Talk about a throwback, do you remember how some of these governed our lives?
Here are some things that will create a nostalgia hole in you…
1. The cassette walkman was once the height of portable music
2. The king of transferable storage – the mighty floppy disc
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3. The friendly reminder on a video rental
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4. VHS collections were total space stealers, but these were gold
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5. The ultra cool Motorola flip mobile
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6. Photo negatives are a memory in itself
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7. Polaroid camera’s – which have made a magical comeback in recent years
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8. When 8MB’s were enough to save several games…
Photo by Luis Juárez
9. ‘Knock, knock, knock, Can I help you?’ The annoying Microsoft Office assistant
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10. The first two addictive mobile games – Tetris and Nokia’s Snake
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11. CD Towers that would serve as TV room/lounge ornaments
12. Unused film rolls. There’s probably one or two still sitting in your drawer somewhere…
Photo by Philip Guiver
13. Old PC’s…
Apple Macintosh G3
14. Overhead projectors – “the sign of a boring lesson about to start”
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15. A family trip necessity – the disposable camera