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The Promise Of The Future Was That You Wouldn’t Have To Code

When I was in primary school there was nothing I wanted more in the entire world than to learn how to program my own computer games. So, armed with Foundations of Mac Programming, I spent weeks chugging along sporadically, doing my best to understand the concepts. Ultimately, I gave up. And I don’t regret it one bit.

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Building A Cyborg In The Roaring ’20s

In the grand scheme of history our medical devices will (hopefully) seem quite primitive to people of the future. And if we make as many advances in the future as we have since the 1920s, we’ll all be cybernetic demigods in no time.

22 May 2013

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Yahoo Internet Life Magazine Is An Awesome Relic Of The Dot Com Era

Yahoo yesterday announced that it’s buying Tumblr for $US1.1 billion to communicate to millennials cool, hip, relevant, and that it understands what GIFs are. But back in the early ages of the dot com-era, the company was saying that through a monthly publication called Yahoo Internet Life Magazine.

2 May 2013

Entertainment

Plug Into These Revived Vintage Speakers Or Just Ogle Their Beauty

Camera lovers aren’t the only ones who get to fawn over retro design nowadays. German company Soundpauli has made a racket of taking vintage speakers and restoring them to their former glory. They’re stunning.

24 April 2013

Gadgets

10 Terrible Tech Frustrations My Toddler Will Never Have

When I was growing up, my parents would tell me about all the ancient technologies they had to use in their youth. Whether it was a car with a manual choke, a phone that required you to ask an operator to connect you, or a record player with a hand crank, mum and dad experienced a lot of tech frustrations I would never know.

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This 8-Bit Video Will Make You Miss Your Childhood In The ’90s

It’s every generation’s responsibility to grow old and talk about how growing up back then was so much more fun than growing up today. THESE KIDS KNOW NOTHING. All they do is stare at iPads and play crappy games by swiping on giant phones. At least we ’90s kids stared at televisions and played crappy board games by tapping a plastic button, right?

17 April 2013

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New Era Introduces Caps Celebrating Your 8-Bit Heros

New Era is traditionally known for its hats featuring logos of professional sports teams. But, starting in Japan, the company is introducing a Super Mario Bros. line featuring characters from the well-loved games represented as 8-bit sprites.

16 April 2013

software

Doing Your Tax Return Online Was Even More Terrible In 1991

Are you one of the many tax-procrastinating thrillseekers who wait until the last minute to get cracking on your tax return? This video detailing the various online tax prep packages of 1991 should make you feel grateful that doing your return no longer looks like this.

Gadgets

Technology Has Sure Moved On In The Last 20 Years

Sometimes, it’s easy to forget just how much technology has changed over the last few decades. Fortunately, Redditor ImTheGuyWhoLoveGems decided to remind us all — and, boy, should we be happy about the progress.

Entertainment

YouTube Celebrates 57 Years Of VCR With An Analogue Video Mode

Do not adjust your computer screens. There’s no problem with YouTube, other than the fact that it’s getting a little misty-eyed — by choosing to celebrate the 57th anniversary of the VCR with a little added analogue character on its digital videos.

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