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10 favourite things from 2002

I've just been reading through some old websites and blog posts from 2001/2002, thanks to Wayback Machine. I made a list of my 10 favourite things. I was 37/38.

    1. vanilla

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    I've always loved vanilla. Perfume, soap, vanilla slices. It's still my favourite fragrance.

    2. my goldfish Tallulah

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    I had Tallulah for quite a while. I gave her a long pedigree name! She featured in a few of my blog posts.

    3. reading unputdownable books

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    This was probably pre-Kindle. I read a lot of books and always loved a book that I just had to keep reading, one that kept me awake at night until I'd finished it.

    4. fiddling with my webpages

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    It was HTML back then and I loved tinkering. The internet was absolutely the best thing!

    5. fountain pens

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    I still love fountain pens now.

    6. brown ink

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    And still buy brown ink.

    7. my Palm m500

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    Palm Pilots were brilliant. I had a few different versions over the years but finally relinquished them when my mobile phone made them obsolete.

    8. Waterstone's

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    This is a big bookshop. I used to visit the shop in the middle of Manchester. It was a sanctuary and one of my favourite haunts.

    9. blue things

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    I do like blue but maybe not as much as back then.

    10. celeb spotting

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    I worked in Manchester and often spotted different celebs wandering about town or filming. I was starstruck from my early teens and collected autographs.
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BillBergeman @BillBergeman
I miss Palm Pilots!
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nicolafisher @nicolafisher
Yes, me too. They were great devices. I loved the stylus.
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randomroger @randomroger
Blogging back then? Impressive (not a sarcastic comment).
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nicolafisher @nicolafisher
Yes. I started learning HTML around 1996/1997, began buying domain names, learned how to use FTP, and became a blogger. There was quite a community of us back then and I made lots of online friends, some of whom became offline friends. It was a great time!
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