https://occasionallabs-podcast.netlify.app/ en-us Copyright 2026 OccasionalLabs OccasionalLabs presents Ctrl Alt Defunct. The rise, the crash, and the assets sold separately. OccasionalLabs presents Ctrl Alt Defunct. The rise, the crash, and the assets sold separately. OccasionalLabs OccasionalLabs jasonmsalas@mac.com false episodic https://occasionallabs-podcast.netlify.app/cover.png https://occasionallabs-podcast.netlify.app/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:39:00 GMT Sal and Ara on Myspace: eUniverse not a dorm room, Tom as default friend, the Top 8, News Corp and Intermix, Google ads, Facebook passing them, Timberlake, and the songs lost in a server move. Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:39:00 GMT ol-e05-myspace https://occasionallabs-podcast.netlify.app/e05-myspace.mp3 E05: Myspace — Everybody Was Friends With Tom Everybody was friends with Tom. Then everybody left. false 442 5 full Sal and Ara name the show Ctrl Alt Defunct, then tell CompUSA from Soft Warehouse in Addison to the IPO, Slim, Computer City, Good Guys, the 2007 wind-down, and the smaller Systemax afterlife. Wed, 23 Sep 2026 21:36:00 GMT ol-e04-compusa https://occasionallabs-podcast.netlify.app/e04-compusa.mp3 E04: CompUSA — Rise and Fall The store that taught America to shop for computers, then held a clearance sale on the future. false 444 4 full Sal and Ara on Exabyte: Boulder 1985, StorageTek founders, the EXB-8200, the 1989 Nasdaq IPO, Mammoth delays, Ecrix and VXA, and the 2006 Tandberg asset sale that left shareholders expecting nothing. Wed, 23 Sep 2026 21:09:00 GMT ol-e03-exabyte https://occasionallabs-podcast.netlify.app/e03-exabyte.mp3 E03: Exabyte — Rise and Fall Camcorder tape in the server room, then a sale with no check for shareholders. false 462 3 full Sal and Ara on USRobotics: Chicago 1976 founders and Casey Cowell, the Nasdaq IPO, Courier HST and the BBS sysop program, Palm, the 3Com merger under Éric Benhamou, the 56K war, later CEOs, and the brand still listed in 2026. Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:16:00 GMT ol-e02-usr https://occasionallabs-podcast.netlify.app/e02-usr.mp3 E02: USRobotics — Rise and Fall From acoustic couplers over an army-surplus store to a surviving catalog in Schaumburg. false 590 2 full Sal and Ara remember checking AIM after school, then walk the history: 1997 launch, buddy lists and away messages, the peak in the 2000s, the slide to SMS and social, and the December 15, 2017 shutdown. Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:14:00 GMT ol-e01-aim https://occasionallabs-podcast.netlify.app/e01-aim.mp3 E01: AIM — Rise and Fall AIM from the living-room PC to the last door sound in 2017. false 427 1 full