Life Since the Baby Boom

Life Since the Baby Boom

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Life Since the Baby Boom
Life Since the Baby Boom
Notes on Chapter 14
This New Internet Thing

Notes on Chapter 14

Janet and Walt Go to Fry's

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Aug 14, 2024
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In Chapter 14, we got a look at what was the beating heart of Silicon Valley: Fry’s. Originally a grocery store, it turned itself into the indispensable source of literally anything you needed for your tech life, including graphics cards, refrigerators, and blank CD-ROMs. Everyone went there sooner or later. They had branches in Palo Alto, Campbell, LA,…

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