Emily at Say What? reminisces about the Commodore 64. I had one of those, too. Used to sit around all day during the summer playing M.U.L.E., among other things. Sigh.

Seven Days’ deputy publisher and co-owner Cathy Resmer is a writer, editor and advocate for local journalism. She works in the paper’s Burlington office and lives vicariously through the reporters while raising money to pay them. Cathy started at...