Digital Nostalgia Appreciator Gifts

"I remember a time before the internet... when we had to pay for our disinformation."

"I've just been offered a job sorting out the Y1K bug.."

"Before texting we had to write letters by hand, and before emojis we honestly just bottled up our emotions."

"And this is one of our most poular models..."

"I'll never forget you."

"It's very sweet of you to visit him. Mr. Mainframe doen't get out much since the desktops came in."

"Call Harris back from retirement and ask him how we did things around here before computers."

'Remember when we used desktop computers? When everyone at least 'looked' busy?'

'This may be an old computer, but it won the March Madness office pool again and wants the money deposited in its Swiss bank account.'

Of course we're faster and more powerful now. I just think we commanded more respect when we filled an entire room.

"Goodnight Tommy, sleeptight, watch the millenium bugs don't bite."

A family reunion that warms them to their very core.

Jurassic park on the ZX Spectrum.

'This is a painting of your grandfather.'

"Nothing yet. Try sending me another text."

"Sure, e-mail is faster . . . but I miss biting the mailman!"

Wine stored inside an old fashioned monitor.

Floppy Cafe

'... So I'm standing near this old guy and he's using an old, giant cell phone-- I mean this thing is ridiculous! Hahahaha!'

"One fine day my son, this will all be yours!"

That's right, dear, our ancestors had tails.

'Before I begin today's lesson, please turn off your cell phones, beepers and ipods.'

"You should be outside with your friends, not stuck indoors all day playing on that damn computer."

"Being in the now today sure ain't like the good ol' now!"

'I miss the days when the only thing I couldn't work was the video.'

'W-R-O-N-G Voltagggeeee for a vintage machine like myself.'

Al's computer salvage.

Workers constructing barcodes

Just when he thought things couldn't get worse...

'Who are you calling 'oldtimer', sonny?!'

Death Online

'Yes, I'm writing the message down.'

'Must be for this new-fangled-email.'

'Inserting paper, lining it up, striking the keys, hitting the return carriage. I'd get him a computer, but he's doing just fine.'

"When we were young we didn't have those fancy toys. We had to develop our imaginations."