This is a series of posts that I’ve added to the blog on a recurring basis. It gives me a chance to reflect on things from the past and ask myself “whatever happened to them” and speculate on a replacement. As always, I’m so appreciative when people chip in with their own ideas for a post.
- Whatever happened to … the power?
- Whatever happened to … passing notes?
- Whatever happened to … Christmas traditions?
- Whatever happened to … Tweetups?
- Whatever happened to … caramel apples?
- Whatever happened to … pillowcases?
- Whatever happened to … Windsor Raceway?
- Whatever happened to … piles of burning leaves?
- Whatever happened to … social reading?
- Whatever happened to … gift registries?
- Whatever happened to … public rest areas?
- Whatever happened to … Microsoft Works?
- Whatever happened to … Rupert Bear?
- Whatever happened to … quilts?
- Whatever happened to … radio jingles?
- Whatever happened to … Dr Hook?
- Whatever happened to … paper fly catchers?
- Whatever happened to … outdoor community swimming pools?
- Whatever happened to … soap on a rope?
- Whatever happened to … corn cob holders?
- Whatever happened to … Hoyles rules?
- Whatever happened to … mercurochrome?
- Whatever happened to … Q-tips?
- Whatever happened to … white nurse’s uniforms?
- Whatever happened to … lifeguards?
- Whatever happened to … Canadian Flag etiquette?
- Whatever happened to … the Burroughs Icon?
- Whatever happened to … pay telephones?
- Whatever happened to … Euchre?
- Whatever happened to … Doodle Bug?
- Whatever happened to … lawn darts?
- Whatever happened to … your old record albums?
- Whatever happened to … Mother’s Pizza?
- Whatever happened to … Mac’s Milk?
- Whatever happened to … the umpire’s word being final?
- Whatever happened to … manicotti?
- Whatever happened to … filmed before a live audience?
- Whatever happened to … James Gang?
- Whatever happened to … hangman?
- Whatever happened to … OSAPAC?
- Whatever happened to … road maps?
- Whatever happened to … Saturday morning cartoons?
- Whatever happened to … Tiger Stadium?
- Whatever happened to … the Red Barn?
- Whatever happened to … typewriters?
- Whatever happened to … your childhood house?
- Whatever happened to … recorded live television?
- Whatever happened to … Goober boots?
- Whatever happened to … Thrills chewing gum?
- Whatever happened to … a White Christmas?
- Whatever happened to … cufflinks?
- Whatever happened to … The Monkees?
- Whatever happened to … charm bracelets?
- Whatever happened to … MSN Messenger?
- Whatever happened to … concert going?
- Whatever happened to … K-Tel music and other things?
- Whatever happened to … that hour?
- Whatever happened to … bench seats?
- Whatever happened to … paging?
- Whatever happened to … Seymour Butz?
- Whatever happened to … Coles Notes?
- Whatever happened to … school naming?
- Whatever happened to … 100 year storms?
- Whatever happened to … shareware CD-ROMs?
- Whatever happened to … TV dinners?
- Whatever happened to … telephone jacks?
- Whatever happened to … fall fairs?
- Whatever happened to … horseshoes?
- Whatever happened to … towel snapping?
- Whatever happened to … side vents?
- Whatever happened to … car ash trays?
- Whatever happened to … e-cards? (take two)
- Whatever happened to … Crimplene?
- Whatever happened to … box horses?
- Whatever happened to … WordPerfect?
- Whatever happened to … pool halls?
- Whatever happened to … summer vacation?
- Whatever happened to … Consumers Distributing?
- Whatever happened to … the blue memo?
- Whatever happened to … metal slides?
- Whatever happened to … cheques / chequebooks?
- Whatever happened to … Grand Bend?
- Whatever happened to … Pantry Ginger Cookies
- Whatever happened to … AOL?
- Whatever happened to … homerooms?
- Whatever happened to … Hostess Potato Chips?
- Whatever happened to … your old high school?
- Whatever happened to … BASIC?
- Whatever happened to … Sunday drives?
- Whatever happened to … knock knock jokes?
- Whatever happened to … knives in education?
- Whatever happened to … full scap?
- Whatever happened to … full length LP records?
- Whatever happened to … snowmobile static?
- Whatever happened to … Valentine’s Day?
- Whatever happened to … astroturf?
- Whatever happened to … old computer jokes?
- Whatever happened to … tire chains and studs?
- Whatever happened to … tail gunner guy?
- Whatever happened to … Maple Dip donuts?
- Whatever happened to … calendars?
- Whatever happened to … Christmas cards?
- Whatever happened to … rushing to answer the phone?
- Whatever happened to … the University of Western Ontario?
- Whatever happened to … metal valve stem caps?
- Whatever happened to … computer names?
- Whatever happened to … trunk keys?
- Whatever happened to … tricks?
- Whatever happened to … It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
- Whatever happened to … The PoP Shoppe?
- Whatever happened to … VisiCalc?
- Whatever happened to … free air?
- Whatever happened to … bubble gum cigars?
- Whatever happened to … the Mary Tyler Moore Show?
- Whatever happened to … recess?
- Whatever happened to … tricycles?
- Whatever happened to … fuzzy dice?
- Whatever happened to … the Chrysler Minivan?
- Whatever happened to … Salon 2000?
- Whatever happened to … disco?
- Whatever happened to … lemon gin?
- Whatever happened to … liquor orders?
- Whatever happened to … popcorn?
- Whatever happened to … clotheslines?
- Whatever happened to … laundry soap?
- Whatever happened to … hair colour?
- Whatever happened to … haircuts?
- Whatever happened to … Silly Putty?
- Whatever happened to … possums?
- Whatever happened to … speed limits?
- Whatever happened to … COBOL programmers?
- Whatever happened to … The Jetsons?
- Whatever happened to … hubcaps?
- Whatever happened to … pens?
- Whatever happened to … handshakes?
- Whatever happened to … daisywheel printers?
- Whatever happened to … car cigarette lighters?
- Whatever happened to … web cams?
- Whatever happened to … mouse pads?
- Whatever happened to … FTP?
- Whatever happened to … desktop and tower computers?
- Whatever happened to … metal slides?
- Whatever happened to … one piece snowsuits?
- Whatever happened to … station wagons?
- Whatever happened to … lawn darts?
- Whatever happened to … marbles?
- Whatever happened to … Pontiacs?
- Whatever happened to … Air Mail?
- Whatever happened to … Internet Explorer?
- Whatever happened to … digital snowflakes?
- Whatever happened to … Keith Jackson?
- Whatever happened to … waterbeds?
- Whatever happened to … tinsel?
- Whatever happened to … Eaton’s stores?
- Whatever happened to … that one street?
- Whatever happened to … a bunch of things?
- Whatever happened to … ribbon cables?
- Whatever happened to … databases?
- Whatever happened to … Bozo the Clown?
- Whatever happened to … steamer trunks?
- Whatever happened to … slugs?
- Whatever happened to … school bells?
- Whatever happened to … docking stations?
- Whatever happened to … Tommy Hunter?
- Whatever happened to … public water drinking fountains?
- Whatever happened to … eating lunch at the Woolworth’s lunch counter?
- Whatever happened to … TV Dinner tables?
- Whatever happened to … TV Dinners?
- Whatever happened to … ringtones?
- Whatever happened to … real pinball machines?
- Whatever happened to … summer?
- Whatever happened to … white tennis balls?
- Whatever happened to … oil cans?
- Whatever happened to … vent windows?
- Whatever happened to … metal lunch boxes?
- Whatever happened to … the Official Scrabble Dictionary?
- Whatever happened to … Continental Airlines?
- Whatever happened to … penny bubble gum?
- Whatever happened to … Commodore PET?
- Whatever happened to … toothbrushes?
- Whatever happened to … Pantry cookies?
- Whatever happened to … Hypercard for presentations?
- Whatever happened to … Checker Flag Speedway?
- Whatever happened to … pet rocks?
- Whatever happened to … live television audiences?
- Whatever happened to … disk activity lights?
- Whatever happened to … skipping to school?
- Whatever happened to … Geocities?
- Whatever happened to … the Pink Panther?
- Whatever happened to … music videos?
- Whatever happened to … those great computer keyboards?
- Whatever happened to … Popeye?
- Whatever happened to … parallel printer ribbon cables?
- Whatever happened to … Sound Blaster cards?
- Whatever happened to … 640 x 480?
- Whatever happened to … the web you could read and trust?
- Whatever happened to … the duochrome test?
- Whatever happened to … red exit signs?
- Whatever happened to … mail merge?
- Whatever happened to … Filemaker Pro?
- Whatever happened to … Major Hoople’s Boarding House?
- Whatever happened to … my comic books?
- Whatever happened to … the Batmobile?
- Whatever happened to … .arc files??
- Whatever happened to … those classic toys?
- Whatever happened to … Google’s URL Shortener?
- Whatever happened to … the Western RCAC Symposium?
- Whatever happened to … those old familiar daily sounds?
- Whatever happened to … gingerbread houses?
- Whatever happened to … Pixy Stix?
- Whatever happened to … free money?
- Whatever happened to … party lines?
- Whatever happened to … Count Stupid?
- Whatever happened to … percolated coffee?
- Whatever happened to … row crop tractors?
- Whatever happened to … square dancing?
- Whatever happened to … open wifi?
- Whatever happened to … Conkers?
- Whatever happened to … leaf games?
- Whatever happened to … The Flintstones?
- Whatever happened to … rows and aisles?
- Whatever happened to … those summer jobs?
- Whatever happened to … lemonade stands?
- Whatever happened to … push lawn mowers?
- Whatever happened to … those old formatting things?
- Whatever happened to … typewriting mathematics?
- Whatever happened to … two spaces after a period?
- Whatever happened to … sex education?
- Whatever happened to … crimplene?
- Whatever happened to … the Canadian Red Ensign
- Whatever happened to … standard transmissions?
- Whatever happened to … seatbelts?
- Whatever happened to … outdoor drive-in movie theatres?
- Whatever happened to … transistor radios?
- Whatever happened to … CMT Television?
- Whatever happened to … Highway 18?
- Whatever happened to … ROT13?
- Whatever happened to … Wilkinson Sword?
- Whatever happened to … Dreamweaver?
- Whatever happened to … patches?
- Whatever happened to … coffee?
- Whatever happened to … Brannock devices?
- Whatever happened to … Easter Eggs?
- Whatever happened to … ARC files?
- Whatever happened to … cook books?
- Whatever happened to … red exit signs?
- Whatever happened to … carousels?
- Whatever happened to … Wikispaces?
- Whatever happened to … mono-spaced fonts?
- Whatever happened to … CDs and DVDs?
- Whatever happened to … trackballs?
- Whatever happened to … magnetic tape?
- Whatever happened to … New Year’s Resolutions?
- Whatever happened to … broomball?
- Whatever happened to … snow plows with tailgunners?
- Whatever happened to … board games?
- Whatever happened to … caroling?
- Whatever happened to … the pen?
- Whatever happened to … those $0.99 Ponderosa steaks?
- Whatever happened to … Ecards?
- Whatever happened to … those lifelong friends?
- Whatever happened to … Angel’s sleeves?
- Whatever happened to … straight bladed hockey sticks?
- Whatever happened to … road hockey?
- Whatever happened to … Christmas catalogues?
- Whatever happened to … Bruised and skinned knees?
- Whatever happened to … Mosaic?
- Whatever happened to … AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)?
- Whatever happened to … ribbon cables?
- Whatever happened to … Carmen Sandiego?
- Whatever happened to … Bits and Bytes?
- Whatever happened to … dialup internet access?
- Whatever happened to … Microsoft Publisher?
- Whatever happened to … that University name?
- Whatever happened to … ENOREO?
- Whatever happened to … laserdisc players?
- Whatever happened to … the Ontario Curriculum Unit Planner (OCUP)
- Whatever happened to … that school mascot?
- Whatever happened to … the Palm Pilot?
- Whatever happened to … laptop computers?
- Whatever happened to … flag etiquette?
- Whatever happened to … numeric keypads?
- Whatever happened to … phone books?
- Whatever happened to … Webquests?
- Whatever happened to … mom and pop stores/businesses?
- Whatever happened to … MECC?
- Whatever happened to … Minesweeper?
- Whatever happened to … road maps?
- Whatever happened to … mice with balls, part II?
- Whatever happened to … mice with balls?
- Whatever happened to … internal documentation?
- Whatever happened to … blackboards?
- Whatever happened to … PCGlobe?
- Whatever happened to … computer networking cables?
- Whatever happened to … the lights on the QEW?
- Whatever happened to … typing?
- Whatever happened to … Screen Savers?
- Whatever happened to … Power Bars?
- Whatever happened to … Alice Pascal?
- Whatever happened to … acid rain?
- Whatever happened to … the Hypo Programming language?
- Whatever happened to … mark sense cards?
- Whatever happened to … the Hollerith Code?
- Whatever happened to … Netscape?
- Whatever happened to … the slide rule?
- Whatever happened to … CU-SeeMe?
- Whatever happened to … getting the facts right?
- Whatever happened to … postcards?
- Whatever happened to … Christmas Cards?
- Whatever happened to … Solitaire?
- Whatever happened to … the strap?
- Whatever happened to … The Big 8?
- Whatever happened to … Pokémon Go?
- Whatever happened to … Google Reader?
- Whatever happened to … that nice, new, clean, keyboard?
- Whatever happened to … morphing images?
- Whatever happened to … doug — off the record?
- Whatever happened to … the dial tone?
- Whatever happened to … file pathnames?
- Whatever happened to … computer startup sounds?
- Whatever happened to … that school name?
- Whatever happened to … taking out books from the library?
- Whatever happened to … dominoes?
- Whatever happened to … skeuomorphic design?
- Whatever happened to … Reading just for the love of it?
- Whatever happened to … eating with students?
- Whatever happened to … parent/teacher interviews?
- Whatever happened to … handwritten report cards?
- Whatever happened to … electrostatic printers?
- Whatever happened to … Altavista?
- Whatever happened to … Clay Animation?
- Whatever happened to … Google Reader?
- Whatever happened to … humour?
- Whatever happened to … RPN Calculators
- Whatever happened to … SIGs?
- Whatever happened to … Filemaker Pro?
- Whatever happened to … Logo?
- Whatever happened to … HTML as an essential 21st Century skill?
- Whatever happened to … BASIC?
- Whatever happened to … PCGlobe?
- Whatever happened to … Marc Prensky
- Whatever happened to … the Livescribe Pen?
- Whatever happened to … Google Wave?
Do you have an idea or thought that would be appropriate for my “Whatever happened to … ” series of blog posts?
Please visit this Padlet and add your idea. I’d love for it to be an inspiration for a post!
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