As I age, I find myself wanting more and more software and pieces of equipment that last for ages.

To answer your question, I still have a functional watch from 14 years ago.

I went digging through some old folders out of curiosity and I still have things I wrote in middle school and high school. (Not code, although I was starting with HTML at the time but that's lost to Geocities.)

Anyway, a bit of an indirect answer to your question but I found a paper I worked on in November 2000 (when I was a junior in high school). The works cited is below. None of the links still work. It could have been completely plagiarized and no one would know!

Fast Facts – Ancient Rome’s Coliseum. 21 Nov. 2000. The History Net. <http://www.thehistorynet.com/HistoricTraveler/grandtour/0996...>

Gladiator. 21 Nov. 2000. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. <http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/0/0,5716,37695+1+3...>

Gladiators. 21 Nov. 2000. The Roman Empire. <http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Stage/3591/gladiators.html>

Gladiators. 21 Nov. 2000. <http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Fountain/5832/gladi...>

Scott, Ridley, dir. Gladiator. Perf. Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris, Connie Nielsen, and Djimon Hounsou. Dreamworks, 2000.

Haggard, Cristin. Roman Entertainment, Vicious or Victorious? 21 Nov 2000. <http://www-relg-studies.scu.edu/projects/fal96/1300pm/~chagg...>

Lee, Eugene and Justin Strickland. Roman Gladiators. 21 Nov. 2000. <http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/7917/menu.html>

Meredith, Karen. A Contempt for Pain and Death. 21 Nov. 2000. <http://www.omnibusol.com/ancadd2.html>