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Tag Archive for Retro
Remember The Rockford Files?
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One of my fav. TV shows from the 70s. I’ve been watching the episodes on Netflix over the last month, about 30 episodes in. Get season one on DVD. (pic via Flickr) [show trivia] Things I see now that I…
World’s Movie Camera Makers Have All Quietly Stopped Production Of Film Cameras
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I predict a robust niche market for the used hardware. A sad passing. Part of me is surprised that any were still being made. Who knows, maybe an enterprising individual will start a low-volume cottage industry making news ones if…
U.K. Supermarket Tesco Goes Completely Retro
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An entire grocery store that is retro top to bottom? Yes, please! This is very cool. (thanks to Notcot for the pics) Tasteologie: Vintage Tesco’s Supermarket popped up at Goodwood Revival – “Vintage Tesco’s Supermarket popped up at Goodwood Revival…
A Retro Raygun Gothic Rocketship?! Yes, I Need This …
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There’s nothing I don’t like about this. The official site. All pics via RGR. Click to see full-size. Raygun Gothic Rocketship – HOW TO BE A RETRONAUT: ‘The Raygun Gothic Rocketship is a rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow…
What The Heck Is The Honda NCZ 50 Motocompo?!
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Never saw one of these before, but it’s clearly crazy-retro-cool. Want. (pic via TY) Click through for more pics. Bike in a Box: Honda NCZ 50 Motocompo For Sale: “The Honda Motocampo was designed and marketed as a scooter which…
I Need This Honda CB550 and Sidecar
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This is PERFECT! I need this. (pic via bikeexif) Retro? Check. Vintage Honda? Check. Sidecar? Check. Honda motorcycle sidecar: “What’s the appeal of a motorcycle sidecar combination? Is it the added practicality of luggage carrying? The promise of companionship on…
A Look Back At Chile’s Cybersyn
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A look back at a post from 2008. I was reminded of it by a brief mention on this week’s episode of EconTalk. (pic via Wiki) They could have saved everyone a great deal of money, time, and effort if…
1950s Era Pics of Rochester, NY … Can You Help?
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Fun to look at these old pics, and lots of them. Magnum Arts: Found Slides, A Life Remembered: “This is a very special post, resulting from my purchase of a vintage slide projector at a St. Petersburg thrift store. In…
Yes, It’s Here, I’ve Been Waiting Years For This
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This is what DARPA envisioned circa 1972. This is what Kernighan and Ritchie created C & UNIX for, this is why Sir Tim Berners-Lee created the Web and Andreessen created Mosaic. This is why … you get the point. It’s…