Thirty tiny buttons transformed your wrist into a business computer nobody could actually type on.

90s Kid - The Calculator Watch

Thirty tiny buttons transformed your wrist into a business computer nobody could actually type on.

September 16, 2026 · 3 min · 551 words · Justin
An imagined workbench with a CRT catalog screen, open computer tower, tools, service tickets, and a tablet. It represents stages of a business, not an actual equipment inventory.

Apparently I Was Starting a Business

Old websites, repair questions, and responsibility accumulating.

September 16, 2026 · 4 min · 817 words · Justin
A digital camera saved photographs onto the same square disks as homework.

90s Kid - The Camera That Used Floppy Disks

A digital camera saved photographs onto the same square disks as homework.

September 15, 2026 · 3 min · 638 words · Justin
An imagined long framed street scene above a couch, with small windows and streetlamps glowing warm amber. An interpretation of the remembered artwork at Grandma Ann’s house.

The Little Lights at Grandma Ann’s House

A little world above a couch, remembered by its light.

September 15, 2026 · 4 min · 777 words · Justin
A four-panel comic contrasts a curious 90s kid with an adult touring neighborhood infrastructure by scooter.

90s Kid - I Went Outside. There Was Infrastructure.

A scooter ride became a tour of the boxes, cables, pipes, towers, and one camera that keep a neighborhood interesting.

September 14, 2026 · 2 min · 365 words · Justin
You took twenty-seven mystery pictures and waited a week to learn your thumb starred in twelve.

90s Kid - The Disposable Camera

You took twenty-seven mystery pictures and waited a week to learn your thumb starred in twelve.

September 14, 2026 · 2 min · 417 words · Justin
Conceptual illustration of luminous network connections beside a hand adjusting a desk lamp, with an empty chair in gentle shadow.

Being Good at Things Is Apparently Confusing

Knowing the answer does not tell you what it costs to give it.

September 14, 2026 · 4 min · 789 words · Justin
A tiny camcorder tape climbed into a full-size cassette costume so the VCR would recognize it.

90s Kid - The VHS-C Adapter

A tiny camcorder tape climbed into a full-size cassette costume so the VCR would recognize it.

September 13, 2026 · 3 min · 486 words · Justin
Hands hold a worn technical manual with incomplete diagrams on one page and clearer annotated diagrams on the other. A metaphor for better understanding, not a medical document.

Forty Years Without the Right Manual

The explanation arrived after adulthood was already underway.

September 13, 2026 · 4 min · 794 words · Justin
Editorial illustration of ordinary and surveillance-style equipment mounted on a Pueblo utility pole

The Mystery Boxes on Pueblo's Utility Poles

I photographed unexplained boxes on Pueblo utility poles, asked Black Hills Energy what they were, and later found commercial covert cameras built to look exactly like transformers and electrical equipment.

September 12, 2026 · 11 min · 2248 words · Justin