The Angry Hippie Tech Chronicles

A collection of tech reflections, stories, and straight-shooting reviews from a Generation Jones perspective. Follow my unexpected 25-year journey from feeding punch cards into mainframes at college to navigating corporate IT leadership—a path that zigged when I thought life would zag.

Here you’ll find unfiltered takes on electronics and software I purchase with my own money. Every gadget, app, and system I discuss is something I’ve bought myself and tested in real-world conditions—not in some sterile lab environment, but in my cluttered home office where coffee stains meet cable management attempts.

I’m not sponsored by anyone, and nobody sends me free stuff hoping for a favorable mention. What you will find are Amazon affiliate links and other affiliate partnerships that help keep this operation running (and fund my still-growing collection of mechanical keyboards). As required by the FTC, consider this my blanket disclosure: I earn commission through purchases made via affiliate links on this site.

From essays on the forgotten tech that shaped us to recommendations on which streaming device won’t make you want to throw it through a window, this is where I chronicle the digital journey from Compaq Presario to cloud computing—the blue screens, breakthrough moments, and everything in between.

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