Tag: nostalgia
Capturing & Bottling Your Favorite Scents For A Nostalgic Sniff Later
We all have our favorite scents that bring back cozy memories. Whether it's your father's fishing hat, your grandmother's knitted blanket which she never finished, or your favorite old book that's been on the shelf for years, certain scents can take us right back to a special place in time. Sometime ...
Technology vs. Nostalgia: Traditional Books Have A New Kind Of Value
With the ever-growing popularity of the e-reader and the ever-spreading digitization of all things written, many have heralded the end of traditional books and the printed word as inevitable. My own experience, however, leads me to think that those who advocate this line of argument overestimate the ...
Wreck-It Ralph Is A Gamer’s Trip Down Memory Lane
One of the most exciting things I saw at E3 didn't even have anything to do with gaming. Well, not directly, anyway. Turns out, Disney's got an awesome new animated film in the works. It's called Wreck-It Ralph, and it tells the story of an 8-bit, 1990s video game villain who's suffering an identity ...
Play Nintendo On A Nintendo Cartridge
Yo Dawg, I heard you like Nintendo games...
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Now, I'm sure there's more than one child of the nineties here who remembers the Nintendo console. I'll always hold a special place for it in my heart. The SNES might've been the first console I owned, but the NES was the fi ...
Architecture: A Cozy House Created From Bookshelves
As we all know, now that we are experiencing the era of the iPad and Kindle, traditional books are becoming less and less popular. As a matter of fact, even some elementary schools are replacing books with iPads. I have a friend who just got her packet for attending University in the fall, and it ca ...
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Taco Bell Back In 1982 [10 Pics]
When was the last time you went to Taco Hell... err... I mean Taco Bell? To me, Taco Bell is college food, kinda like Ramen noodles. If you've got 5 bucks in your pocket, you can get a complete meal at Taco Bell and even have some leftover.
I remember earlier this year when it was discovered that ...
A Little Piece of Nostalgia: The Cassette Tape Lamp
Do you remember cassette tapes? They are little plastic rectangles that fit in a tape recorder, and they play music. Seriously, I bet there are people who read this blog that have never seen a cassette tape before. I know my son, who is 9 years old, has never seen one or even heard of one.
Whe ...
The Twitter Tea Towel: Bring Twitter Into Your Kitchen
It's always interesting when designers are able to combine the cozy feelings from our past into our present life. Those feelings of nostalgia always brings with them fun memories of a time long gone. We see this a lot in the retro gadgets that are so popular right now. We also see this in the ret ...
Just Released: The Original Charlotte’s Web Illustrations
Wow, this brings back so many childhood memories. Charlotte's Web is the best-selling children's paperback of all time (Publisher's Weekly, 2000). I remember reading that story dozens of times when I was growing up.
These original illustrations, drawn by Garth Williams in 1952, have been preser ...
How To: Create Your Own Unique Digital Handwriting Font
I grew up handwriting letters, but now that we do everything on the computer, I find myself forgetting how to write in cursive. I type even the simplest notes and print them to avoid showcasing my embarrassing penmanship.
Is the art of handwriting gone forever? I've written about this before ...
Turn Back Time With This Beautifully Handcrafted iPad Case
As so many people slowly make the transition from reading traditional books to reading on kindles and iPads, it seems many of us are feeling nostalgic about the look and feel of old fashioned books. I can assure you that libraries are still alive. I just took my son to a library yesterday; however ...
E-book Accessory: Your E-books Can Smell Like Musty Books!
There is no question that e-books are becoming more popular. From 2002 - 2008 it seems you couldn't give e-books away. Then, suddenly in 2009, sales of e-books increased by 177% and everyone was talking about the Kindle.
Now, with the iBooks app for the iPad that everyone is going gaga for, it ...
Spot Color | Adding Nostalgia to Your Photos
Everyone has his or her own way of sharing memories with people in their life like friends and family. The best way of course is through photos. We take so many pictures to make sure that we chronicle the special moments of our lives. Birthdays, graduations, weddings, parents share baby's first s ...
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