They re-released those original Tamagotchi and then the Tamagotchi Connections fairly recently. Not sure of global availability, but I got my hands on one pretty easily in Canada. They use the shell of the Connection v3 and behave about the same, if I’m not mistaken. But, they’re not quite the same. They’re not as good. The battery life isn’t as good (it’s kind of short, actually), and there are certain quirks that make me think it’s running slightly faster than the original.

I’m glad they exist, but they’re definitely not the exact same thing. They’re kinda expensive now too. I remember them costing $20 back in the day (the Connection, in Canada), which is about $30 now. But to buy the rebooted Connection, they’re all over $60-$70. I got the translucent neon colour, the 90s design. I see a dark starry neon colour, that looks even more 90s.

I think the Tamagotchi Connection v3 (the one in the photo) was a 2006 release. The original Connection was 2004. I didn’t have any older Tamagotchis, so this is the one I chose. I’ve had that one since I was a kid!

Indeed there is - which also doubled as a climbing wall for this kitty when he was younger!

Ahhhhh that’s one thing I missed! I don’t have a standalone MP3 player or boombox, but I do have a Discman! We had tons of those iPod-wannabe MP3 players too, not sure where they all ran off to. Those ones we had ranged from 16MB to 128MB I wanna say. Probably had SD card expansion too. Tsk, just lamenting the fact that I forgot my Discman and a set of Koss headphones!

If I’m not mistaken, this particular model was introduced in the late 90s and has been a common fixture in schools since. I’ve had this one since sometime in the late 2000s. It’s a Texas Instruments TI-84 of some variety. I’m not certain, but I believe they can still be purchased brand new in most places. There are different, more capable models, but the basic ones are still very powerful and capable (and expensive) graphing calculators.

All things I wished I could have, but didn’t. Well, I did have one of those 2000s cheat booklets for PS2 games, but it was in bad shape and wouldn’t have been obvious, and I couldn’t bring my Phillips CRT with PS2 over here (it was a practical space/support issue), so I left it out, even though it would’ve really taken it that much further.

I don’t have vintage printers either, since I can’t justify them, and the printer I already do have usually works (though it is a haunted and vindictive HP, so that should say all).

All good things to have though. I’m sure I’ve got more neat goodies hiding in my basement, I just have to dig them out.

I honestly forgot how cool Encarta actually was! It’s fun to revisit it to see what it had on various topics I’m more familiar with now. It’s quite light now, but a fun trip down memory lane!

It had to be Zuma. I needed my PS2 wallpaper and icons visible! And that game is stupidly addictive.

I did it! It took a while, but I did it!

The most 2000s picture I ever took

He is well aware of this and uses it to his advantage!

My basement… definitely has vibes!

This is the unfinished basement of a house whose main selling feature was the colour beige.

I always thought I was his employee.

A cat’s life is very, very busy! Lots of important business - eating, asking to be fed again, getting treats, grooming, judging watching through the windows, so much work!

We’ve been planning to drywall the basement soon (for the past 25 years).

Yay, I get to join!

He does that too. If he’s just doing the nighttime watch, he’ll sit in the doorway, but if he sits around the corner, that’s him hoping for us to also hide around the corner, and make scurrying noises so he can bat at it!

Thank you, and you as well!

Oh wow, thanks for pointing me there! I might have to create a SUPER Y2K setup there, and I think I know how to do it!

I love the look of these little Compaq Deskpros! Super robust little things, they did a pretty good job on them!