It was thrity years ago this week

that the Walkman came out, but it's taken only a handful of years for it to become seriously antiquated--check out this
article written by an iPod kid who used a Walkman for a week
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8117619.stm
My favorite bit is when he mentions that it took him a week to realize that tapes had two sides to them.