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One of my favorite things to do as a teenager growing up was to get a ride to Barnes and noble, grab a coffee, and plant myself on the bench in the periodical section to pour through every page of the latest 2600, desperately trying to commit to my memory as much as possible.

Even in the infantile form of the web where this sort of knowledge and editorial transfer of ideas really ought to have thrived, there was no digital compendium even remotely close to how dense and concisely curated these pages were. It really felt like every new issue was unlocking the next level of the game as the Internet was developing..

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> to Barnes and noble, grab a coffee, and plant myself on the bench in the periodical section to pour through every page of the latest 2600, desperately trying to commit to my memory as much as possible

I still go to my local Barnes & Noble, the last one remaining in Seattle, to get my 2600 (and a coffee!) every quarter. Why B&N? No other bookstore in the city sells 2600, at least not reliably.

It's been a quarterly ritual for quite some time, even though I could just get a "lifetime" subscription and have more Hacker Quarterly pages to read than I could do in an actual lifetime. I still enjoy going and getting a paper magazine and reading spill about central offices and script code injection.

I do the same. Every quarter, I head to B&N, grab the latest 2600 and maybe browse for Make:, Nuts & Volts and Linux Format.

I formerly had a subscription to 2600, but canceled it after realizing it was sold at B&N, which surprised me. Not that B&N chose to sell it, but that I could reliably find it in every location I visit. In my head, that meant 2600, a publication I actually care about, was getting exposure to curious minds, and that was important to me. So, I figured buying one at B&N was like me casting my vote that they should continue to carry it for the benefit of a future budding computer enthusiast.

I too go and get 2600 from B&N each quarter.

B&N, while corporate so to speak, is also the last major gasp of fighting the Amazon hegemony. I root for them to succeed.

Here in San Antonio, there are at least three if not four B&N. I know SA has a higher population than Seattle but hearing you only have one is surprising to me.

I go once or twice a month to browse around, occasionally buy a magazine or stationery. The other day during holiday shopping, both locations in my area were quite busy at the register.

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