Tag: retro
iHome Turns Your iPad Into A Retro Commodore 64 Setup
There are a ton of devices out there from the early '80s that I call retro things. They range from toys to gadgets, and as soon as something new hits the store, I think about these things that we once knew were on the very edge of technology. How we have managed to progress technology to the level i ...
DIY Retro Nintendo 64 Handheld Console Mod
This is a good geek test. If you look at this project and think "Why would anyone ever want to take the time to transform a Nintendo 64 into a handheld console?" you might not be a hardcore geek. If you look at this and drool all over yourself like baby, well, there you go.
I have a feeling that ...
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 ...
Cat Woman, Poison Ivy & Harley Quinn Pin-Up Art
The retrofication of everyday things, especially technology gadgets, has become very popular over the past year. Another retro niche that we are seeing a lot of creative artists have fun with is pin-up art. Pin-up art is fun because it's nice to look at, and there are unlimited applications for how ...
Retro Brilliance: 1966 Batman Intro Recreated In Lego
Earlier today Richard wrote about the Top Notch Lego Builds Of 1989. Just like everything else back then; the Lego blocks were much simpler than today. They were pretty incredible though, in a retro kind of way. It's a perfect example of how simplicity rules. To continue along that theme, I found so ...
The Top Notch Lego Builds Of 1989
Let's visit the retro for a moment. As a matter of fact, let's visit the Lego retro world for a moment and compare it to today. It's not so hard to see that the Lego builds today are infinitely more intricate than they were in the old days. When you walk into a toy store today, you almost miss the L ...
![Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Pokéballs [Chart]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/WTF-Is-A-Pokeball-1-optimized.jpg "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Pokéballs [Chart]")
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Pokéballs [Chart]
The person who titled this chart "WTF Is A Pokéball?" is very wise in my opinion. I'm sure a lot of people have asked themselves that same question. I know when I first got into Pokémon several years ago, I asked myself that question at least a dozen times.
If you want to know what a pokéball is, ...
Experience Today’s Social Media Services If Available In 1997
You're on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and all the other social networking services, and it's moving fast. Messages, tweets and updates fly through your screen like a stock market ticker giving you constant news about how your brand or personal feed is doing. The reasons why people get burned out are ...
Design Inspiration: A 1937 Typewriter That Paints With Colorful Oils
Wow, using this typewriter would be like a dream come true. It's so inspiring and fantastic that I can barely say enough about it. This started out to be a 1937 Underwood Standard typewriter. Artist Tyree Callahan got his hands on it and recreated the whole thing into something brand new. Now instea ...
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 ...
’80s Mofone Landline Phone Case For Your iPhone 4S
Can't get enough of that retro feeling in your life? Me neither, and I am constantly on the lookout for more stuff that might pull me back to the days of yesterday, even if only for a brief second or so. Of course it's all in memory, but the energy boost you can get from remembering what used to be ...
Creative Camera Cookie Cutters: For The Photographer In Your Life
One of my favorite bloggers, Jenni Chasteen at Incredible Things, found these adorable camera cookie cutters which make cookies look almost too cute to eat. Since I'm a huge fan of cookies and photos, of course I had to share them with you. I can tell that times have really changed because when I th ...
Off The Hook: A Shower Head For Talkative People
Staying on that smartphone of yours all day will no doubt make you an addict before long. Maybe you have trouble sleeping, or maybe you just can't put the phone down if your life depended on it. I agree that there is a lot you can do these days on a phone that will keep you occupied for hours. You c ...
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 ...
NES Controlled Etch A Sketch Pad Is Doubled Up Retro
As a kid, I had one of those Etch A Sketch toys that I frantically tried to master. It didn't go too well, and now that I look on YouTube and see what can only be described as out-of-this-world Etch A Sketch skills, I am wondering if I even had fingers at all when I was a kid. I mean, the art some o ...