A wonderful old ad for Bendix corporation, lovingly scanned and Flickr'd by Paul Malon. You really gotta see a larger size to read the copy in glorious detail.
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9:12 am Thu
Nov 8, 2012
Make science your obedient servant (vintage ad, 1946)
Remember taking the "Nestea Plunge" when it was hot?
“101 degrees in the shade…” It’s been hot in the Bay Area and I was joking with a friend that we should take the “Nestea Plunge.” They had no idea what I was talking about which surprised me, given the iconic ad campaign ran from the 1970s through the 1990s (and came back in 2014). […]
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For the woman afraid of technology's progress, a set of horse blinders
You’ve come a long way, baby.
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34 weird vintage photos of women in tiny miniskirts at huge old computers
Enjoy ogling these broads’ gams, and get a load of those ginormous mainframes.
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Save over 25% on this open source portable gaming console
On the one hand, nostalgia is “a corruption of the historical impulse,” according to William Gibson. On the other hand, “Super Mario Bros.” will never not be cool. Luckily, there’s a way to satisfy that retro gaming while still keeping an eye on the future: The GameShell Kit. This thing is simultaneously the last handheld […]
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Boost your data analytics skills with this master class on Tableau
The field of data analytics can get intimidating, even for business professionals who constantly rely on it. But at its heart, its purpose is to simplify. To take mounds of information and distill their insights into a single clear picture. Currently, the go-to software for painting that picture is Tableau. And if you want to […]
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Save an extra $50 off DJI's answer to GoPro's 4K action cam
If you’re in the market for a stable, durable camera fully suited for first-person video, there’s a good chance that you’re the adventurous type. So why settle on a familiar name like GoPro? The DJI Osmo Action 4K HDR Camera checks off all the same boxes on the action cam checklist as the GoPro 4K […]
