Flashback Friday: 1999 A.D.
There has been a lot of advancements in technology lately that are beginning to make me think we are indeed living in the future as seen by futurists in the 1950s and 60s. We’re living in a time where...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: WWDC 2003
Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) 2013 will kick off next Monday. With that in mind it seemed like the perfect time to take a look way back at the keynote address from WWDC 2003. OS X...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: Introducing the App Store
With iOS 7 finally out there in the world for people to see, it felt like a good time to take a look back at when the operating system was in its infancy. Despite the fact that the reception to iOS 7...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: Introducing the Original Xbox
With E3 2013 done and dusted, why don’t we take a look back at the original Xbox being unveiled at… CES? While the Xbox One left people screaming about Microsoft not understanding gaming due to all of...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: Game Console Accessories
There has been a lot of talk this week about potential accessories shipping with various gaming consoles this year. Sony apparently removed a camera to be able to undercut the Xbox One, but Microsoft...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: Nokia 7650
Nokia introduced a crazy phone this week with a 41MP camera in it, but maybe we should take a look back at the humble beginnings. The first phone with a camera from the Finnish company was the Nokia...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: Typewriters
The Kremlin is returning to the use of typewriters to increase security oddly enough, and that got me to reflecting on my days of using typewriters. Security be damned, the only thing I miss about...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: AOL Sign In
I spent last week on the road traveling out to Irvine, Calif. to spend some time at the TechnoBuffalo offices. What you see above is what I think of every time I have to use hotel Internet. To be...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: VHS vs Beta
It may seem odd to even think about the VHS vs Beta format war in this day and age, but I think there is still a lot to be learned from it. One of my all time favorite quotes has so many applications...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: Space Age Railroad
I’ve never quite understood why the United States feels the need to tear up its railways. Yes, we are a car culture, but there is something to be said for the efficiency of railways from the safety to...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: Drive-Ins
Already an endangered species, the drive-in theater as facing its biggest threat ever from the drive by movie studios to change over to all digital projection in the coming years. One of the most...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: Electronic Computers And Applied Mathematics
In 2013 there is hardly anywhere you can go without running into a computer. Be it as simple as a credit card reader in a drive up fast food restaurant, or a full sized workstation at the checkout...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: Wrist Radios
With the Samsung Galaxy Gear out in the world now, the comparisons to the infamous Dick Tracy 2-Way Wrist Radio are inevitable. And honestly, as well they should be. The Dick Tracy comic strip debuted...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: iPhone 3G
With the iPhone 5c and 5s now out in the world, lets take a look back at the first time the iPhone ever had an upgrade. Last week we looked at the iPhone 3GS to cover the addition of “s” to an iPhone...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto V has been out for a while now, but with the release this week of the online component it seemed like a fun time to look back at just how far this series has come. The first...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: Smoke Detectors
Smoke detectors may be one of the most important gadgets in your home, but when was the last time you gave them any serious thought? When the Nest Protect was announced earlier this week I was struck...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: iPad 2
Did anyone think when Steve Jobs introduced the iPad 2 in 2011 we would still be able to walk into a store and pick them up on the cusp of 2014? Apple is known for refreshing its products pretty much...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: Blockbuster Video
I try very hard to never repeat a subject in the Flashback Friday series, but there are times that call for it, and the closure of the last 300 corporate Blockbuster Video stores is one of those...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: PlayStation
Who would have thought 19 years ago that we would be seeing the launch of the PlayStation 4? Certainly not me. I can remember the first time I heard about the PlayStation, I couldn’t for the life of...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: Xbox
In 2001 a new player entered the video game arena, and no one was quite sure what Microsoft would bring to the table, but it appears to be here to stay. Just as with Sony in the 1990s, I think many...
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