Tag: retro
Time To Get Retro: Compact Discs & How They Affected Our Lives
In case you missed it, the 30th anniversary of the first compact disc sale was on October 1st. The CD in question, sold in Japan in 1982, was Billy Joel’s “52nd Street.” It’s amazing that it’s already been thirty years since that event. It's easy to take for granted how revolutionary the CD was to t ...
Ultimate iPhone Dock For The Retro Traveling Geek
It's funny how a new gadget can make you stop using your old gadgets. Take the iPhone 5 for example with its new Lightning connector. I keep wondering how many people have put their old, still functioning docks and gadgets in a corner never to be used again. It's sad, and the overpriced adapter does ...
iPhone 5 Case Enables Retro Bell Wake Up Calls
This morning when I woke up, I was wondering why my alarm hadn't gone off yet. It turns out, I woke up before the time set on my wake up call, so I guess there are days when we don't need an alarm clock after all. It made me think of the way we used to wake up. Some people still wake up to their rad ...
Simple Recycling Turns Old Floppy Disks Into Retro Notepads
When it comes to recycling, we here at Bit Rebels have always had an eye out for the geeky stuff. You know, the kind of stuff that will enhance any geek's life in a way that will make each day more epic and optimized. But geeks are not easily impressed, and to optimize their needs, you have to go be ...
12 Retro Breakfast Cereals That I Wish Would Come Back
Just a little while ago, I finished writing an article about some Game Boy cartridges redesigned for our lives today. It got me all in a retro mood, so I decided to keep the trend going and write about another retro staple from our childhoods...Breakfast cereal. You may wonder how breakfast cereals ...
Nintendo Game Boy Cartridges Redesigned As Apple, Skype & More
There's no doubt that writing about retro gadgets from the '80s and '90s is fun, but when artists and designers are able to take those things and spice them up with a flavor of newness, it takes it all to a whole new level. When it's done well, like this, the design will make you wish it was real in ...
Retro Desktop Main Station iPad & iPhone Dock Feels So ’80s
Sometimes the future seems so boring, and all you want is to head back to the past, if only for a couple days. That's usually how I feel every time there is a new gadget that gets announced. Not that there's anything wrong with new gadgets getting released, but it's happening at an ever increasing p ...
Hungry Hungry Hippos: The Custom Mario Inspired Koopa Version
Oh my gosh, remember Hungry Hungry Hippos? That was one of my favorite games when I was little. It was so loud and obnoxious and fun. Hungry Hungry Hippos made marbles useful again, at least for me. I was so excited today when I saw that some Mario fan with too much time on his hands redesigned the ...
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 ...
Mario Guitar Is Another Flawless Custom Build
To get a little bit of a retro feeling into my day, I recently set out to play some Duck Hunt on the old Nintendo NES. It was almost a surreal feeling to once again point that infrared gun at the TV while trying to hit those ducks. It surely isn't as precise as all of the gadgets we have available t ...
Horror Ice Cream Popsicles Based On ’80s Movie Villains
Is it just me or are the villains today not as creative and scary as they were back in the '80s? Back then, they all had some psychological aspect of fear connected to us. Today they are just made to look as horrifying as possible, and in that way, they infuse fear into all of us moviegoers. Maybe i ...
The Toaster NES Mod: Suddenly Mornings Are Way Better
If you have an NES sitting around your house, it's probably collecting dust underneath the bed or on the top shelf of your bedroom closet, right? It's definitely one of those things you can't get rid of, even though it was replaced long ago with a fancier, flashier console. For those of us who grew ...
Bladepad: Turn Your iPhone Into The Ultimate Gaming Tool
It's no secret we have come a long way with gaming technology over the past few years. When I was a kid, if I wanted to play video games outside the house, I had to carry around a big, bulky Game Boy that was primarily only available with grainy black-and-white graphics. Those days seem like long ag ...
Retro Table Created Out Of Old Mac G4 Computers
What do you do with old gadgets and computers? Some people just send them off to be recycled when they purchase a new one. It doesn't really matter if they are working or not, they are just finished with them. Some hand their old computers down to someone else, and some people even store them for fu ...
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 ...