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new plasma tv in a retro-look wooden case

design | home entertainment | retro

Retro Wooden TV

This retro-look wooden casing houses a plasma TV. It combines mid-century modern aesthetics with modern technology to give you the best of both worlds.

At first glance, the TV looks like it belongs in one of yesteryear’s living rooms- until you realize how thin it is. The case can be made in custom sizes and a variety of woods…

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June 21st, 2008 post a comment stumble it! author: karen

diy headphones are brady bunch-y and cool

design | retro

DIY Headphones

These DIY headphones look fantastic! I can only (probably erroneously) assume the sound quality matches the look.

Flickr user j.rusten furniture studio shared the story behind these headphones he made for himself. He says, “I adapted a pair of normal safety earphones for speakers, and added a vintage look…

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June 18th, 2008 2 comments stumble it! author: karen

atari joystick t-shirt says “control me” - literally

geek art & craft | retro

Joystick Tee

Let people know you like to be pushed around with this “Control Me” Atari joystick tee.

While I will admit that the retro video game-themed t-shirt genre is already pretty crowded, I think this particular tee stands out because of it’s rough-edged, hand-drawn graphics and its classic color scheme. Also, like, joysticks and lightning are cool and stuff…

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June 10th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! author: karen

steampunk computer accessories hit ebay

computing | hacks-mods

Steampunk Computer Monitor and Keyboard

This certainly isn’t the first time that I’ve seen a steampunk computer design, but it’s a quick way for you to turn your machine into something that H.G. Wells himself would be proud of. Recently sighted over on eBay, here’s a set of custom-modded steampunk accessories for your PC…

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May 15th, 2008 2 comments stumble it! author: technabob

nes system built into game cartridge [casemod]

hacks-mods | retro | video games

Fami-Cart NES System on a Cartridge

This awesome NES casemod manages to squeeze a fully-functional Nintendo 8-bit console into the body of one of the system’s own game cartridges.

The Fami-Card started out its life as an original Super Mario Brothers cartridge. French modder Kotomi carefully ripped out its guts and transplanted them with the innards of one of those NOAC (NES on a Chip) system clones…

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April 21st, 2008 14 comments stumble it! author: technabob

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