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Geeky Tech in 1995's Clueless
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Vintage Geek: Smokin' Hot Tech From Clueless

I heard from Buzz the other day that Clueless might be getting a sequel!
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I heard from Buzz the other day that Clueless might be getting a sequel! Although I'm usually a little wary of "part two's," I couldn't help but remember all the fun I had watching the original flick back in 1995. I mean, for a film in the mid '90s about high school kids, this movie was pretty geeky. It was full of big candy bar cell phones, laptops, and pagers. Yes, pagers. Remember those? I was obsessed with getting one until 1996 just because of it.

I took a trip down memory lane and watched Clueless last night. Even though spotting all the tech throughout the movie was pretty fun, I do have one favorite scene in the movie. I think you know what it is. Check it out in the clip above.

Did You Have a Beeper?
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Did You Have a Beeper?

I saw a childhood friend at a birthday dinner a few weeks ago, and we got on the topic of how much communication and gadgets have changed since we were teenagers.
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I saw a childhood friend at a birthday dinner a few weeks ago, and we got on the topic of how much communication and gadgets have changed since we were teenagers. On top of making us feel old, it evoked memories of our hoary pre-cell phone days. He actually reminded me that, for a brief (but oh so awesome!) time, I carried a beeper (commonly referred to as a "pager" by unhip people and doctors). I can't explain why, except that one day my parents presented it to me as a way to "keep in touch" when I was out with my friends.

I can't imagine having a pager without a cell phone would benefit anyone aside from Stone Age doctors at this point, given payphones are considered vintage artifacts. News to Liz Lemon's pager salesman ex on 30 Rock: Pages are just text messages created without the genius of the QWERTY keypad. I've got nothing to say but 143, I promise.

Photo courtesy NBC