Vintage

Cameras

Vintage Camera Pillows Let You Rest Your Head On Defunct Technology

6:20AM December 22, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Digital cameras now dominate the market, but there’s still a place for the art and aesthetics of film cameras. Even if they’re only used as a source of inspiration for a set of retroriffic throw pillows. More »

Entertainment

Hey Audiophile! Five Baller Vintage Amps That Are Dirt Cheap

12:00PM August 23, 2011 | Brent Butterworth - Sound + Vision

A five-year-old surround-sound receiver has all the appeal of a five-year-old banana. But a five-year-old (or even 25-year-old) stereo amplifier might sound and perform every bit as good as one built last month. Much stereo equipment is timeless, which is why so many audio enthusiasts are getting back into vintage gear. And a lot of old stereo gear is also extremely affordable. More »

Geek Out

In 1959, People Played Card Games Against Mecha-Foes

8:20AM August 18, 2011 | Adrian Covert

“If you are one of the hundred best players in the world, these hands will not puzzle you.” So reads the instruction manual for AutoBridge, a mechanised version of the classic card game that let enthusiasts play alone. More »

Cameras

Who Used This Camera-Equipped Colt 38?

2:25PM May 20, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Someone in the 1930′s had a serious taste for the macabre, and mounted a small camera on a Colt 38 revolver. Not much is known about this vintage firearm, leaving us wondering who made this gun… and why. More »

Geek Out

A Civil War Era Photobomb

1:40PM May 17, 2011 | Casey Chan

There’s so much I want to find out about this picture. Did he do this on purpose? Was he just waking up? Was he an artist ahead of his time? What was his name? Did his friends find him funny? More »

Online

PopSci’s Retro DIY Archives Are Bizarre And Amazing

6:40AM April 30, 2011 | Sam Biddle

PopSci’s a forward thinking place, but their vintage stuff is worth a check too – harkening back to a simpler time when a magazine could teach you how to build a crossbow without fear of litigation. Also: homebrew tractors. [PopSci]

Online

The Entire Internet On A Floppy Disk

6:00AM March 6, 2011 | Casey Chan

It really speaks to our youthful naivety when we could imagine ourselves shrilling, “ooh, the Internet is all in this awesome, pocketable floppy disk. We have arrived”! Though I guess some of our parents and even un-techsavvy friends would still believe such a thing. [Unplggd] More »

Gadgets

The Original Waffle Maker That Started Nike

10:00AM March 2, 2011 | Casey Chan

Nike! I love their shoes, dig their commercials and can’t imagine a world where they’re not the best athletic gear company around. But it wasn’t always like this. They were once the underdog, searching to push the envelope and hoping to find a way to innovate shoes. Nike found their inspiration in the unlikeliest of places: a waffle maker. More »

Gadgets

Hubble’s Personal Telescope Is Beautifully Vintage

7:00AM February 27, 2011 | Casey Chan

This is one of Edwin Hubble’s personal telescopes, the one Hubble used before he finished his Ph.D. It was given to a teacher when he left for graduate school and has been handed down from generation to generation. The telescope is beautifully vintage and to just think about the great man’s eye looking through it, and how he saw the rest of the galaxy, makes it one of a kind. [BoingBoing]

Gadgets

Back In The Day, Everything Was Sold In Vending Machines

2:40PM February 18, 2011 | Casey Chan

The other day I stumbled upon one of those futuristic vending machines that sell ridiculous items that I’d never buy from a vending machine. There was no way in hell I was dropping 200 bucks in that machine just to see an iPod get stuck. Ah, vending machines, when did they get so complicated? More »