Tag: Cassette
Ultra-Portable Vinyl USB Turntable For The Retro Traveler
How many of you awesome people still have buckets of vinyl records stowed away somewhere? For most people, their vinyl record player broke a long time ago. The time and energy it takes to fix it or find a new one seems to be too much of an endeavor to make sense. It's a good thing there are people w ...
Anatomy Of An Audio Cassette (For All The Youngins)
I know one of the first things someone is going to ask me about this article is what is a "youngin." According to the Urban Dictionary, the word youngin is country slang, and it means young people. I live in the south, and a lot of people here who use that word, so I can assure you it's alive and we ...
Old Retro Cassette Makeup Box For The Ladies
Yesterday I wrote about a retro cassette converter and how it could once again bring to life your favorite, old hit songs. We tend to discard our old stuff like it doesn't matter to us anymore, but yesterday's cassette conversion gadget has way too much power to even consider throwing away any of th ...
Cassette Conversion Gadget Ports Songs To iPhone
I remember back in the day when I had literary stacks of cassettes. I kept them in tidy racks on the wall and even dusted them off about once a week in order to keep them nice and clean. The cases usually got scratched pretty easily, and we'd all keep switching our favorite cassette's case with the ...
Audman: Turns Your iPhone Into A Walkman
It seems I have an urge for truly retro things lately, and after just reviewing several new retro accessories for the iPhone 4S, I can say there is a lot that stands out in the crowd. I have come to believe that the retrofication of our gadgets isn't only a way to feel more connected to our past, bu ...
Animated Infographic Of Audio Formats From 1980 To 2010
If you know your gadgets, you know that the cool thing to have back in the '80s was of course the Walkman, or the Freestyle as some people called it. Listening to music on the go was the edgiest thing you could really do. However, in order to do that, you had to have a cassette of course. It was the ...
World’s Coolest Nostalgic MP3 Player
Usually when things go out of style, geeks are really quick to retrofy them into new gadgets that we all can get some nostalgic memories from. They come in the form of stickers for iPhones, non-working items or just things that look and feel similar to what the original item used to express. However ...
The Awesome Retro Use Of Recycled Cassettes
Do you miss the days when you could pop one of your cassettes into your Walkman and walk around listening to your merry music in your absolutely awesome yet ridiculous headphones? Well, I am sorry to tell you, but unless you have a truckload of cassettes and a working Walkman, there's not much we ca ...
The Cassette Tape Chair Makes Your Life Even More Retro
Trying to count how many times I have wanted to retrofy my life wouldn't even be possible. It happens every day, and I never dare pass up an opportunity to feel the cool of the past yet another time. In my own humble opinion, I think people in general don't embrace the past enough to justify the fut ...
VHS Toilet Paper Holder Makes Your Bathroom Visit Fun!
As we have established a long time ago here on Bit Rebels, recycling can be quite fun, and also have a multifaceted secondary use. Everything we see at home could probably be recycled if we just had the creativity and imagination to do it. Sometimes we find it easier to throw away things instead o ...
So Analog: See Retro Media Storage Come Alive As Toys!
For the first time in a long time, again, I am completely inspired through every atom of my being. The reason for this is none other than the retro cool of old storage media. Now you might think that I have finally cracked, but stay with me for a second. We all know that the cassette, cartridge a ...
Don’t Let The Sony Walkman Die – Freestyle Your iPhone 4!
Sony recently announced that they are discontinuing their legendary Walkman cassette player. It fast became a trademark for geeks, skaters and other hip and fly kids back in the day. It got so popular that it held on to its reign for over 30 years. It was launched in the market back in 1979. The ...
The Cassette Tape Wallet: Retro With A Twist
What is it with our cassette tape fascination? We've written so many articles about cassette tape inspired products, and it seems more and more are being created each day. Is it just because we love everything retro, or is there more to it than that?
I think these colorful, squishy, rubber, wat ...
eTape: Awesome Retro Future Cassette Media Player
The word "Retro" has become somewhat of a symbol for awesomeness. We use it whenever we find something that takes us back to the great times that we will forever have etched in our memories. And let me tell you, there are a lot of things out there that are retro. Take the Nintendo NES for example ...
Clocks Created From Vinyl Records – Retro Meets Recycling
Vinyl records are just a tad before my time. I had a few of them when I was very young, but for most of my childhood, it was the cassette era. I have a lot of friends; however, that collect old records. Apparently they can be very sentimental and bring back wonderful memories.
My favorite part ...