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  • more about #retro
    debbyherbenick: Looks way too much like the pink cone vibrator sex toy. But maybe that's just me. more »
    FooSchnickens - Full of SCAR: YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS... more »
    diesel828: This thing was way cooler. more »
    AmishJohn: They're actually Thetan Detectors. more »
    redspidey: How long will it be until some mental case tries to tie this into the Illuminati or Freemasons? I think it looks neat, but I'm not sure if I'd buy it... more »
    Die Fledermaus: The JVC tm was a great studio monitor also. more »
    redman042: The one sad truth about the digital transition is that anyone keeping one of these for nostalgic reasons can't get a signal anymore. more »
    NorwoodIsMyHero: In spite of the fact that those kids were probably paid good money to do the ads for this thing, someone should slap them for not taking one look at t... more »
    nutbastard: but... do the little speakers work? even if they did i couldn't justify $60 for a novelty that would sound tinny as shit, but still, pretty cool. more »
    Mayor McRib: My radio, believe me, I like it loud. I'm the man with a box that can rock the crowd. Walkin' down the street, to the hardcore beat. While my Rad Blas... more »
    Sticks Calhoun: A bit cheaper and they'd be a blast to do things like tie to your dog's collar for a while, or stick on a kite or balloon. more »
    Kaiser-Machead: I could buy a shitty *real* camera for that much, or someone's used nice one. more »
    Navin R Johnson: /are you sure you didn't mess up the decimal place? $6.50? Yes. $65...No. more »
    glaeven: blasphemy! i'll never give up my classic! NEVER!!! more »
    Ryan_Long: I would only use this for searching through songs. I found the click wheel way easier to go back 10 seconds than I do the iPhone's tiny slider button ... more »
    Nathan Obbards: Considering how much I hated the scrollwheel, no thank you. I much prefer the touch interface. more »
    eagles3 speeeedin: I miss the classic, if only because it took a bit less button pushing while driving to skip songs. Also theres something about being able to hold 160... more »
    ThePaul: Psshhhh... I achieved this without jailbreaking and voiding my warranty. Added bonus: my iPod app for my modded iPhone 3G doesn't stop playing music ... more »
    the_amazing_doug: i have to pay to use this? screw. that. more »
    Panzer23: If it wanted to go classic, it should have looked like a jukebox and made me pay a quarter for each song I wanted to play. more »
  • #retromodo

    Seiko Brings Back Their Famous Talking Pyramid Clock

    The year was 1984: Ronald Regan was president, the Macintosh computer was born, and Seiko's talking Pyramid Talk clock was all the rage. If you missed it the first time around, now is your chance to score an updated version. More »
  • #retromodo

    12 Vintage Portable Televisions Make You Glad To Be Alive in 2009

    I remember my best friend had a portable black and white TV in his room back in the day—kind of similar to the Magnavox BD 3902 pictured in OObject's list. More »
  • #portablemedia

    Rad Blaster Mini Boombox is the Freshest MP3 Player and Flash Drive Around

    The Rad Blaster does what a lot of MP3 players do—like play music, record sounds and store files. But this one does it shaped like a boombox. Like a BOOMBOX people. More »
  • #digitalcameras

    The Exemode Keychain Camera Has a Loveable Crappiness About It

    The Exemode SQ28m isn't going to pose a threat to the Flip anytime soon, but I will agree with Engadget that the digital video it records has a charm about it, kind of like an old home movie. More »
  • #iphoneapps

    iClassic App Lets You Revist the Good Old Days of Click Wheel iPods

    If the end of the decade has you feeling nostalgic for the click wheel iPod days of yore, iClassic lets you relive that thumb-twirling excitement by bringing it to your iPhone. 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 »
  • #retromodo

    The Cigarette Lighter Watch: Because Everyone Smoked in the '80s

    A lot has changed with regard to our views about smoking since this lighter watch combo was created in the '80s. In its day, it would have been the ultimate smoke break gadget. Check the time...light up a cigarette... More »
  • #retromodo

    Pinball Machines Were Sneakier Than You Think

    There's a great read over at Cheap Talk about how digital pinball machines changed the industry, back when there still was an industry. They were big tables where you flick a ball around, but they were smarter than you think. More »
  • #giftguide

    Gifts for Retro-holics Who Yearn for the Old Days

    Are you trying to find a gift for one of those crazies who's always going on about the superiority of vinyl, or who dresses like a character on Mad Men? Here are some ideas for the retrophile in your life. More »
  • #pinball

    High-Def Digital Pinball Machine Doesn't Really "Get" Pinball

    Hammacher Schlemmer's digital pinball machine crams a 720p, 32-inch display into a full-sized cabinet, and offers by way of emulation 17 classic boards. But I'm not sure pinball freaks are that interested in digitized flippers. More »
  • #gaming

    Atari's Lunar Lander, Made Real

    A crazy British engineer named Iain Sharp decided to honor the 40th anniversary of the moon landing by building a real-life version of the classic Atari game Lunar Lander. And you know what? It's pretty great. More »
  • #retro

    Atari Wallet Is Awesome Until You Put it in Your Back Pocket

    These Atari wallets are half awesome, half impractical. I mean, they're retro cool and all, but who wants to sit on a plastic cartridge? [NilesZ]
  • #retromodo

    The Videophone as Imagined In 1910 Still Had Dancing Webcam Girls

    I'm ashamed to admit I was surprised someone had the videophone figured out as early as 1910. I also need to apologize to that old crazy guy in the park—your Prohibition-era webcam stories may have been true after all! More »
  • #atari

    Ben Heck's Latest Atari 800 Laptop Could Be His Best Yet

    With the help of a GameCube power supply and the malleable magic hands of master modder Ben Heck, one lucky client can now play Buck Rogers and other classics on a positively portable Atari 800 laptop. More »
  • #retromodo

    Before They Were Cool: Apple's Flamboyant Vintage T-Shirt Ad

    Oh, to be young again, when the minds at Apple were battling the Houston Astros. The fight was not over technological prowess, public mind share or even athleticism (obviously), but for department store clothing supremacy. [Live Journal - Thanks, Anna]
  • #imagecache

    The Ingenious and Absurd Converge, Dustily, at Burning Man

    People seemed to love our retro rocket ship and crop circle-esque Burning Man posts a few weeks ago, so it's only fitting we bookend things here with a short wrap-up (dust included). More »
  • #chumby

    New Chumby Model Spotted, Looks Retro-Adorable

    Ryan Block, founder of gdgt (and possible alter ego of Mr. Blurrycam), spotted a new model of Chumby, the connected-widget desktop companion. He promises it's a little more square and alarm-clock-like, as well as smaller, than the previous version. More »
  • #music

    8-Bit Trip Might Just Be One of the Greatest Lego Music Videos Ever Created

    What combines Lego, stop motion animation and a tribute to 8-bit video games all in one place? Sorry, the answer is this 8-Bit Trip music video, but to be fair I would have guessed paradise too. Updated. More »
  • #iphone

    NESynth iPhone App Pumps Out Nintendo-Style Chiptunes

    Like the 8Bitone synthesizer app, NESynth lets you create 80s-style music with 8-bit sounds. But the coolest part: You can control it all with an on-screen NES-style gamepad. Watch the rockin' video after the jump to see what I mean. More »
  • #retromodo

    85 Vintage Photography Ads: From Shutters To Side Boobs

    Explore the history of photography by examining the 85 vintage photo ads hand-plucked from the Popular Photography archives. Is that a side boob on the 1937 premier issue? Now that's how you launch a magazine. Scandalous! [PopPhoto]
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