While this isn't the first time we've seen modern tech go retro, the makers of pro audio microphones Blue have recently announced an update to their previous Snowflake Microphone released back in June...
Obviously the trend in America is heading towards people abandoning their landlines in favor of an exclusively mobile home. It's pretty much a given with the younger generation that nobody has landlin...
It has only been a little over 50 years since the first introduction of color TVs to the masses. Now once again, with the digital transition now eminent (some stations have already started cutting off...
Is it still chilly where you are? Tonight might be a great night to stay inside with a mug of cocoa and bake a batch of cookies. But this time, instead of your usual 7-minute cookie routine of unwrapp...
You know you love the retro sights and sounds of Space Invaders and Tetris. Your equally geeky buddies and—probably to your chagrin—your girlfriend know it too. But what about the guys at ...
We've seen a resurgence of re-purposing the design of old, outdated technology into new and still useful things. In fact cassette tapes—you know the plastic case with magnetic tape inside that p...
Check out this gallery of found street art over at Kontraband, all with some tie to the geek world of computers, software and video games. Some are clever, some are cool and others are just there to m...
The power strip behind, under, or attached to your desk is probably packed. With your laptop, iPod speaker dock, phone charger, camera charger, computer speakers and printer plugged into it, how could...
It's the RR226 + 1. The Brionvega RR227 is a 1965 reissued radio from that Italian company that has brought us minimal and beautiful TV's in the past. To bring this radio up to date, they have include...
We honestly can't even handle how many amazing readymade objects are in this Apartment Therapy Chicago home tour. Marcel DuChamp would have been proud. Patrick Foisy's loft, in Montreal not Chicago, ...
No lie, I've still got an old Sega Genesis up and running to play games on. Sure, the XBOX 360 is a fun console to play—and I don't need to tell you about the Wii I don't have that I desperately...
I'm proud to be of the generation that remembers my family's first home computer. I'd imagine that I'll tell my kids about seeing and experiencing that beige plastic box the first time that now-infamo...
In the past we've oohed and aahed over vintage gadget décor. From old school cameras framed on the wall to Urban Outfitters mainstream selections to obsolete Macs as bookshelf fodder. Well, Pottery ...
If there's anything cooler than a Nintendo Game cartridge turned into a console or Space Invader decals on your walls, it's retro arcade hardware recycled into practical houseware items. A fine exampl...
Little is known so far about this tiny computer microphone from Samson Technologies. All that we do know is that it seems right up Unplggd's alley: It's a small little retro-tech-looking mic for any a...
Time to clean out the attic! If you pack rats can get your hands on the boxes you packed, sealed and labeled with "GAME CARTRIDGES" back in 1994, you'll be happy to know that you can now play all of y...
There is a reason that the Tulip base is an icon. It looks good on so many things. Dining tables, coffee tables, chairs, even turntables and home stereo systems. Now here is another example, but on a...
Ah, the iPod Nano: So compact and cute, but it packs a punch—as all iPods do—in the storage capacity department. But don't you wish your iPod Nano had just a little bigger screen to watch ...
During Tokyo Designer's week, Supercent, a Japanese audio company, presented a new audio system. It's design is base upon a retro-styled vacuum tube amplifier, which is really interesting. All in all,...
Modern televisions look better when they are housed in retro styled cases. Forget the black or silver shiny plastic frames, they all just end up looking the same. When you see something like the Brio...
It's not that we think people are actually trying to match their wood panelled dated basements with their laptops. No sir. What is clear though is that the retro vibe can be a good one when it comes ...
Classic arcade console games are the perfect addition to a basement playroom or bachelor pad. But what about those of us who love a round of pinball but don't have the space for a full-on pinball mach...
We're all for retro cameras. The Olympus vintage-bodied camera piqued our interest. And the Lomo Retro Camera takes some really cool shots so that even a novice can make art. Now there's a camera tha...
We love the look of vintage home goods. We like the look of old table fans, phonographs and rotary phones, but it just isn't practical, especially for your small cool spaces, to take up room with out-...
You know how some people are Apple freaks? And how they'll buy anything with that half-bitten fruit stamped on it? (Kinda like this guy with his Apple cake!) We're beginning to think that there are al...
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