---
title: "When friends show off"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/4/14/when-friends-show-off.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/4/14/when-friends-show-off.html"
published: "2004-04-14T12:44:00"
updated: "2004-04-14T12:44:00"
tags: ["Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Addy is showing off his desktop space. Heh. I like this comment on that picture: “Pull down the matrix poster. That's so five years ago. “ He also links to some words of wisdom on the recent past . Gawd , that is one…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# When friends show off

By Roy Osherove April 14, 2004 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published April 14, 2004; technical details may be outdated.

Addy is [showing off](http://weblogs.asp.net/asanto/archive/2004/04/13/112527.aspx) his desktop space. Heh. I like this comment on that picture:

_“Pull down the matrix poster. That's so five years ago. “_

He also [links](http://weblogs.asp.net/asanto/archive/2004/04/13/112452.aspx) to some [words of wisdom on the recent past](http://www.addysanto.com/blog/arguing.jpg). _Gawd_, that is one nasty poster, yet extremely funny.

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