Going there always made me feel inspired, excited, and reinvigorated with creativity. Good for coders block. There is a thrill with holding an artifact and considering its previous use and a potential use. Or just the challenge of buying some vaguely non-functional vintage computer, learning about it, repairing it.

I've found software that I've worked on, things I'd lusted after from magazines, but couldn't have afforded at the time (ooh, a Telebit Trailblazer! A wide format plotter!) and just weird (16 gross cleanroom booties! queCats!). Once I found a box of floppies with the name of someone that I used to work with at another company. Things just wind up there.

Oh well, I guess its going to have to be more frequent visits to the foothill[1] flea market...[2]

[1] Not at Foothill[3] anymore - moved to DeAnza College.

[2] http://www.electronicsfleamarket.com/?electronics=

[3] Big note on [2] that they're actually moving to the Fry's parking lot in Sunnyvale for the first one of the year (April 14, 2018)