Retro Nintendo Watches

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tech.life@play | Nintendo renews old
favorites for retro fun

tech.life@play | Nintendo renews old
favorites for retro fun 06/24/2004 03:00 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer Jun 24 2004 7:32AM GMT

Nintendo Announces Official Name and New
Design for Nintendo DS

Nintendo Announces Official Name and New
Design for Nintendo DS 07/28/2004 06:18 PM

Who WATCHES movies?

Who WATCHES movies? 09/09/2004 07:19 AM
Cory Doctorow: The sterling satirists of Loading Ready Run have produced a sharp, funny and amazingly true short film in response to the "Who makes movies?" anti-piracy spots that we're subjected to before we see our $10-13 flicks.

This spot, called "Who watches movies?" and features a graphic designer talking about how grossly offensive it is to pay a stack of money, sit through interminable advertisements, then be lectured at in a film made by some distant coked-up Hollyweird fatcat. 4.4MB MP4 Link (Thanks, Paul!)

The first five SPOT watches

The first five SPOT watches 01/02/2004 05:00 PM
There's a listing on Microsoft's website of the five different SPOT, or Smart Personal Object Technology, watches which are supposed to hit stores soon. As...

Martian Watches

Martian Watches 01/09/2004 09:57 PM
24:39 NASA is running their Spirit Martian explorer program on Martian solar time. With the project day running 39 minutes longer than a real day, engineers found they faced difficulties adjusting to this virtual timezone. Their solution was nearly as old as timekeeping itself.

Yahoo! Goes Retro

Yahoo! Goes Retro 05/24/2004 02:24 PM
Shareholders bring back dot-com memories with a vote against options expensing.

Retro vs. Metro.

Retro vs. Metro. 08/12/2004 09:14 AM
Retro vs. Metro. But what, why, and who?

Retro vs. Metro

Retro vs. Metro 08/13/2004 03:52 PM
Retro vs. Metro

retrovsmetro.org
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Retro or Classic?

Retro or Classic? 04/09/2004 04:08 PM
Retro Gamer. £5.99 at all good newsagents in the UK. Classic Gamer. Free and downloadable here. I'm suddenly getting flashbacks -- should I buy Zzap! 64 or Commodore User? Choices, choices ... [latter link via ReBlog]

Retro Gaming Gets Hot

Retro Gaming Gets Hot 06/26/2004 08:43 PM

WAP technology a retro hit in U.K

WAP technology a retro hit in U.K 01/08/2004 08:27 PM
CNET Jan 8 2004 10:31AM ET

Welcome to the Retro Future

Welcome to the Retro Future 06/20/2004 05:01 AM
we were just totally clueless about "The Future" .. Welcome to yesterday's tomorrow .. Welcome To The Retro Future .. §Š† §Šª .. RetroFuture

retrofuture.com
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Retail retro

Retail retro 07/06/2004 01:54 AM
USA Today Jul 6 2004 6:04AM GMT

Bespoke martian watches keep 24h, 39m
day

Bespoke martian watches keep 24h, 39m
day 01/09/2004 09:56 PM
Researchers working on the Mars lander are rising and sleeping on Martian Standard Time, the daylight hours on the lander's plot of Mars. The martian day is 24h, 39m long -- which means that the rover crew had to get custom-made timepieces (for "had to," here, read, "thought it would be really cool to") manufactured for them by a master watchmaker.

My next novel, Eastern Standard Tribe, (due out in just a few weeks!) revolves around the way that your sleep schedule determines a lot about your social circle and hence your beliefs, alliegances, and so forth. A friend of mine in DC who used to work for the CIA just read the book and wrote to point out that the military has been running timezone-tribes for years, so that all the people commanding and supporting some distant operational unit are rising and sleeping on a schedule synched with daylight hours in some far corner.

But I bet they don't get cool watches like this one -- someone should manufacture and sell 'em. My sleep-schedule is so scr0d that I would happily wear this thing and abide by what it told me about my circadian. Link (via MeFi)

Watches watch pilots

Watches watch pilots 06/30/2004 12:56 PM
globetechnology.com Jun 30 2004 5:37PM GMT

IT industry watches Iowa

IT industry watches Iowa 01/19/2004 07:17 AM
ZDNet Jan 19 2004 12:01PM GMT

Martian Watches | Metafilter

Martian Watches | Metafilter 01/11/2004 03:51 AM
Martian Watches .. Metafilter

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Big Brother watches Britain

Big Brother watches Britain 09/01/2004 09:13 PM

ADV:MSN Direct for Computer Watches

ADV:MSN Direct for Computer Watches 12/19/2004 02:54 PM
Ad - www.microsoft.com Dec 17 2004 9:11PM GMT

Evergreen MP3 Watches For Couples

Evergreen MP3 Watches For Couples 04/15/2005 09:58 AM

Evergreen's new "EG-MPW256CII" offers absolutely nothing over previous MP3 watches, except for perhaps style. Whether or not you determine the style of the watch to be appealing is unrelated. Evergreen offers blue and pink versions of the watch "intended for couples." It will play audio from its 256MB of internal memory for about 10 hours. Let's hope Evergreen was smart enough to give it a second battery for keeping the time.

Product Information [Shanghai Donya]

Jack Watches Your Back

Jack Watches Your Back 05/17/2004 01:34 PM
Jack Chick's tract has become inflamed by homosexuals. "I believe the time will soon come when godless judges will close churches that call being gay a sin." (05-16)

The Kenner Retro Line

The Kenner Retro Line 12/15/2003 04:25 PM
Some information has come to light on the news that broke in the Rebelscum Vintage Forum last night about Hasbro’s plans for fall of 2004. Follow this link to find out why next Autumn will rock!

Sonic's Retro Boom

Sonic's Retro Boom 01/04/2005 11:06 AM
The drive-in eatery proves that there's plenty of horsepower under its hood.

Web Zen: Retro Video Game Zen

Web Zen: Retro Video Game Zen 07/02/2004 11:28 AM
quest for the crown
duckhunt
tron lightcycles
atari noise
cory arcangel
nes buckle
space invaders stickers
space invaders invasion
retrogames
Links to web zen home, web zen store, (Thanks, Frank).

Pokia: Retro Handsets

Pokia: Retro Handsets 07/08/2004 12:29 PM

The Times -- the Home & Garden section, of course, not Circuits -- has an article about those Pokia handsets, the retrofitted old-style phones that occasionally show up for sale on eBay. More art pieces than products, the idea behind Pokia, says creator Nicolas Roope, is to challenge the mobile industry to free themselves from the sci-fi styling rut and start taking more aesthetic chances with the form factors of our phones. It's a cute hack -- although I doubt there's a burgeoning trend in it -- and I have to say I agree with the general sentiment. Who wouldn't like to see a phone made out of wood, or copper, or meat?

Roope has even created a special edition Pokia to take advantage of the publicity commemorate The Times' profile.
Read - A Cellphone for Calling Butterfield 8 [NYTimes]
Read - Product Page [Pokia]
Read - Pokia Peckham Cottage [eBay]

Retro Audio: EMS Synthi A and AKS

Retro Audio: EMS Synthi A and AKS 09/24/2004 09:55 AM

In 1971 EMS (Electronic Music Studios) released two versions of this portable three-oscillator synthesizer, the Synthi A and the AKS (pictured). Both were miniaturized repackagings of EMS's earlier VCS3 unit, but the AKS took things a step further with its included monophonic digital sequencer and 30-note touch pad keyboard. The bit that looks like a Battleship grid in the middle is actually used to route signal to various parts of the unit by sticking pins in the appropriate holes.

Retro Game Library

Retro Game Library 05/09/2004 04:38 AM
In case you can't tell . . .

Transportation Retro-Futuristics

Transportation Retro-Futuristics 07/30/2004 06:54 PM

POKIA retro phone

POKIA retro phone 07/10/2004 04:58 AM
How about humungo old-school handsets? .. aan moderne mobieltjes .. more Pokia photos .. handset additions .. Retro cellphones .. .. luureja .. Pokia

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Almost retro? It's radio for MP3 players

Almost retro? It's radio for MP3 players 09/09/2004 01:03 PM
Start-up offers subscriptions to broadcast and Net radio shows to play on portable devices.

Retro thinking will save the net

Retro thinking will save the net 09/09/2004 02:59 PM
IDF Fall '04 Vint Cerf reminisces

Spying software watches you work

Spying software watches you work 04/29/2004 06:29 AM
Spyware is rampant on computers in US businesses, a survey has found.

Time Is Now for High Tech Watches

Time Is Now for High Tech Watches 09/27/2004 04:41 AM
G4 Tech TV Sep 27 2004 8:24AM GMT

Have Your Kid Read This Item As She
Watches TV And Uses The Computer

Have Your Kid Read This Item As She
Watches TV And Uses The Computer 03/28/2005 12:56 PM
Adweek Online Mar 28 2005 5:04PM GMT

Tissot offers MSN Direct watches

Tissot offers MSN Direct watches 07/26/2004 07:15 PM
Swiss luxury watchmaker Tissot SA has joined Fossil Inc. of the U.S. and Finland's Suunto Oy in offering watches that use Microsoft Corp.'s Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT), Microsoft said Monday.

Why you really have to switch off SPOT
watches while flying

Why you really have to switch off SPOT
watches while flying 01/19/2004 11:43 AM
Reader Dave Boulton says that Microsoft gets it wrong about SPOT watches and flying:The Microsoft service agreement does say they have to be turned off,...

Alan Reiter on MSN watches: they will
suck

Alan Reiter on MSN watches: they will
suck 01/23/2004 02:20 PM
Do those MSN SPOT watches stand a chance? Mobile data pundit Alan Reiter says (this) (and this), summarized by BB reader John Troyer:

- They're big and ugly
- They need to be recharged daily
- They crash and sometimes die when shocked with static electricity
- They have to be turned off on planes
- Coverage is spotty compared to pagers and mobile phones
- News blurbs are 25-word useless snippets
- You have to tell MSN when and where you are traveling for it to work away from your home area!
- Nobody's *ever* made money selling generic headlines, weather and sports via wireless.

Reiter also says:

"However, syncing with MS Outlook is useful, and Reiter does believe they could catch on if Microsoft repositions to emphasize the fun aspects: downloadable watch faces, games, etc. ... [The watches] look as if they were designed by the Borg, on a very bad day. Many years ago Motorola introduced its first pager watch, I was there. I was pretty excited about the product. But when I spoke with a Motorola executive, he said the company wasn't sure whether the target market would view the device as a smallest, sexiest pager or as the world's ugliest watch. Unfortunately for Motorola, the view was the latter. Pager watches have generally died quick or lingering deaths. But the operative word is "death."

Link to earlier BoingBoing entry on MSN SPOT Watches

Boardbug Baby Monitor Watches

Boardbug Baby Monitor Watches 08/11/2004 09:58 AM

The Boardbug is a watch-like baby monitor that has two distinct modes. In the first "baby" mode, the devices work like a traditional baby monitor, broadcasting audio from the child's unit to the parent's and even sounding a warning buzzer if the baby outsmarts the latch and takes the unit off. Plus it has a built in thermometer to monitor temperature levels in the baby's room.

The "toddler" mode takes all those features and adds on a proximity-based "safety range" and a panic button, which sounds a startling klaxon so you can easily determine which freeway your child is playing in, but sadly does nothing for the periodic anxiety attacks that come from realizing you've got 16 more years of this shit.

Read - Product Page [BoardBug via CoolHunting via ShinyShiny]

Microsoft MSN wireless watches released

Microsoft MSN wireless watches released 01/23/2004 12:11 AM
BoingBoing pal Mike Outmesguine (/OUT-mess-geen/) says:

These are neat rechargeable watches that feed you weather, headlines, etc. just like your alphanumeric pager did back in 1993. Ironically, I saw the ad on Weather.com. Coverage is sparse. It took me a couple tries on the zip to find the coverage near Los Angeles (hint: 91301 bad, 90066 good.) I have no idea what it's like elsewhere. (I hate zipcode lookup applets that don't give you proximity.) Microsoft MSN site showing all the watches: link. Fossil site for the Dick Tracy watch: link. From the website:

"MSNR Direct is a specialized wireless service that delivers personalized information through enabled watches. Smart Watches with MSN Direct provide you timely, glanceable information conveniently available at the flick of the wrist. Receive accurate time and stay connected to the information that matters most to you including news, weather, sports, stocks, personal messages, appointment reminders, and more. Find everything from a stock quote to the latest sports scores of your favorite team all with a simple glance!"

Sparse details on actual services provided (no games, mp3s or ringtones, apparently), Services include news, weather, stock quotes, appointment reminders, and personal messages. I don't know if I'll give up my Tokyo Flash watch just yet. Maybe I can go retro 80's multi-watch.

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