http://obsoleteskills.com/ 2010-03-14T23:00:23-07:00 http://obsoleteskills.com/ http://obsoleteskills.com/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2010-03-14T06:22:46-07:00 Hal Brown http://obsoleteskills.com/skills/darkroomphotographyskills?rev=1268572966&do=diff Field Photography Went Obsolete 2005 Will Be Obsolete Probably not for another 20 years at least Made Obsolete By Digital photography, Photoshop, Cheap color printers Knowledge Assumed Chemical processing of film and prints When useful Still used for artistic photography, hobbyists Made *NOT* Obsolete By The fact that no digital camera can be used for high resolution photography Darkroom photography describes the process of creating pictures or slides from exposed film used in tra… text/html 2010-03-14T06:09:35-07:00 Hal Brown http://obsoleteskills.com/skills/buyarolloffilm?rev=1268572175&do=diff Field Photography Went Obsolete 2007-ish Made Obsolete By Prevalence of digital cameras over film-replacables Knowledge Assumed Film speed/exposure levels When useful When you need to take more pictures Go into a convenience, grocery, drug, or photography store, select the type of film, number of exposures, and pay for it! text/html 2010-03-06T16:23:31-07:00 Jeff Jonas http://obsoleteskills.com/skills/on_my_dime?rev=1267921411&do=diff Field payphones Went Obsolete 1990s Made Obsolete By rising phone costs and free emergency calls from payphones Knowledge Assumed The knowledge needed to perform the skill When useful common phrase, idiom Long long ago, phone calls cost a dime for the first few minutes, so phrases referring to the cost of a phone call tended to refer to a dime. Jim Croche's song “Operator” mentions “and you can keep the dime” meaning he doesn't want the operator to refund the cost of the call (this wa… text/html 2010-03-06T16:18:06-07:00 Jeff Jonas http://obsoleteskills.com/skills/skills?rev=1267921086&do=diff Anyone is more than welcome to add skills to this site, just click the login button at the bottom of any page, then click the Edit Page button on the page you want to edit (including this list). If you need help with editing, check out the Adding Skills help page. text/html 2010-03-06T16:12:13-07:00 Jeff Jonas http://obsoleteskills.com/skills/dialingarotaryphone?rev=1267920733&do=diff Field Making Telephone calls Went Obsolete In the late 1980s-1990s, when rotary phones started disappearing from homes and businesses.The telcos issued them into the late 1980s, even though TouchTone? was unveiled in the 1960s Made Obsolete By ATT's Touch-Tone system Knowledge Assumed The ability to read numbers and twirl a dial When useful When faced with a very old payphone or visiting grandma [Rotary Phone] Rotary Phone text/html 2010-01-26T13:41:02-07:00 Brad Kellett http://obsoleteskills.com/skills/refillingafountainpen?rev=1264542062&do=diff Field Writing Went Obsolete Slowly, beginning in the mid to early 1950s. Still useful today (so not completely obsolete), as some people DO still use fountain pens! Made Obsolete By Biros (ballpoint pens) Knowledge Assumed You need to understand the particulars of the filling mechanism on your pen. There were many, including lever, button, rod, vacumatic, piston, touchdown, snorkel, eyedropper, bulb, and aerometric fillers to name a few. When useful Whenever your fountain pen needs more… text/html 2010-01-07T05:34:07-07:00 Lucas Smith Graim http://obsoleteskills.com/skills/sellingsomethingintheclassifiedads?rev=1262871247&do=diff Field What field the skill applies to Went Obsolete An approximation of when the skill was made obsolete Made Obsolete By Ebay, craigslist Knowledge Assumed The knowledge needed to perform the skill When useful When you wanted to sell your junk Then enter a description of the skill, and include a photo using the 'attach' link in the header for this page. text/html 2009-12-27T18:55:18-07:00 longshrift http://obsoleteskills.com/skills/diagramming_sentences?rev=1261968918&do=diff Field Grammar Went Obsolete Not necessarily obsolete; more that the method/reason for teaching this way lost steam, approximately 20 - 25 years ago Made Obsolete By Common sense Knowledge Assumed Expert understanding of parts of speech When useful When arguing with English majors Diagramming sentences is a way of mapping out parts of a sentence, providing a means of learning for people who are visual learners. text/html 2009-12-23T07:18:42-07:00 Joy Olivia Miller http://obsoleteskills.com/skills/doublespacingbetweensentences?rev=1261581522&do=diff Field Writing Went Obsolete When typewriters and telegrams went the way of the dodo Made Obsolete By Desktop publishing Knowledge Assumed N/A When useful To annoy editors and graphic designers My dog ate pizza.<space><space>His name was Bob.<space><space>He was a weird pet.