#computer nostalgia

I took my DLCC website's content down last Halloween. Microsoft continues to attempt to hack that nonexistent content and look for DLCC WordPress accounts that have never existed. I don't get what their fascination is with my (long removed) DLCC content.

Before removing my site's content from the Web, I made local backups of my previous full website containing over 26,000 files. These local backups do not reside in the cloud or on a network and are inaccessible online.

So, Microsoft ID10TS, keep looking for things you will never find... 😆

I have added From My Hands To Warm Your Heart: Electronic Clip Art (1998) to my DLCC legacy software archive. It contains clip art images, a desktop and picture slide show program, and a tutorial program.

My first computer was a Tandy TRS-80, and it felt less like owning a machine and more like being handed the keys to a secret language. It did not greet me with icons or colors. It greeted me with a blinking cursor and silence, waiting to see whether I knew what to say next. The TRS-80 demanded patience. Programs did not arrive polished or friendly. They came as lines of text that had to be typed…

I bought this device new back in 2008 to use for transferring photos from my digital cameras to computers.

For nearly 18 years, this device was used on several generations of computers, including my current system, until it finally failed on January 13, 2026.

Fortunately, I purchased 2 of these devices back in 2008. I set the second device aside in case the first one failed. I had no idea the first one would function for 18 years, or that I would still be using a device like this 18 years later.

For me, it makes no sense to use Wi-Fi enabled digital cameras to transfer photos to a device less than a foot away. I continue to use a digital camera with a SD card and no Wi-Fi.

That camera is a Canon PC1560, which I bought new in 2010. It has no Wi-Fi and uses a SD card to store photos. I first used a 2GB SD card for the camera, then later replaced it with an 8GB SDHC card which is still used today. At present, I have taken over 25,500 pictures with this camera. The built-in flash still works as good today as when I bought it.

I see no need to use a Wi-Fi enabled camera that:

Requires an Internet connection

Sends pics 100s or 1,000s of miles through countless servers

Requires an Internet account to receive pics

Requires an Internet-enabled device to retrieve pics online

The photos you see here of DLCC's preserved items are taken with this camera, transferred to my device offline, then uploaded here.

For the foreseeable future, I will continue to use this process with the working card reader/writer.

I have added LDS Collectors Library '97 (1996, Win16) to my digital and physical DLCC legacy software archives.

I have added Journey to the Promised Land Interactive Storybook (1996, Win16 & Macintosh) to my digital and physical DLCC legacy software archives.