“Playing retro games,” says Schranck, “you’re happy to be feeling like a kid again. As an adult, you have all these responsibilities and anxieties, and if you can just find a way to forget about that, even just for 15… Read More ›
Retro
QOTD: What’s the oldest piece of tech you still use today?
Air Vice Marshal Rich Maddison is a senior RAF officer with decades of flying experience. “As an Air Force we are as high-tech as you get, but this, this is just me.” He is referring to a miniature computer with… Read More ›
8 Classic Operating Systems in your browser
If you want to emulate Windows 95, Mac OS X Lion, and more, you’ve come to the right place. Here are eight classic operating systems you can access in your browser… More here. Of no practical use of course, but… Read More ›
iBook → Air
Superb photos tweeted by Jordan Singer. It is easy to look at a photo of the iBook and believe it looks quite slim. And then it is compared to 2020 and…
27 years later and the Psion 3a is still wonderful
My daughter found my Psion 3a the other day, tucked at the back of a cupboard she was clearing out for me. It looked fine and is still in excellent aesthetic condition, and fortunately I had left no batteries inside… Read More ›
oldcellphone
I know that some of you like to look back at tech, particularly mobile tech, from back in the day and so I would suggest checking out oldcellphone on Instagram. So many classic models which have been photographed extremely well.
Three classic Psion games recreated for the iPhone
The Psion was my first PDA and it started a ‘thing’ for me. Within that early obsession was a selection of games that were highly addictive, but alas they have disappeared now. However, there are some modern counterparts available that… Read More ›
The Alfa Romeo B.A.T. Collection
If one tries to put the evolution of car design in chronological order, starting at the Benz Patent Motor Car and ending with, oh let’s say the latest Italian supercar, what would you put roughly midway? With car design spanning… Read More ›
How to take a selfie in 1912
In case you’re curious about the camera featured in the ad, it’s most likely an ANSCO No. 3A Folding Buster Brown, which took postcard-sized photos on roll film and launched around 1912 or 1913. Redbellows.co.uk also tells us that the… Read More ›
Pininfarina’s 50-Year-Old Modulo Design
“Pininfarina has built 90 years of innovation”, company CEO Silvio Angori said in a statement. “The symbol of this journey is the Modulo, still considered, half a century later to be an icon of motor racing due to a revolutionary… Read More ›