I think the vertical keyboards would have been fine, but not switching to Android definitely lead to their downfall. They had too much arrogance as the smartphone leader and thought everyone would move their apps to their system even though they were the ones playing catchup.
He also had a device that would turn the house antenna so that you could modify the reception you're getting for the TV. I've never seen anyone else with a device that like that. The VHS rewinder just jogged my memory about it because they were next to each other.
When talking about CEOs quitting and getting their golden parachute, I always imagine them walking out of a skyscraper's open window and casually engaging the parachute and casually drifting away.
You'd be surprised how much food an urban homestead can produce. And no, one person isn't going to feed everybody on food stamps but like many things, if enough people start doing it then it becomes part of the culture. Imagine if houses had a little homestead instead of a grass lawn, especially in the front. Whole changes in culture could occur. For example, one of the best things about Halloween in my opinion is that the whole neighbourhood comes alive with people out and about. If people spent more time in their front yards doing gardening (and not noisy polluting lawn mowing) there's be more interactions between people and places would feel more alive and safer.
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Because Phantasmagoria had 7 CDs, my friends and I used it as a benchmark for internet speeds. Usually to mock how big the game was.
Eg. "My brand new 56k modem could download Phantasmagoria in less than 200 days!"