While my plans to do several posts over the Christmas holidays never quite worked out, the Museum was kindly visited by Santa and now includes, among other things, a Betamax player, a Toshiba Solid State Television (whatever that means, a … Continue reading
I enjoy watching how a series of movies that are always set in ‘current day’ handle how technology progresses between movies. In re-watching the Bourne saga the most noticeable bit was how all the monitors in the CIA in the first two … Continue reading
Writing about music in yesterday’s Walkman post set me thinking about music that I love, and how it’s been impacted by technology. Since I started working with video editing I’ve fallen deeply in love with instrumental music. There’s a moment … Continue reading
This is the Sony Walkman. History The Sony Walkman was released at the start of the 80s and has become the proprietary eponym for ‘portable cassette player’. Strangely enough, Sony has moved the Walkman name on to lines of portable MP3 players … Continue reading
The Museum of Obsolete Technology 