Old People

Fox News Doesn’t Just Want to Be For the Olds Anymore

As Fox News’ primary viewership continues to kick the bucket, rapturously transported to their makers by the sonorous tones of Lauren Ingraham and bigotry, the company is clearly looking for a play that could make it relevant to a younger breed of red hats. Enter Fox Nation, a new streaming service that will ostensibly target…

Tech News Alex Cranz Feb 20

Sexually Active Old People Seem to Be Smarter

Fucking is good. What else can you say? We’re a species that gets to actually enjoy sexual activity. It makes babies. When consenting adults do sex-making, it is good. A new study suggests that when old people do sex, it is also good. Maybe even more good. The researchers behind a new study already knew…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum Jun 23

The Last Person Born in the 19th Century Died and So Will You

Humans start getting ready to die as soon as they are born. But for some, that process takes a whole lot longer than it does for everyone else. Take Italy’s Emma Morano. She was officially the world’s best live-r before passing away at 117 on Saturday, according to The Chicago Tribune. She was born on…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum Apr 17

This Website Shows You What You Might Look Like in 20(-ish) Years

As (presumably) living, breathing humans, we can’t not spend exorbitant amounts of time wondering about the future. Will I have kids? Will I be dead? Will I finally get my goddamn hoverboard? All valid questions! And while Orange’s new site, Future Self, might not answer all (or any) of them, it does attempt to at…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Oct 6

This 100-Year-Old Celebrated Her Birthday By Stunt Flying Upside Down

As if living to be a centenarian isn’t badass enough, a 100-year-old woman from Suffolk, England celebrated her birthday by doing a loop-de-loop in a stunt glider. Nora Brier, old person and stone-cold fox, marked the day she began living a century ago with the Anglia Gliding Club. When asked if she was nervous about…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Oct 5

Aging Veterans Are Using Oculus Rift To Fly War Planes Again

Flying days don’t have to be over for elderly vets. Thanks to Reddit user Jwsimmons, who’s been visiting assisted living homes with Oculus Rift for the past year, these former pilots get to experience the planes from their glory days all over again. To bring the experience to life, Jwsimmons tweaked the massively multiplayer flight…

Tech News Leslie Horn Jun 9

What Emily Post Can’t Teach Us About ‘Netiquette’

True story: When I was in middle school, my mother sat my brother and me down at the dining room table to give us lessons from Emily Post’s big blue bible called Etiquette. Fold your napkin when you leave the table. Start with the silverware on the outside and work your way in. A lot…

Tech News Leslie Horn Jun 14

Malfunctioning Cake Ruins Party and Spews Liquor All Over Oil Tycoons (Updated: Fake)

Sea-raping mega-oil firm Shell has a new rig to launch, and like any enormous company, it decided to celebrate with a private party atop Seattle’s Space Needle. The crown jewel? An oil rig-shaped cake which sprays liquor! Into your face. This video was captured by a sneaky environmentalist who crept into the fete uninvited—as you…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jun 7

Parents Can Have Text Message Slang Too!

In the New Yorker this week, William Sorensen delves into the strange and amusing world of parental texting. Highlights include: “T4W = Time for whiskey” and “RxV—>BW = Got Viagra prescription, just need Barry White cassettes.” Useful conversational shortcuts for those baby boomers, indeed! And quite hilarious. But what Sorensen may not realize is that…

Tech News Alyssa Bereznak Aug 11

A Man Who’s Never Used a Computer in His Life Tries Internet Explorer

Jennifer Boriss, a Firefox dev, went to the mall seeking test subjects to help improve the browser. She expected to meet people with a range of tech savvy, but she was’t expecting a man who’d never before touched a mouse. Boriss stumbled upon Joe, a 60-year-old cafeteria employee, in the food court: “I begin by…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 18

Watch the Elderly Struggle to Use a Mac

Making fun of old people using tech is like shooting old people in a barrel, so let’s not ridicule. Instead, let’s just watch, smiling, as these lovely senior citizens try to take a picture of themselves with a birthday cake. Ol’ Rita and Frank seem to be using PhotoBooth, although I’m not sure why she…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jun 10

What Happens When a Grandpa Thinks Twitter Is Google

Apparently, someone has told his 81-year old father that you use Twitter to search things on Google. The result? A stream of old man searches ranging from “cold toes” to “diane sawyer swimsuit pictures.” Mean? Yes. Hilarious? Yesserer. Sure, this is very probably just an elaborate fake and/or desperate stab at the type of book…

Tech News Brian Barrett May 18

This What Happens When Your Grandparents Discover Photo Booth on Your MacBook

If this isn’t proof that your grandparents can be just as big, if not bigger, of a jackass than you, I don’t know what is. Click to view [Zoomers]

Tech News Adrian Covert Feb 17

Outlet Eject Buttons: For the Sake of Old People Everywhere

Does your old person have trouble unplugging power cords from their sockets? Fear not! This award winning student design can see to it that, with a simple eject button, your grandma’s osteoporotic fingers need not suffer unplugging her computer again. Dreamed up by UK design student Glen Crombie, this concept won first prize at the…

Tech News Kwame Opam Jan 28

Confused Old Driver Follows GPS Directions Into Old Church

Old people and technology don’t always get along. Like the retired British couple who were driving in Germany last week when their GPS told them to turn right, leading them straight into a 19th century church. Damn you, computer things! The church suffered some $37,000 worth of damage, and the retired couple were briefly treated…

Tech News Jeff Neumann Jan 25

Andy Rooney Hates Gadgets, Cars, and Gadgets in Cars

Andy Rooney, proprietor of all things that aren’t fun and hater of all things that are, went on a 60 Minutes rant tonight about his dislike for gadgets, “green” cars, and—naturally—green cars with gadgets in them. Video inside. [60 Minutes]

Tech News Matt Cherette Oct 4

Buddy Radio Lets Your Grandma Broadcast Her Feelings to Twitter and Facebook

How does Grandma stay connected to you? Buddy Radio hopes to help the elderly by giving them an old school gadget—a basic radio—that combines new school technology—social networks—so they can broadcast their mood and ask for help. Buddy Radio, a concept from UK-based Sidekick Studios, lets patients with long-term illnesses broadcast their mood to family,…

Tech News Casey Chan May 26

Old Person Hovercrafts Are the Wave of the Future

Here’s something we can all get behind: levitating chairs for the elderly that scoot around like bumper cars. There is no way this can go badly. Created by researchers at Japan’s Kobe Gakuin University, the chairs work like an air hockey table, with high-powered air jets at the bottom of the chair creating a pocket…

Tech News Adam Frucci Feb 23

The Apple iPad Is For Old People

The guys at Ultimi Barbarorum came up with an idea—an idea we were tossing around after the event yesterday, and even talked about a little last night—and put it into words. The iPad is for old people. https://gizmodo.com/the-ipad-is-the-gadget-we-never-knew-we-needed-5458531 Those that are dubious of the iPad’s impending success (and I suspect that you are one of…

Tech News Ultimi Barbarorum Jan 28

Carol Brady Creates The Worst Tech Support Job On The Face Of The Earth

If you thought your IT job was filled with annoying questions, try working for Florence Henderson‘s new FloH Club. It’s a telephone-based tech support service for old people. This isn’t Carol Brady’s first foray into tech support however. She was also on the front lines during the DTV conversion. Perhaps that, along with her confusion…

Tech News Sean Fallon Oct 14

Old People

Fox News Doesn’t Just Want to Be For the Olds Anymore

Sexually Active Old People Seem to Be Smarter

The Last Person Born in the 19th Century Died and So Will You

This Website Shows You What You Might Look Like in 20(-ish) Years

This 100-Year-Old Celebrated Her Birthday By Stunt Flying Upside Down

Aging Veterans Are Using Oculus Rift To Fly War Planes Again

What Emily Post Can’t Teach Us About ‘Netiquette’

Malfunctioning Cake Ruins Party and Spews Liquor All Over Oil Tycoons (Updated: Fake)

Parents Can Have Text Message Slang Too!

A Man Who’s Never Used a Computer in His Life Tries Internet Explorer

Watch the Elderly Struggle to Use a Mac

What Happens When a Grandpa Thinks Twitter Is Google

This What Happens When Your Grandparents Discover Photo Booth on Your MacBook

Outlet Eject Buttons: For the Sake of Old People Everywhere

Confused Old Driver Follows GPS Directions Into Old Church

Andy Rooney Hates Gadgets, Cars, and Gadgets in Cars

Buddy Radio Lets Your Grandma Broadcast Her Feelings to Twitter and Facebook

Old Person Hovercrafts Are the Wave of the Future

The Apple iPad Is For Old People

Carol Brady Creates The Worst Tech Support Job On The Face Of The Earth

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