July 2008
Google Interviews the Creators of WarGames
Giving Googlers a behind the scenes peek into the making of this film, great trivia about the making of the film and its impact on tech culture.
[ more... ]Button Moon Intro
Opening sequence of classic kids' programme Button Moon.
[ more... ]Dangermouse Intro
Opening sequence of another classic kids' programme, this time, one of my favourites, Dangermouse.
[ more... ]Banana Man
Opening sequence of classic kids' programme Banana Man.
[ more... ]Mens Mr Men T-Shirts from Junk Food
These Junk Food T-Shirts festure some of your favourite and (possibly) apt Mr Men.
[ more... ]Programmes I Remember That Nobody Else Does: Space Sentinels
The world's mightiest young heroes on a mission to save the Universe!!
[ more... ]Super Mario in Just 14kb of Javascript
Without a doubt one of my favourite games of all time, Super Mario Brothers and the first level is (more or less) available for everyone to play thanks to some crafty javascript programming.
[ more... ]Twister By The Pool
Make like a human pretzel and get your extremities in a twist with the only pastime (bar one) where your actual body is the playing piece.
[ more... ]Chinese Lion Dance
I'm always impressed by what you can do with Lego, and even more impressed by somebody who have the time and imagination.
[ more... ]James Brown's 'Relics' Auctioned
Possessions belonging to late, great James Brown - including iconic stage capes and jumpsuits - have raised $800,000 (£400,000) at under the hammer.
[ more... ]Tangent Duo AM/FM Clock Radio
Forget all about traditional ”clock-radio sound”.
Tangent Duo’s classic styling may take you back to the time before great sounding radios but its impressive performance speeds you right back to today where you are surrounded by rich radiant sound. Tangent Duo is available in Black, Oak, Walnut, White or a Red Gloss finish.
[ more... ]The Flumps
The adventures in the Flump household with Grandfather Flump and his flumpet (a type of trumpet), Father Flump digging in the allotment, Mrs Flump in the kitchen, and the three children Perkin, Posie and Pootle. The focus was generally on Pootle, the baby flump (and also the cutest), as he got into all sorts of mischeif just growing up and learning just what life is all about.
[ more... ]Zokko!
History tends to credit Noel Edmonds Multicoloured Swap Shop for inventing Saturday morning childrens TV as we know it. But the first attempt by the BBC was the decidedly strange and deeply psychedelic "Zokko!", which ran on Saturday mornings between 1969 and 1971.
[ more... ]Sgt Pepper Drum Under The Hammer
Amongst other rock and roll items, Beatles memorabilia went up for auction at Christie's yesterday.
[ more... ]Banana Splits Intro
Restored intro to an all time kids TV classic! Tra-la-laa...
[ more... ]Star Wars Mighty Muggs
Cooler than a carbonite chamber yet hotter than a Mustafarian barbecue.
[ more... ]Retro: The Culture of Revival
Drawing upon a wealth of original research and anecdotal material, Elizabeth Guffey unearths the roots of the term retro and chronicles its manifestations in culture and art throughout the last century.
[ more... ]Nintendo Vinyl Figures
Mario, the iconic Italian tap-twiddler, and a few of his colourful cohorts have escaped their pixellated confines and entered the real world in the shape of these collectable vinyl figures.
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