Angelfire was a formative playground for a generation of web creators. This piece traces how its quirky constraints taught core web skills, seeded design habits still visible today, and left a cultural afterimage that resurfaces in modern 'retro web' movements.
Lycos went from Carnegie Mellon research project to dot‑com poster child and then to a cautionary relic. This article traces the arc of Lycos’s rise and fall and draws hard lessons every digital startup should heed.
Digital voice recorders have quietly resurrected a human art we were about to lose: the telling of true lives, in human voices. This piece explores how pocket-sized recorders turn private memories into public patrimony, includes interviews with enthusiasts, and gives practical, ethical, and technical tips to make your recordings sing.
A nostalgic, investigative look at how the VCR shaped 90s culture - from rental-store rituals to time-shifting - and why the age of magnetic tape ended so quickly. An argument about what we lost when physical media surrendered to streaming, and why that matters now.
A nostalgic yet analytical look at how Dell’s direct sales model, build-to-order manufacturing, and supply-chain innovations remade the personal computer market in the 1990s - told through archival context and first-hand recollections from early adopters.
A nostalgic deep-dive into the Watara Supervision: why this cheap Game Boy alternative mattered, what its obscure games taught designers, and how its aesthetic and market position left a quiet mark on portable gaming.
A practical, no-nonsense guide to the best SNES emulators in 2023 - what they do well, their trade-offs, platform coverage, and which one you should pick depending on whether you crave accuracy, convenience, or mobile play.
The Philips CD‑i has a reputation for cringe-worthy licensed oddities. Look closer and you'll find surprising, playable treasures: FMV curios, clever ports, and weird experiments that reward patience. Here's a guide to the CD‑i games worth rescuing from thrift‑store purgatory.