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Retro Chic: 13 Gorgeous Vintage Typewriters
I love vintage geek gadgets almost as much as I love my brand new tech goodies. From typewriters to Polaroid cameras, these retro goodies are as stunning as they once were useful. My laptop is great and I appreciate it completely, but there is something so dreamy and romantic about typing on an old-fashioned typewriter.
Get Your Retro Game On With Pac-Man and Atari Controllers
Although I can keep up with the best of them when it comes to modern warfare games like Gears of War and Halo, being the vintage geek that I am, I can't help but hold my favorite old-school arcade games close to my heart. So even though I can't find Galaga at an arcade within a five-mile walking radius of my apartment (I'd go pretty far to drop a few quarters in that baby), I could play right at home with these Pac-Man and Atari game controllers.
These all-in-one controllers hook right up to your TV and provide hours of arcade gaming entertainment (they each include 10 games or more) for a mere $40.
Which Couples Retreat Star Still Rocks a Walkman?
Guess which Couples Retreat star recently admitted to still rocking a Walkman, saying:
"We live by a huge canyon in L.A., so I usually go for a long walk with my Walkman. (My Walkman? Oh, my god, I'm giving away my age!)"
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1-Up Your Life With Vintage Gaming Gear
Sweet nostalgia floats over me whenever I remember playing Super Mario or Donkey Kong with my friends. It's that arcades-are-totally-awesome feeling. That Summer-should-never-end feeling.
Urban Outfitters Ups the Retro Ante, I'm All In
I'm the kind of girl that can appreciate the early days of technology and rock a vinyl record player next to a high-quality sound system. Urban Outfitters isn't the first place you'd think to get your tech fix, but it has been raising the bar when it comes to offering up retro gadgets like record players and old-school typewriters. Two of my favorites, natch.
Site Pays Homage to Geeky 80s Laser School Portraits
Hmm, can you spot the similarities between each of these photos? The eighties hair — check, the eighties outfits — check, the pink and blue laser beam backdrops — big check. I can't believe that I almost forgot about these lightsaber-esque backgrounds that graced hundreds of thousands of school portraits!
Telephone Pillow: Love It or Leave It?
Big ups to the vintage telephone revival! Typewriters and Polaroids are hot, and now so are corded telephones, too. Case in point: the Telephone Pillow ($34) from Urban Outfitters.
Mad Men and Its Glam Vintage Geek Dream
Tonight, AMC's retro drama Mad Men returns, which also means the return of the most gorgeous retro tech in TV. You know how I'd wire the show's leading man, Don Draper, but the best place to see the vintage pieces are on the show itself, so before you watch this evening, check out some of my favorite gadgets from the first two seasons.
Photos courtesy of AMC
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What's Your Favorite Vintage Tech?
Vintage geekery is something of an obsession here — as much as we tech-lovers love to have the latest gadget, we also pay respect to the originals. Many times I have been close to breaking down and buying a beautiful, brightly colored typewriter, even though I would only use my laptop for word processing.
I mourn the loss of Polaroids with as much intensity as I scrutinize the latest megapixel-packed digital camera.
Vintage Geek: An Original Series Star Trek Tricorder
Hold onto your spacecraft seatbelts, trekkies, because Amazon has got quite the Star Trek treat for you. For only $45, you can get your hands on an authentic Tricorder role-play replica.
This battery-operated handheld communicator comes with working lights and sound effects taken from the original Star Trek and includes a removable scanner accessory for far away missions.
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