133: Beautiful Disaster: An Ode to Fry's Electronics

Episode 133 March 31, 2025 00:19:17
133: Beautiful Disaster: An Ode to Fry's Electronics
Into The Vertical Blank
133: Beautiful Disaster: An Ode to Fry's Electronics

Mar 31 2025 | 00:19:17

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Show Notes

Beautiful Disaster: An Ode to Fry's Electronics
A story about technology change from generation to generation and the importance of feeling useful with DIY
See video version here:
https://youtu.be/r78tcGiIzP4

#diy #atari #motorcycles #pcgames #fryselectronics #southbay #memoir

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Written and Created By Steve Fulton
Thanks to @JarrodsTech for the video lesson

End song "Out Of The Vertical Blank"
by Tony Longworth
Thanks to our supporters:
BCB,
Atari Legend,
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Daniel Beasley,
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Into The Veritcal Blank is Steve and Jeff Fulton
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"Beautiful Disaster: An Ode To Fry's Electronics"

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