Microsoft’s got a pretty stellar track record of terrible Windows infomercials. Some for the consumer, some internal, all pretty rough. This 1988 video showcases Windows/386, a fairly impressive upgrade to Windows that introduced multitasking among other features. The impressiveness of the upgrade does not come through in this video. What begins as a dry-but-corny corporate…
Five Things – 3.5.12
1. Jell-O Gelatin Pops – It seems like the Pudding Pops get all of the nostalgic love from Jell-O’s foray into pop technology in the 1980s, but I had a soft spot for their gelatin brethren. Remember these things?
Instead of pudding, these came in all the flavors that regular Jell-O came in. I shudder to think about what was actually in them, but I remember them tasting pretty good. Except grape. For some reason the fact that the grape ones taste weird is at the front of my memory.
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