Quick Reads
Fun facts, geek stuff for a quick and li get read
Simon
Simon is an electronic game invented by Ralph H. Baer and Howard J. Morrison and was first released in 1978 by the Milton Bradley Company, now owned by Hasbro. The…
Cassette tapes
Cassette tapes were first introduced by the Dutch company Philips in 1963. The original design was called the Compact Cassette, and it was intended to be a smaller and more…
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, was a popular home computer introduced by Commodore International in August 1982. It quickly became one of the most successful personal computers…
VHS tapes
VHS (Video Home System) tapes were a popular home video format introduced in the 1970s. The development of the VHS format began in the late 1960s by the Victor Company…
MSN
WhatsApp. No, not what’s up, although that’s what you’d have heard back in the 90s before the phonetic-namesake app wriggled its way into virtually every handheld device (and PC). Okay,…
Polaroid 660
Snap. And upload. Just like that, everybody running in your circles gets to see a perfect still of the specimen you were about to flush down the loo. Or the…
NES
Okay, when did gaming get so complicated? R1, R2, analog sticks, LB, RB? And then the games themselves; immersive world-building, expansive RPGs, dynamic first person shooters, button mashers, games with…
TRS-80 Model 100
Not so long ago, Apple announced the most up-to-date Macbook Pro, and the specs would leave 80s geeks wide-eyed with wonder. Everything from the super retina display, to the intel…
Armatron
Question. Do people even take their kids to Toys ‘R’ Us anymore? I’m not sure, but lately it feels as though one is more likely to find an adult on…
Casio C-80
Smart watches these days can do just about anything. From checking your pulse to carrying out voice commands, it’s only a matter of time before we ditch phones and friends…
Epson ET-10
We’ve all gotten so used to catching up on last night’s episode of Game of Thrones in full HD on our smartphones that it’s practically unfathomable to think there was…
LEGO
Hands up if you have NEVER, ever played LEGO? You, in the back of the room, with the Mohawk and Elvis sneer, that’s not funny. That’s just plain sad. Here’s…
PXL-2000
I bet you’re using a $1200 phone with a 12 mega-pixel camera that can shoot 1080p videos. Well good for you. And if you tire of it? Then you’ve always…
Game Boy
Game Boy Advance? No thank you. How about the Game Boy Micro? Absolutely not. I’m talking about the black-and-white screen, grey-tinged classic pocket device released in 1989/90 that took the…
Macintosh 128K
There are now two Hollywood films, an official biography, articles, YouTube clips, and much, much more about the iconic co-founder of Apple; Steve Jobs. And yet, it would be awfully…
Yoyo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve3PiL_3LGY Ahh, you know what’s funny about the video? It’s the cheesy voice-over guy speaking over some kind of Vegas jingle. Alas, we seem to have left cheesy behind, and…
Forgotten Tech: “Snake II” and the Nokia 3310
I take a good look at my smartphone with all its cool features and intuitive apps, and all of a sudden, I wish I could play snake again. The OG,…