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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Forget glue: This quick-bonding plastic seals in seconds
Things break, and even in this disposable world, there’s a need to fix them. Up until recently, that’s been the crusty bottle of glue in your junk drawer, which is just as liable to coat your fingers as the thing you actually want to repair. Looks like there’s finally a Star Trek-level solution on the […]
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This money management app does more than just crunch numbers
Paying for things is all too easy online these days, and that’s why managing your money has gotten so hard. We’ve all done it: You sign up for a streaming subscription or gym membership, blow past the free trial date, and it becomes a part of your monthly expenses. Some of us juggle so many […]
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Teach STEM through space combat with these DIY drones
We all know those gifts we get “for the kids,” the ones that parents are secretly more excited to open. Drones are a perfect example, but there’s a model out there that really doubles down on that appeal. Introducing the Space Fighter Building Block Drones, a series of space fighter drones that are a blast […]
