Tag: Old-School
Old School Vinyl Records Recycled Into Nostalgic Retro Lamps
One thing I wish I kept from my childhood is my parent's old record player. I sold it in a garage sale for a couple bucks about a decade ago, and I've regretted it every since. Kids these days will probably never see a record player in real life, and it's one of those retro gadgets that would be so ...
Digital Polaroid Camera Reinvents Instant Photo Printing
Not too long ago, it was announced that Polaroid would stop making their Polaroid instant film. The reaction to that news was almost unmeasurable. This made Polaroid rethink their strategy and instead started innovating, which is something that was widely speculated about and resulted in quite a few ...
Go Retro With The Ultra Sleek Padintosh iPad Case
We tend to write a lot about all things Apple, and it is not particularly because we are fans of their products. It's because the number of accessories and innovations when it comes to Apple gear is so dominating that we simply stumble over it more often than we do other gadgets and accessories. The ...
Retro Record Player Lets You Convert Old Vinyls To Your iPad
The chance that some of you awesome people have all your vinyl records stored somewhere is quite big. That's not only because it was once such a hyped medium that at one point we literally couldn't go into a single store and not stumble over these epic creations, but also simply because there were s ...
1984 Mac OS Now Available For Your Retina Display MacBook Pro
Just a couple days ago, Apple held their latest keynote. It was hyped like all their previous keynotes, but once again, they didn't announce the iPhone 5 (or whatever they will call it). Some people think it was a let down that they didn't announce the iPhone 5 or the Apple TV that they are said to ...
Morse Code Twitter Device Brings The Retro Into Tweeting
In an age when basic devices are more complicated than anything you could get your hands on in the '80s, people are constantly looking for simpler ways to get their business done. Just about a week ago, we reported that there was a new application for jailbroken iPhones to tweet by just using your v ...
When Prada Uses Old Classic Cars To Design High Heels
If you are a designer, it doesn't really matter what kind, you know that the places where you can get inspiration are unlimited. The mindset is pretty much, "If you can visualize it, you can create it," when it comes to designers of all kinds. Sometimes though the mashings can become as odd as the m ...
Gizmon iCA Case: Turn Your iPhone Into A Vintage Camera
Recently I have become more familiar with the camera on my iPhone, and I must say that it is addicting to snap away pictures of pretty much everything. I haven't gotten around to becoming one of those photo sharing maniacs yet though. However, I am sure when time permits, I will have no problem shar ...
Real Life Interaction: Dating Advice From The ’30s
Are you one of those people who is looking to find the one that will take your breath away, and the one that will take you on an everlasting adventure through life? Do you feel like your skills aren't up to the challenge, and because of it, you are missing out on the awesomeness it could bring? Ther ...
Rogue Touch Pocket Watch Combines Retro With The Future
Here we go again! Let's tap into my fanatic side and look at watches for a second. I am a huge fan of watches, and I can't for the life of me stop my constant search for the most awesome watches you could ever think of. It's a hobby that rules my life sometimes, like really. I find watches to be the ...
The Invaders: Impressive Space Invaders 8-Bit Mosaic Portrait
I don't think I can walk up to an old school arcade game without wanting to have it. I am one of the unfortunate ones who does not have my own epic Space Invaders arcade game in my office or home. My best friend has one, and she is an epic player. I would ask her to send me a screenshot of her high ...
iFoolish: The Most Ridiculous iPhone 4S Case Ever
The iPhone has seen quite a bit of those weird, odd and down right ridiculous cases throughout the years. You might think there wouldn't be a market for such cases, but that's where we are all wrong I reckon. There is actually a huge market for whatever iPhone cases there are out there. It's a mad h ...
8-Bit Heroes: True Retro Art Inspiration
Today is one of those days when I would like to watch The Goonies, Back To The Future and all those old classic '80s movies. It would serve inspiration well if I could just tap into that retro feeling from the early beginnings of personal computing and the geeky nature of visual engagement so to spe ...
Old School Rotary Phone Becomes Today’s Twitter Client
I think many of us are using different Twitter clients than the ones Twitter makes available on their site or through their apps. For those who don't know what "client" is, it is the software that you use in order to send and read tweets, etc. It's the program that you log into and use with Twitter ...
It’s Great To Be Alive! Retro Safety Manual Uses Scare Tactics
I have always wondered why safety manuals usually have the same style when it come to graphics. Not only that, but they seem to make the people in the manuals happy as well, and that always freaks me out. It's like they say in the movie Fight Club, no one looks like that when they are facing certain ...