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The Floppy Disk Save Icon Outlived the Floppy Disk
The object is gone but the symbol refuses to die, and that says something strange about how we talk to machines.
#nostalgia#90s#technology#design
December 14, 2024Read more →
The Analog-to-Digital Kids Are All Parents Now
Raising children in the world we watched get built.
#nostalgia#90s#parenting#technology#childhood
December 10, 2024Read more →
The Columbia House 12 CDs for a Penny Scam
An entire generation committed mail fraud with a licked stamp and a fake name, and somehow nobody went to jail.
#nostalgia#90s#music#scams
December 9, 2024Read more →
The AIM Away Message as Literature
Crafting the perfect cryptic lyric for your crush to decode.
#nostalgia#90s#internet#AIM#communication
November 23, 2024Read more →
The Bead Curtain in Your Doorway
It wasn't a door, but it announced you better than one ever could.
#nostalgia#90s#decor#bedroom
November 8, 2024Read more →
The 90s Internet Was Weird and Ugly and Perfect
GeoCities, web rings, and the democratic chaos of early HTML.
#nostalgia#90s#internet#GeoCities#web culture
November 7, 2024Read more →