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ion tape express converter: play your cassette tapes one last time

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Immortalize your mixtapes with the Ion Tape Express, an easy to use device that converts your favorite songs to mp3 files. Just pop in a tape, connect it to your computer via USB, and let the bundled EZ Tape Converter Software work its magic.

As you may have guessed from its looks, the Tape Express…

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October 27th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: audio gadgets media players mobile tech retro technology

retro skins make for delicious apple gadgets

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Infectious is like Threadless for your gadgets – the designs are submitted by users, so you’re bound to find something that suits your tastes. Here are a bunch of retro laptop, iPod and iPhone skins currently available at Infectious:

The awesome cassette tape player skin is called Retro Stuff is Better, designed by Tony Aguero.…

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August 24th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: design gadgets geek art + craft just plain fun retro

45 nano ipod nano cassette tape case makes for a confusing title

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The 45 nano cassette tape case isn’t for people who like to wear tight pants, because it will turn your 4th gen, stick of gum-sized iPod nano into something as large as, well, a cassette tape.

And if you thought Apple did you a favor by having all sorts of colors for the iPod nano’s…

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August 11th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: design geek art + craft just plain fun retro

film & cassette tape portraits by iri5 are for sale, and yes, they’re expensive.

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Reader Alex commented on our call for surveyees (take the survey! there’s a prize!) that the stuff we usually feature are cool (of course they are ) but mostly expensive. Alex, if you’re reading this, I’m sorry but this is another one of those cool-but-expensive stuffs. But they’re not just any stuff, they’re works of…

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June 25th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: geek art + craft retro strange + wonderful

bet you can’t do this with blu-ray: awesome cassette tape portraits

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Artist iri5’s “Ghost in the Machine” is a series of portraits that connect music with visual art by making use of old cassette tapes as medium. When I first saw Neatorama’s post about the project I thought it was just a cheap trick. But after taking a closer look at the portraits, the simplicity and…

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March 22nd, 2009 comments (33) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: geek art + craft retro strange + wonderful

he made me a mix tape

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Says-it.com, home to all sorts of fun online graphic embellishers, has released their latest treat, the Cassette Generator.

Other fun graphical generators on the site let you make your own fake concert tickets, official seals, church signs and vinyl records.
Once you generate a graphic you can download it to your computer or have it…

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September 28th, 2006 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun