Nostalgic Tech Talker Gifts

'Remember when the chat room was just the dinner table?'

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

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

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

Snoopy with Laptop

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

"Oh great, the printer is down."

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

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

"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!"

and this little light starts blinking when your computer becomes obsolete

Social Media

Old-fashioned computer

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."

"Cancel my landline...are you crazy?"

Old Book Smell

'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."

'...please switch of all mobile phones, paging devices and alarm watches...'

Jurassic park on the ZX Spectrum.

Abandoned Vehicles Along The Information Superhighway.

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

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

His Master's Data.

'No fax paper? Ok, you'll have to ride for help.'

'Well yes, it is a Jurassic model...OK, I'll knock off two bucks.'

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

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