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 ›
Retro
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 ›
The Q Timex HODINKEE Limited Edition
The Q-topped Timex branding at 12 o’clock remains the same as always – a proud indication of the quartz caliber inside – and we’ve paired it with a small black HODINKEE signature at six o’clock, balancing the dial even further…. Read More ›
Galloping Ghost – The World’s Largest Arcade
Thank you to everyone who helped make this documentary possible, it was such a great collaborative process and learning experience. 30 minutes of arcade gaming joy.
The computer ‘fad’ is dying
“An astonishing blast of heresy casting doubt on the future of the computer in modern life has come from the very person who designed the first personal computer.” (1985). Tweeted here. Guess he was wrong.
My weird quest to find a lost game
Although the name of the game escaped them, both had a clear memory of how it looked. In the game, you played as anthropomorphised fruit, interacting with other players in a garish 2D environment. The game, they remembered, was linked… Read More ›
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