delicious piece of fast-atavism. Rapidly cooled anachronisms aside, I can’t believe anyone bought this while it was current. I am ashamed.
Modems hissed and popped and generally made annoying noises that we learned to love in a Pavlovian way, because, even fifteen years ago, we were all slavering like starved jackals for the Information Superhighway. I understand that there are probably some proud power nerds out there who love dismantling them and putting them back together all day, lovingly counting the parts and giggling softly. However, I can’t see anyone in their right mind thinking a book like this would have wide appeal.
So when you say “Hiss, pop, donk, beep,” what you’re really trying to say is, “I love you?”
Nik Butler said,
May 3, 2008 at 11:53 pm
It is a little know fact that new born babies speak Modem all the time. Just listen to the squeal and wail and sputterings of a newborn demanding food and youve heard 9600 baby !