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more about #cassette Benguin: Ha, I AM smarter than a 5th grader. Take that, Jeff Foxworthy! more » josephtsmith: I was 7 when 9/11 happend, I remember watching it on the news in my parents bedroom crying. And I remember the AOL CDs, I also remember using Netscape... more » bennyaltuca: hm. i remember all of it :P 1990 kid here.... anyway, im pretty sad at the answer about what are terrorists... its such a narrow view of it j... more » ludwigk: I have some friends who have an 18 month old daughter who has been playing around on computers since she was a few months old. Mainly the applications... more » nutbastard: HEY KIDS! i remember when there WAS NO INTERNET! didn't exist! people would be like, the interwhat? the whaternet? more » nutbastard: 25 here. i can't imagine not knowing what it was like before 9/11. these kids, man, they have no idea how different it all was. the 90's were friggin ... more » Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Oh wow, that was entertaining. I already had a shock this year... I'm almost 30 yrs old and started another graduation course this year... most of my ... more » Geisrud: Going green is the four "Rs". Recycle...and I can't remember the other two. These kids have more problems than not knowing pop-culture recent history. more » CSX321: I wonder what will be the big things these kids remember, since 9/11 is basically just a part of history for them? For my generation (I'm 43), it's th... more » comics0026: This reminders of that joke, "My daughter came up to my wife one day and asked her where she was when JFK died, and my wife burst out crying, because... more » spannu: I'm just going to say it: these kids are all dumb. Part of that is because they're only nine, but I get the impression that none of them read or at l... more » AndStuff: My 8 year old nephew once told me the TV in my spare bedroom was broken. He had never seen a black and white TV. more » pranthin8or: I was tiny when 9/11 happened, and I know everything about it. I don't like michael jackson, I used a computer at age two, my first music player is (I... more » Sticks Calhoun: At some point I'm just going to have to take out my yearbook and scrawl OBSOLETE across the front of it. Sigh. more » Jacubious: Very interesting video, thanks for sharing. more » ChristopherReevesApprovalBlinkage: Little brats and your 'always on' connections. In my day, we burrowed NetZero for the appropriate server access numbers! Now get off my lawn. more » DeLarge: Are those Klipsh Hersheys? What about the deck? more » PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: Is that first picture photoshopped or is that the true size of the cassette with respect to the iPhone? It just looks kind of strange the way it stick... more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: So if you're having problems with it, do you stick a pencil through the holes and spin? more » PaddyDugan: This on my desktop would be an unpleasant reminder of the hundreds of music cassettes in my closet. I can't bring myself to toss them. Anybody got a... more » -
#y2k10
Kids on iPods, Dial-Up Internet, 9/11, Britney Spears, and All Those "Old Things"
What does it mean to be have been born in 2000? In a video that went viral earlier this month, Allison Louie-Garcia interviews 9-year-olds who can't hum a Britney Spears song and learned about 9/11 from a library book. More » -
#speakers
The Cassette iPod Speaker Requires Sunglasses, a Butler and a Sturdy Chair
Digital music is great and everything, but I have never had the sound blow me back in my chair while I'm wearing sunglasses and drinking wine. More » -
#cassettetape
The 80s Now Have One More Cassette Tape Measure To Be Proud Of
Only Gama-Go would be able to take a Cassette Tape and make it into a pun-based product that's both useful and compact. Plus, it's only $8. [Gama-Go] -
#usbhub
Retro Cassette Tape 4-Port USB Hub Reminds You How Old You Are
Identical in size to an actual cassette (it'll even fit inside a tape case), this USB 2.0 hub has four ports, and for $25, also comes with a 4-foot USB cable for your PC or Mac. [Vat19 via TecheBlog] -
#design
Cassette Tape Lamps Illuminate as MP3s Never Will
It's true, you'll only capture the effect of this picture if you buy many cassette tape lamps. The purchase of just one (in a motif not dissimilar from the consumption of one Lay's potato chip) will lead to inevitable disappointment. More » -
#audio
Cheap Trick Releases Newest Album on 8-Track Cassette
How's this for lucky timing! In the midst of our Gizmodo '79 theme week, legendary power-pop act Cheap Trick is releasing their latest album (coincidentally entitled The Latest) on a very late-'70s medium: 8-track cassette. More » -
#walkmanat30
Take the Walkman 30th Birthday Quiz
How much do you know about the most celebrated personal stereo of all time, one that is today turning the big Three Oh? A lot? OK, hell, let's see what you got: More » -
#walkmanat30
Great Sony Walkman TV and Print Ads of the 1980s
To commemorate the Sony Walkman's 30th birthday, here are the trippy ads Sony used to promote it in the '80s. Noble monkeys, off-key kids and sweet-toothed senseis—where's that f'd up sense of humor now, Sony? More » -
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#listeningtest
How We Listen: A Timeline of Audio Formats
Humans have been writing music for at least as long as we've been recording history. It was storing it that took a little more time. Here are all the ways we've done it to date: More » -
#listeningtest
My First Album
Who the hell is Richard Marx? Being another baby of Gizmodo, I'm sure I've still got a lot to learn about music, especially since I'm one of those kids who's completely brainwashed by The Mouse. More » -
#usb
Cassette To Digital USB Gadget Preserves Milli Vanilli For Eternity
If, for some strange reason, you still have tons of cassettes lying around, this USB gadget from Japanese company Novac will help you convert them to MP3, WMA or WAV files. More » -
#listeningtest
My First Album
Unlike Mark's first album, my first album unfortunately contained no ninjas. Unless Richard Marx was a ninja. More » -
#adjsavedmylife
Portable Cross Fadin' Cassette Will Make All Your Spontaneous DJ Dreams Come True
Once, while walking down the street, a man suddenly approached me screaming "QUICK! We need someone to DJ!" If only I had had this portable cross fader—who knows how differently my life would've turned out. More » -
#mp3
Retro Cassette MP3 Player Runs on Finger Power
Remember how annoying winding up a cassette with your finger used to be? I thought we were past all of that nonsense, but the designers behind the NVDRS MP3 cassette tape have other plans. More » -
#audio
Audio Ripping Cassette Deck Lets You Record Analog to Digital, and Digital to...Analog?
Most analog-to-digital audio ripping devices hardly warrant mention these days. But the PlusDeck Ex's ability to record MP3s to analog cassette is so odd, I can't help but be amused. More »



