My undergraduate college-which was small and almost entirely within one city block-had three beautiful neo-classical antebellum buildings that "anchored" the campus(they were built between the 1820s and 1850s). Other "old" buildings built from about 1900-1940 were more or less neo-classical.
Then, the baby boomers started going to college in the mid-1960s and the college started building like crazy. There was a new residential park built across the street from campus that was cookie-cutter 1960s "boxy" architecture(tearing down a c. 1890s residence hall in the process), adding a front wing onto a c.1850 building, and adding two big buildings anchoring campus in the same style. They do indeed stick out like sore thumbs.
Fortunately, the college has made an effort on more recent building projects(1990s-current) to revert to neo-classical architecture and-by and large-has done a great job of it while still making the buildings unmistakably modern. I'm glad that they saw the error of their ways, but unfortunately the two big buildings I'm referring to(student center and science building) are too integral to campus and entirely too costly to replace.
I'm rather partial to the DMC-12 myself, although of course in typical US fashion the NHTSA screwed it up by putting it on stilts, adding about 1000lbs, and strangling the engine. What was supposed to be a lightweight, nimble, rear engined, fast sports car ended up being somewhat of an overweight pig with screwed up handling...
All of that said, it's still a great looking car-especially with the suspension brought back down to the design height.
One last thing-here's the 800mhz Cube on my desk at home, replete with a 17" acrylic ADC, pro keyboard, and black pro mouse. It has 1.5gb of RAM, a CD-RW, and an upgraded GEForce 2MX. This is indeed what Cube aesthetics are all about. Once I get my computer room in some state of order(I've been trying for a month to get tables in it, but my delivery man hasn't come through yet) I will set up my original 450mhz with a 22" ADC display. This is actually a fairly scarce display that I think had an original MSRP of $4000(later dropped) and was the largest that a stock Cube supported.
I also have the 17" CRT, which is fantastic and also looks amazing with the Cube. The true-flat Diamontron tube can put out 1600x1200 at 75hz and remains 100% legible. It's actually a better display than the 21" Trinitron that preceded it, and the aesthetics are a phenomenal match for any early 2000s Mac.
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