There’s Swag And Then There’s SWAG – P.S. A Column On Things

P.S. A Column On Things

By PAUL E. SCHINDLER JR. I am from Portland, Oregon, Beaumont ’66, Benson High ’70, MIT ’74. Some things are impossible to know, but it is impossible to know these things.

There’s Swag And Then There’s SWAG

July 8, 2026

In my 20 years at CMP I was given a selection of swag that indicated I needed polo shirts and mugs.

The CMP product with the shortest life span gave out the best swag: a coat with leather sleeves. At one time the URL passed to a porn site.

I edited two CMP websites, and got polo shirts for both (not pictured; Byte.com pocket protectors). Byte.com now belongs to a dentist.

And then there were the cups…

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