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My favorite place in surburbia and it is a recently opened and flowering gaming cafe. It serves a purpose for not necessarily the outcast kids but a lot of kids from the varying high schools around in Columbia, Maryland (there's 8 high schools and it blew my mind when i first moved here, though I moved from a similar sized place). They don't just stick to pc, they do consoles too which really helps the friend and communicative aspect. The two guys and their wives/girlfriends who run it are always there, responsive and generally there to work with us. They offer enough variety and good priced snacks that the no outside food rule works fine, I'm really loving this place and they're actually expanding when they can serve about 50 gamers at anytime as is(which I have seen filled to capacity). So I think if you're looking for a model of inspiration these guys would be it. (Note: It's not only teens who hang out there, but they are my and the main demographic)

I just pulled out an Elephant Memory Systems 5.25" floppy and booted my //e with it.

20 years is pretty damn good. Then again, when you paid $17.95 for a "Peanut Pak" (box of 3 disks instead of 10, 'cuz I couldn't afford a full box), you expect 'em to last. Hey, there were the good disks, paid an extra $0.50 per disk to get the ones with the hub rings!

Now where's my copy of the little book Leading Edge/Elephant used to give out? The one that ended with the immortal quote:

""Why, the couldn't hit an elephant at this dist..."
- Last words of Major General John Sedgwick

I remember buying 5.25" floppy disks with Lifetime guarantees. I forget the name of the company, being pretty young back then, but they used to have an elephant head on their logo. I guess maybe they figured people might take the term "lifetime guarantee" seriously.

They just didn't make clear that "lifetime warranty" referred to their lifetime, not yours. :-)

BTW, here's an Elephant disk sleeve.

"Radio to the power of X" ARGH. Makes me wanna vomit.
They are just so 1337!

Wow, it looks like most of this is already redundant!

Brief lowdown on EBN
EBN page on TVT Records site
Blue Man site

Anyone know where I can find the Telecommunications Breakdown VHS tape? I can only find the CD.

Oh, and I almost forgot KIMBLE

The most ironic one in the whole archive: http: //www.cyberden.com/cgi-bin/showsinglesleeve.pl?dir =m&file=microsoft6.gif Rather like an anti-prophecy...

The Official 5.25" Disk Sleeve Archive