A some point, back when Windows XP was the standard system, it became standard practice that to fix a problem on one PC, a second PC was needed for research. Technology was becoming ubiquitous. XP was introduced in October, 2001. At that same time, work on remodeling my kitchen was wrapping up.
Thanks to tastewar lending me his toolkit, I had wired two of the bedrooms with Ethernet jacks. The way the basement is arranged made that an easy project. Installing Ethernet in the kitchen? Not so easy. There had been some trouble with the electrician the general contractor was using, so I dropped the idea.
Not too many years later my concern about kitchen connectivity disappeared when Wi-Fi replaced the need for Ethernet. These days in the kitchen I use a Fire HD 10 tablet, which has an excellent screen. Amazon has occasionally put it on sale for half price, $75.
Those headphones hanging on the book holder are the Sony MDR-W08. I bought two pairs in 2011 for $15. The MDR-W08 has a large following, but I can understand why Sony discontinued it. The market has, regrettably in my opinion, moved away from wired headphones for portable use. For that matter, portable headphones have fallen out of favor compared to earbuds.
https://us.community.sony.com/s/question/0D50B00004IKvxTSAT/why-discontinue-the-mdrw08l-headphones
A hardcore fan of Sony’s gone-but-not-forgotten product had this to say recently.
https://mrmarc.com/the-venerable-sony-mdr-w08-headphones/
On the subject of headphones, in my post about WION a couple of days ago, I mentioned that as a radio DJ I used my AKG K-140’s (that I no longer have). I had a LOL moment when spotting a pair of AKG K-140’s in the WION broadcast studio.
