Benjamin Rubin

@bnrub.in

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Stuff.

Magazine clipping of a gadget that is plugged into a wall socket. Various computer cables hang out the bottom. Text reads: Port Security The longer you're online, the more time hackers have to invade. This smart plug tracks your monitor's power usage. When the screen goes to sleep, it closes the network connection. DataBreaker $40; databreaker.com
A device with 6 buttons, each with screens on them. Buttons appear to control sound functions. The microphone button is bright red, indicating that it is muted.
An inbox with 491,230 emails.
A copy of Neuromancer on a shelf, there's a handwritten note below it that reads: "You'd best start believin' in cyberpunk dystopias, yer' in one."
A white sign with black and red text is on the wall next to a garage door. A car with no bumper can be seen on the right. The sign reads: HAZARDOUS WORK AREA AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK A large red radioactive symbol sits in the center.
Marge Simpson is holding a potato. The captions says "I just think they're neat."
A very messy workbench with 3 CRTs in various states of disassembly. Various electronic gadgets litter the workbench.
A Star Trek Deep Space Nine action figure. Per the label, it appears to be a Tosk, a Reptilian Alien from the Gamma Quadrant.
Screenshot of an email from The Internet Archive. The title screen to Zak McKracken is the header image.
Beagle Bros Bulletin (Summer/Fall 1984)
Various Apple 2 manuals: Disk II Monitor II User's Manual Scribe Printer User's Manual DOS User's Manual DOS Programmer's Manual Apple IIe Owner's Manual
A small handheld computer with Matrix rain displayed on it sits upon the a laptop keyboard.
A CRT with lit function keys sits on a messy workbench. A breadboard with various colored wires is connected in the rear.
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A 42U (7 ft) server rack stands in a somewhat messy garage.
Raspberry Pi 5 with an NVME HAT attached. A pair of red and black wires go from the GPIO pins to a JST connector on the HAT.
Screenshot of the TrueNAS interface, showing 28.9TiB usable space.
The cover of My Teacher Flunked the Planet, by Bruce Coville