I spent the morning clearing out old (mid-80’s to mid-90’s) computer magazines (Dr. Dobb’s Journal and some IEEE and ACM publications (I almost got a Ph.D. in computer science…everything but the dissertation). There was probably still some good info in the journals, but computer technology changes so quickly (and the info is so likely to be on the web someplace) that it just didn’t seem worth the shelf space any more.

Square dance relevance? Other than sound delivery systems, square dancing doesn’t change all that much. I’ve managed to gather copies of caller note services from the ’70’s and ’80’s and find them useful…well worth the storage space. Choreography styles have changed somewhat, but not so much that one can’t gather useful info from the note services. Also, going back to some of the more “dated” patterns can add spice to an evening. I’d love to have complete collections of all the old note services; there’s some classic stuff there.