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more about #nostalgia more comments → Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Kinda stupid isn't it? I mean, the only value I can imagine for the original Etch a Sketch nowadays is for people who had it as kids (me, for instance... more » dagwud: According to Mental Floss, the original design of the device used a joystick. It was Ohio Art's development of the product that replaced it with knobs... more » ilovexspin: Nothing beats the 3D Etch-A-Sketch from the GizGallery #etchasketch more » lanion: I think the height of my 2D artistic ability was spending 3 hours on an airplane making this zombie vs. tank on a 3" etch a sketch. Getting good at cu... more » nickrp88: Also, this no-longer has the advantage of giving you training for manual machining tools. A knee mill is basically a giant etch-a-sketch which can cut... more » :negated:: If you think that's cheating, the challenging aspect of this one is drawing something solely consistent of perfect horizontal and vertical lines, maki... more » Zack-J-T: Nothing Beats The Original Old-Skool Etch-A-Sketch ! #etchasketch more » met2art: Yeah... more like Wretch-A-Sketch! #etchasketch more » fuchikoma: Betcha it's full of cash? more » Margatron: It raises a good question. Are there any gadgets that you guys own that have sentimental value? For me, it's my (still functioning-ish) NES which my b... more » wolfsingleton: Dude cares about a friggin floppy drive, yet has a decent color printer to make up the fliers... odd. more » 1shado1: That's "wheelbarrow", not "wheel barrel". You guys are priceless. more » myxylplyx: I just bought this shirt from threadless. Reminds me of this guy. more » cealigbe: OMG, when was this a viable format!!! 1.4 MB wouldn't store a hi-res photo from my 10 MP camera! If I lost this I would not even care, if there was ev... more » eluvatar: a fiew questions... who has a floppy drive? who would steal a floppy drive? who cares? more » -
#etchasketch
Etch-A-Sketch Freestyle Seems Like Cheating
The Etch-A-Sketch Freestyle aims to eliminate those wobbly, pixel-edged circles that occur on the original. It's cheating. More » -
#nostalgia
Sad, Sad Man's Life Gets More Sad When Floppy Drive Is Stolen
I saved my first porn on disks using this thing to hide it from my parents! Please return it! Keep the wheel barrel! [Burbia via The Daily What] -
#nostalgia
RIP GeoCities, You Will Be Missed
In 1999 I made my first webpage on GeoCities. It was so I could trade concert tapes with strangers on the Internet. Now I'm sad to report that GeoCities is finally dead. So let's reminisce. More » -
#history
VHS Cover Wall Is 3600-Strong, May or May Not Have A Tanning Salon Out Back
Our children may never get to experience the revelatory joy of wandering through the miles of barely organized VHS shelves of a sleepy local video store, but at least they'll have this. [3600 via Metafilter] -
#retromodo
Replica 4004 Calculator Features First Intel Microprocessor Used by Mankind
Long before we dissected new Apple MacBooks or worried about whether or not a PC had that "Intel Inside" sticker on the case, there was this little ditty called the Busicom 141-PF printing calculator. The iconic piece of tech (the first thing to actually have "Intel inside") turned 37 this week, and to commemorate the event, Bill Kotaska did what any retro-loving geek would do—he built a working replica with a vintage Intel 4004 microprocessor. It hails from a simpler time. A time when new laptops and PCs didn't come loaded with AOL adware and a buttload of annoying stickers on their facades. More » -
