A text window became a room, the person with an at-sign became law, and one mistyped command became public.

90s Kid - The IRC Chatroom

A text window became a room, the person with an at-sign became law, and one mistyped command became public.

September 22, 2026 · 4 min · 646 words · Justin
Friendship required memorizing a number longer than your home phone and waiting for the little uh-oh.

90s Kid - Your ICQ Number

Friendship required memorizing a number longer than your home phone and waiting for the little uh-oh.

September 21, 2026 · 3 min · 614 words · Justin
A tiny music player opened a portal of colors powerful enough to make homework impossible.

90s Kid - The Winamp Visualizer

A tiny music player opened a portal of colors powerful enough to make homework impossible.

September 20, 2026 · 3 min · 621 words · Justin
The song took four hours, reached 99 percent, and became something recorded from a radio in a bathroom.

90s Kid - Napster and the Mystery Download

The song took four hours, reached 99 percent, and became something recorded from a radio in a bathroom.

September 19, 2026 · 3 min · 505 words · Justin
A confident AI robot presents an enormous accessibility request for an electric scooter outside a historic mansion museum.

The AI Had a Plan for the Mansion

I asked AI to check whether attractions would allow my electric scooter. It sent a formal mobility-aid request to a 136-year-old mansion—and the museum had receipts.

September 18, 2026 · 5 min · 1056 words · Justin
Portable digital music arrived with enough room for an album, assuming the album showed discipline.

90s Kid - The 32 MB MP3 Player

Portable digital music arrived with enough room for an album, assuming the album showed discipline.

September 18, 2026 · 3 min · 451 words · Justin
A phone waveform flows into paper paragraphs and a checklist while a hand makes red pencil corrections. A visual metaphor for dictation, organization, and human revision.

I Have the Idea. Getting It Out Is the Hard Part.

The rough version finally has somewhere useful to go.

September 18, 2026 · 5 min · 855 words · Justin
Four batteries charged all night so the handheld could survive part of a car ride.

90s Kid - The Rechargeable Batteries

Four batteries charged all night so the handheld could survive part of a car ride.

September 17, 2026 · 3 min · 567 words · Justin
A fictional Pueblo-inspired streetscape with an unmarked brick utility building and roadside cabinet, overlaid with paper records and an abstract map. No actual facility or utility route is shown.

What the Hell Is in That Building?

The interesting possibility is the beginning of the investigation.

September 17, 2026 · 5 min · 880 words · Justin
Editorial illustration of the two AM radio towers behind Hwy 50 Autoplex in Pueblo

Two Towers Behind the Car Lot

How Pueblo’s KGHF transmitter plant became Hwy 50 Autoplex—and how a kid grew up beside an operating AM transmitter.

September 17, 2026 · 7 min · 1360 words · Justin