Nostalgic Gadgeteer Gifts

'...and what does my stupid cre get me for my birthday? A PALM PILOT!'

"No Timmy, I don't think your pencil has system requirments or upgrades you can download from the internet."

What's wrong with the computer you've got?"

Video Henge: made from melting and molding 3,000,000 obsolete VCR tapes.

'Someday TVs will be in big boxes on the floor.'

Snoopy with Laptop

"Okay lets go. You can message your friends after dinner."

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

Telephone line ends up buried in the ground with a headstone.

'A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, a CD player, a laptop computer, a cordless phone and thou.'

"Go ahead and laugh, but this baby hasn't crashed since 1961."

"Der, dad. . . it's wireless!"

Social Media

and this little light starts blinking when your computer becomes obsolete

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

Old-fashioned computer

'I hope it's fixed soon. I miss the convenience and friendly beep.'

"He's teaching me map skills, such as how to fold it."

"I've had a tip off that someone on the team has been using email."

Abandoned Vehicles Along The Information Superhighway.

"Television sets evolved from animals. My randpop remembers when they had rabbit ears!"

"It's a flip phone. I guess we can document this as an ancient, archaeological discovery."

Jurassic park on the ZX Spectrum.

Time Travelers from the 21st Century.

'And of course if you'e feeling patriotic today, we have here a new line of PCs produced by the federal government.'

"I can't use the computer tonight -- Dad has to scroll to his year of birth."

'Yes, I did put a bigger string on it. It's called upgrading.'

"Aren't these old eighties phones tiny!"

'Apparently the poor love's walkman is broken.'

"Hi, it's me. My mum's confiscated my mobile." (Kid talks to friend using margarine tub and string).

Millennials in the Year 2050...

Computer Sale.

"For some reason I can relate to this computer that's been built with old parts."

STRIP Hambone: Using Tippex on a monitor

'I can't keep up with technology either.'