Apr 25
You’re not looking at a new phone headed to stores any time soon—in fact, you’re looking at the surprisingly sleek, all-touch webOS smartphone developed by HP which (sadly?) never was. More »
Apr 24
One of the things that will never fail to make me happy: seeing people stuck in time explain what modern day technology is. Kim Komando hosted an educational series about computer and explains the basics of its hardware, DOS, Microsoft Windows, Writeand more. More »
Apr 24
Did you know that the Pirates of the Caribbean, one of the most iconic theme park attractions of all time, was originally going to be just a walkthrough wax museum at Disneyland? How lame would that have been? Thankfully, during the upgrades to the park for its new New Orleans Square, Walt Disney got caught up in the 1964 New York World’s Fair where the animatronic characters the Disney parks are famous for were developed. More »
Apr 22
The BBC has a wonderful dive into the history of canning, tracing its origins from a technology designed to help expand and sustain the British Empire, to a miracle commodity of modern capitalism. And it almost failed before it ever got going. More »
Apr 22
You Can Buy the Leica That Captured the Iconic Kiss in Times Square Picture
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If you fancy buying yourself a little slice of photographic history, now’s your chance. Because the Leica IIIa rangefinder used by Alfred Eisenstaedt to capture the iconic V-J day photo Kiss in Times Square is up for sale. More »
Apr 20
Back in the 1860s, repeating rifles were a pretty new development. There was a still a lot of horse-riding and open field-fighting. And the Ashokan Farewell played under everything. But the south had a high tech trick under its sleeve. A good old-fashioned whirlybird. More »
Apr 19
The First He-Man Toy Commercial: Master of the Universe, Master of Marketing
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Fresh off of Star Wars, which taught the corporate world how to over-market any property to kids, the 1980s was one of the greatest decades ever when it came to toys—and toy commercials. Originally shown at the Mattel Booth at Comic Con last year, this is believed to be the very first He-Man and The Masters of the Universe toy commercial that originally aired back in 1981 or 1982. More »
Apr 16
It’s become the defacto standard for digital photo editing and tweaking, but how much do you know about Photoshop’s 22+ year history? In this short documentary the creators of what is possibly one of the most pirated pieces of software ever—including Thomas Knoll, John Knoll, Russell Brown, and Steve Guttman—talk about Photoshop’s humble beginnings. More »
Apr 15
If you’re one of the many tax-procrastinating thrill seekers who waited until the last minute to get cracking, there’s a pretty good chance you spent most of that time cursing TurboTax’s powers that be. It might have even been enough to make you yearn for a simpler time, a time when we weren’t dependent on the capricious interent for our tax-filing needs. But this video detailing the various online tax prep packages of 1991 should put an end to any of that nonsense. More »
Apr 15
Sometimes, it’s easy to forget just how much technology has changed over the last few decades. Fortunately, Redditor ImTheGuyWhoLoveGems decided to remind us all—and, boy, should we be happy about the progress. More »
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