The sounds above actually hit me quite hard as the memories came flooding back. A sensory experience for those of you who are old enough to have experience them before. Thanks to Simon. Kirk also sent over 17 Pictures Showing… Read More ›
Retro
The guy on the right…
I think the guy on the right just edged that argument…
30 years of PDA and smartphone OS…
If you haven’t heard of David Wood before then you need to catch up a little. One of the creators of the Psion palmtops in the 1990s and then one of the architects of Symbian OS in the 2000s, he… Read More ›
OpoLua: the return of Psion!
View MBM image files, OPL scripts, and AIF resources, listen to sound files, and run OPL scripts and programs from Psion and Psion-compatible computers on iOS and iPadOS… More here. It’s not perfect and it takes some time to understand… Read More ›
The Nostalgic Macintosh
Ian Zelbo wasn’t around when Apple launched the first-ever Macintosh in 1984, but he was well aware of how that product sent ripples that would be felt even decades later. Likewise, what started out as an almost tongue-in-cheek joke and… Read More ›
The SMEG Futro e-scooter concept
Relying heavily on the Vespa (and even SMEG’s) soft, rounded, colorful, fun-loving image, the SMEG Futro is an e-scooter concept that embodies the feeling of driving down to the beach, the park, or the lake for a lazy Sunday. The… Read More ›
Early Smartwatch Attempts that were ‘not’ dumb
Companies have been trying to smarten up watches for more than 40 years now. It started with a move to digital numeric displays, then was followed by an avalanche of questionable features, unorthodox designs, and functionality that was passed off… Read More ›
90s Websites That Still Exist
The idea that once something hits the internet, it’s there forever, isn’t true. Things disappear from the internet all the time, from once-thriving online communities being killed when their hosting company goes under, to publications that have their archives wiped,… Read More ›
Springboard: the secret history of the first real smartphone
A decade before Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone, a tiny team of renegades imagined and tried to build the modern smartphone. Nearly forgotten by history, a little startup called Handspring tried to make the future before it was ready. This… Read More ›
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