Analog Man: Going off the grid to gain sanity
Staff August 29, 2013
I spent two weeks this month as an analog, living much the way I did until the late 1990s. News came from reading the dead-trees editions of the Seattle Times
I spent two weeks this month as an analog, living much the way I did until the late 1990s. News came from reading the dead-trees editions of the Seattle Times
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