Forget CGI for the moment and take a look at this wonderful British TV ad from the 1970s for our old favourite: LEGO. I don’t know what TV ads are doing Stateside (or elsewhere) at present, but in the UK there’s a resurgence of ads from the 1970s and ’80s. I think it’s probably because the kids who grew up with these adverts are now in nostalgic mode and have kids of their own. Narrated by the late, great British comedian Tommy Cooper, it shows off the versatility of LEGO (assuming you have a lot of it) in a humorous way, with various LEGO creatures and objects pitting themselves against Read more »
Tag Archives: Nostalgia
C64 emulator for iPhone/Refused by Appstore
The C64 was an awesome gaming device back in the days, especially considered the limited hardware capabilities. Manomio went ahead and brought the C64 back in the form of an emulator for the iPhone. C64iPhone is completely licensed by Commodore, but got rejected by the AppStore because the emulator breaks the iPhone SDK API, running executable code. It is expected that a new version will be released, only running the virtual emulator without BASIC code. Until then, all we got is the Youtube preview video of awesome C64 classic such as Bruce Lee and International Karate. When finally accepted, the C64 will come with 5 games included: Dragons Den, Le Read more »
Youtube Find: Futurama Space Invaders
Old school gaming fans and cartoon fans have everything their heart desires in this Youtube find: Futurama stars fighting Space Invaders (not the space invaders ice cubes). Read more »
Retro arcade gum
Topps, the company famous for their baseball cards, released in 1983 a series of awesome “Video Arcade Gum’. The boxes were shaped like video arcade games. If these were still available they would be on the shelves among the Pockies, Wispas and Pot Noodles in the indie coffeeshop I _also_ manage. Via Jason Liebig who does an awesome job archiving pictures 80s packages on his Flickr. Read more »
Pac-Man Cupcakes. WTF or Awesome?
We had Pac-Man day already last week in the forums, but things only seem to get worse and worse. Pouf-Man certainly is an item I want , but now there also are Pac-Man cupcakes. WTF!? or Awesome? Read more »
Mac Plus emulator for iPhone
If you were waiting for a reason to jailbreak your iPhone, this might be exactly that moment you have been waiting for. Mini vMac is a complete emulator of the classic Mac Plus for the iPhone, admitted rather useless but oh so nerdy! Named Fork ported this originally Mac OS X app to the iPhone. Because of restrictions in the iPhone OS, the jailbreak is required. Mini vMac is free and available via Cydia. Read more »
A Piece of Internet History Disappears
No that’s not Michael Arrington’s dog I want to discuss! Those among us who have reached their ’30s, or especially Europeans, might remember the dog, Lycos’ dog. Today this ‘pre-Web 1.0′ portal, which started as a search engine in 1994/1995 and was the worldwide most visited website in 1999, has shut down in several European countries. The news was announced last month already, still this is a dinosaur in the deadpool. Not just a dinosaur, for many Lycos was where everything started: their first email account, their first online dating profile and even their first website (Tripod and Angelfire hosting). Shall we call today a _sad day_ for the internet? Read more »
Rubik's Touch Cube
Only very rarely has an entry been this easy. What you see is what you get. A Rubik’s Magic Cube with light, sound and accelerometer. *drool* Where’s my ThinkGeek wishlist again? I want one! The perfect Rubik’s Cube update according to me. Read more »
