Brian Scearce wrote this on a mailing list I’m on. It’s too good not to share.
To the tune of “My Favourite Things” from “The Sound Of Music”:
Steam-run computers with shiny brass fittings
Read-only memory: Jacquard-type pittings
Ethernet using just tin cans and string
These are a few of my favorite things!LCDs lit up with shuttered white candles
Objects with actual ivory handles
Striking a bell for the part that goes “ping”
These are a few of my favorite things!