A simple grid of colored plastic pegs and a lightbulb became one of the most recognizable creative toys of the 70s and 80s, precisely because it required you to turn the lights off to enjoy it.
Read more →You pulled in, hung a tinny speaker on the window, and watched a movie under the stars. The drive-in was part cinema, part carnival, part private world — and nothing else has ever quite replaced it.
Read more →Long before vinyl became a statement, it was just how music worked — and the record shop was the centre of the musical universe.
Read more →Sony's Betamax was technically superior to VHS in almost every measurable way. It lost anyway. The story of why is one of the most instructive cautionary tales in consumer electronics history.
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