retro Short sci-fi story told through imaginary public access station circa 1985 Mark Frauenfelder

AI ChatGPT but in the 1980s Rusty Blazenhoff

retro If Duolingo came out in the eighties Rusty Blazenhoff

wordle Watch: What if Wordle existed in the 1980s Mark Frauenfelder

retrocomputing If Alexa (Amazon Echo) existed in 1988… Mark Frauenfelder

Sears and Roebuck’s monkey business When you could buy a monkey from the Sears mail-order catalog Elías Villoro

Vintage Weird The Johnson Smith Novelty catalog offered 600 jam-packed pages of vintage weirdness Mark Frauenfelder

Wonders of the World Wide Web Funny video — what if Instacart was around in 1998? Mark Frauenfelder

1980s Funny video imagines Zoom calls in 1988 Rusty Blazenhoff

alternate history This video imagines Dropbox in the 1980s Mark Frauenfelder

mockumentaries A message from the Pyramid Earth Association (circa 1990) Mark Frauenfelder

Funny Tidying up your computer in the '90s: Marie Kondo style Mark Frauenfelder

retrocomputing Imaginary dream computer from 1984 Mark Frauenfelder

retro What if the foldable mobile phone had been released in the 1990s? Mark Frauenfelder

animals Raccoons may not be rabid, just drunk David Pescovitz

fake virtual reality Funny video imagines the Oculus Rift as a 1980s product Mark Frauenfelder

alternate history What if Steam had been around in 1988? Mark Frauenfelder

Uber in the 1980s Mark Frauenfelder

old timey Internet What would eBay have been like in 1988? Mark Frauenfelder

amazon If Amazon existed in the 1980s Rusty Blazenhoff