Introducing the Kentik Network Jamz Mixtape
Summary
Cassette tapes are back…sort of! Revisit the joys (and frustrations) of these iconic rectangles of the past with the Kentik Network Jamz Mixtape Bluetooth Speaker — all the retro vibes, none of the tangled ribbons. Find out how to snag one and join the fun at AWS re:Invent or by sharing your best network-themed song title!
Remember cassette tapes? Sure, you do.
No, not the shiny circles. Those were CDs. Not the big, black circles, either. Those were vinyl records. I can see why you’d be confused between the two; they both spin around, after all.
I’m talking about cassette tapes. They debuted in the years between the revolving formats of music listening. And no, not 8-track tapes. Those came first, but we don’t talk about them anymore.
Cassette tapes were those little plastic rectangles that played your favorite songs. Sometimes, you’d buy them in the music shop, complete with album artwork and a little folded piece of paper that, if you were lucky, had the lyrics to the entire album written in a font so small your eyes would water trying to read them. They had a little ribbon inside that, as it played, would inevitably fall off the track and become a rat’s nest of shiny lace that you’d spend valuable time re-spooling with a number 2 pencil. Remember how fun that was?
You could even record over the music that came on them. Say you wanted your own copy of that top-10 single that you’d tune into KNTK every day at 3 pm to hear; with a cassette tape, you could have your own personal copy in much lower fidelity with static crackling that would only worsen as the tape deteriorated.
Yeah, now you remember! Cassette tapes!
Well, I’m beyond pleased to inform you that cassette tapes are back and better than ever.
Introducing the Kentik Network Jamz Mixtape Bluetooth Speaker. (It’s a mouthful, I know.)
We took everything you love about cassette tapes (the shape) and removed everything you hated about them (everything but the shape).
This glorious collectible comes equipped with everything you need to relive those glory days of 1993. Picture it now: The dulcet tones of Kurt Loder’s voice echo through your dimly lit bedroom as a revolving fan gently pulls your Wreckx-N-Effect poster from the wall. The guy who played saxophone on Arsenio Hall has just been sworn into office, and there’s a new episode of Ren and Stimpy on tonight. All is right in the world.
Now, you can go back in time without the help of a Delorean and a mason jar full of Plutonium. Through painstaking research and testing, we’ve crafted a playlist of music that speaks to the true nature of network engineering.
Featuring your favorite network jams, such as:
- Yellow Submarine Cable
- Sweet Cloud O’ Mine
- Oops… I Did IoT Again
- Virtualization Insanity
- I WAN You To WAN Me
- And so much more!
(Editor’s note: This is just a speaker. The above songs do not appear on the Kentik Network Jamz speaker. Also, they don’t exist.)
So, bust out your Cross Colours, grab your 2-liter Crystal Pepsi, and get ready to rock.
You can get your hands on your very own Kentik Network Jamz Mixtape Bluetooth speaker by doing one of the following:
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Visit the Kentik booth (Booth #1781) at AWS re:Invent from December 2 to 6, 2024.
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Create your own amazing network song title that you think should be featured on our next mixtape and post it to Twitter, LinkedIn, or BlueSky. Make sure to tag Kentik on your post and use the hashtag #KentikNetworkJamz. We’ll pick the ten best song titles and send the winners a Kentik Jamz speaker.
Rad, we’re Audi 5000. Peace!
