Remnants of days past [Digital Age Challenge]

by Sturek

“Professor! We found something!” By the time the professor reached the excavation site he was out of breath and had lost his hat.
“Looks like a stack of storage devices.” Billy kneeled down in front of a black case.
“One is still intact professor!” he shouted.
“Hand it over, will you?” the professor tried to sound calm as Billy handed him a small silver rectangle. “Let’s see what Rajesh can make of this.” the professor mumbled and slowly walked over to a large tent.
Rajesh was already outside, eagerly waiting for this remnant of days past. He took the dirty device from the professor’s hands and put it in a small, white crate. As soon as he closed the crate’s lid it started to hum and a screen lit up. As the team gathered to watch, small words began to appear at the bottom of the screen:

Finally got that last piece of work done. about 15 hours ago from web

New post on my blog: http://tinyurl.com/yoo53z 12:46 PM January 31, 2008 from twitterfeed

@WFS is a dick as usual. about 17 hours ago from web

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  1. Remnants of days past [Digital Age Challenge]

    uselessness' Buddy Icon uselessness

    Posted 5 months ago

    Haha, I love it. Especially how the tinyurl goes to WWDN . :-P
    LoA

  2. Remnants of days past [Digital Age Challenge]

    KasumiRose's Buddy Icon KasumiRose

    Posted 5 months ago

    I was curious what part of 21st century culture that disk would reveal. It’s cute.

  3. Remnants of days past [Digital Age Challenge]

    Sturek's Buddy Icon Sturek

    Posted 5 months ago

    Thank you !
    Now I wonder if anyone got the WFS reference…..

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