6 Retro Gadgets We Love


Updated 04/11/12 6:09 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

8-Track Day Retro and Vintage Tech Gadgets

Happy 8-Track Tape Day! In the spirit of our favorite gadgets of yesteryear, we took a stroll down technology memory lane. Whether you grew up with 8-tracks, records, cassette tapes, or you're a child of the digital age, reminisce on the days before Spotify and iPads in the gallery. What was your favorite childhood gadget? Read more

Mad Men and Its Glam Vintage Geek Dream


Updated 09/19/11 5:45 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 1 comment

Mad Men Vintage Gadgets

AMC's Mad Men won the outstanding drama series award at last night's Emmy's, and we couldn't agree more. While the show is packed with drama, it's had its retro gadget moments as well. Check out some of our favorite tech from Mad Men over the years. Photos courtesy of AMC Read more

Website of the Day: Pica Pic


Updated 03/23/11 3:49 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 1 comment

Play Vintage Handheld Games Online

Remember those clunky, handheld electronic games you had as a kid? Now there's a website that lives to re-create them and lets you play old favorites like Donkey Kong, Jr. and The Terminator. Pica Pic contains 19 classic games within its simple and clean design. To play a game, select one from the rolling menu and click Play. The game is enlarged to fill the whole screen, and shows you which keys Read more

Two Ways to Profess Your Camera Love, Thanks to Modcloth


Updated 03/21/11 5:25 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Modcloth Camera Magnets and Air Freshener

Modcloth, purveyors of a wealth of vintage-inspired wares (second only to my love of Urban Outfitters), has two new options for professing your camera love: the Stick With It Magnet Set ($10) and the Sweet Snapshots Air Freshener ($6). Both feature sweet yellow, vintage, plastic cameras, awesome for their kitsch factor and adorably affordable (the air freshener comes in pink, too!). And both are Read more

Retro Gaming Controllers For Your Modern Computer


Updated 02/11/11 10:31 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Nintendo and Super Nintendo Controls For Your Computer

Massive win for vintage geekery here! (Did I just call something from my childhood vintage? I think I did.) Check out these USB Game Controllers, only $25 from Urban Outfitters. Each is a replica of the well-known Nintendo and Super Nintendo controller and plugs into any computer via USB for playing games. I was a huge SNES-junkie as a kid (Mario Kart, what?), so even looking at a photo of the Read more

Go Old School With These Reissued Classic Phones


Updated 12/23/10 2:05 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Lekki Reissues Classics Nokia 3210 and Motorola StarTAC

If you long for the days when a cell phone was just a phone, and probably a Nokia one at that, then this post is for you. The French company Lekki has released refurbished and jazzed up versions of the Nokia 3210, that ubiquitous phone of the late '90s, as well as the Motorola StarTAC (complete with retractable antenna, of course). The refurbished phones still maintain the decidedly low-tech Read more

PhoneXPhone Landline iPhone Dock: Totally Geeky or Geek Chic?


Updated 12/21/10 2:40 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

Retro Phone Handset For iPhone

We never seem content with the sleek, high-tech look of smartphones, and this iPhone landline disguise is no exception. Just plop your iPhone into the retro dock's recess and connect it to the handset, and voilà: yet another old-school way to answer your calls. Even the PhoneXPhone's description calls this $42 item "almost useless," but its one minor functionality is the ability to easily access Read more

Retro Phone Handset: Totally Geeky or Geek Chic?


Updated 12/02/10 4:20 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

Retro Phone Handset

Oh, Urban Outfitters, what's not to love about your vintage gadgetry and over-the-top accessories, including this Retro Phone Handset ($78). The handset is made from plastic and painted a shiny gold. It comes with five different adapters for use with your iPhone 3/3GS, Sony, Nokia, Samsung, or Motorola device. (Sorry iPhone 4 users, this doesn't work with your device.) It's a little bit clunky Read more

Looking For Some Vintage Geek Gifts? Shop Urban Outfitters!


Updated 11/23/10 8:35 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Shop Urban Outfitters For Retro and Vintage Gadgets

Urban Outfitters is one of my favorite destinations for vintage geek goodies, and for holiday shopping ease, all of the "Heritage Electronics" are in one place. Browse tons of vintage-style cameras and film, a solid collection of record players, and headphones of all shapes and sizes. While I obviously love Urban Outfitters all year long, check out five of my favorite picks from its awesome Read more

An Original Apple-1 Can Be Yours . . . For $161,600


Updated 11/12/10 2:50 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Apple-1 Christie's Auction

Thirty-four years ago, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built the first Apple computer in Jobs's garage and sold it for $666.66. Now, one of the original Apple-1s can be yours with the highest bid in a Nov. 23 auction at Christie's in London. The computer, believed to be one of about 200, comes in the original box. The return address is Jobs's California residence, and the package even includes a Read more