The color of the sky

[dougo]

Bruce Sterling's article in the Washington Post uses the phrase "the sky was the color of a dead television channel", referring to a similar line in William Gibson's Neuromancer. Ironically, on most TVs nowadays, tuning to a dead channel gets you a solid blue screen.

Comments

[the-gadgetman.livejournal.com]

A couple of days ago my 5-year-old daughter saw an old-fashioned, rotary phone at my office and wanted to try it. So she actually dialed mom's cell phone. Probably one of the few kids her age around here who's ever done that...

[greyaenigma.livejournal.com]

Did you have to explain to her how to use it, or did she figure it out on her own?

[the-gadgetman.livejournal.com]

She pretty much got it on her own. I think I dialed one digit for her.