Things I Think Are Kinda Cool » Retro Cool http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:21:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Victorians Gone Wild! http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2012/01/23/victorians-gone-wild/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2012/01/23/victorians-gone-wild/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:49 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6959 Behold the first kiss ever captured on film.  It happened in 1896 thanks to Thomas Edison (yes, that Thomas Edison), and it’s as racy as you’d expect!


-via Brain Picker

]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2012/01/23/victorians-gone-wild/feed/ 0 8-Bit Retro TV Video Game Mega Mashup Overload!!! http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/10/22/8-bit-retro-tv-video-game-mega-mashup-overload/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/10/22/8-bit-retro-tv-video-game-mega-mashup-overload/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:52:30 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6733 I’m digging this animated promo for Fox Italia’s retro US TV show block.

As The Fonz would say – “Aaaaay…”


-via Jaz Jaz

]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/10/22/8-bit-retro-tv-video-game-mega-mashup-overload/feed/ 0 Alfred Hitchcock’s (Angry) ‘Birds’ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/10/18/alfred-hitchcocks-angry-birds/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/10/18/alfred-hitchcocks-angry-birds/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:26:59 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6718 I love how completely ‘bitch, please’-unfazed Hitchcock looks:


-via My Modern Metropolis

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-via Gizmodo (nice work @SeanieMic!)

]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/10/04/iphone-5-who-its-all-about-the-zack-morris-phone/feed/ 1 This Sheet Music Grooves, Man. http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/09/12/this-sheet-music-grooves-man/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/09/12/this-sheet-music-grooves-man/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:56:17 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6644 A uniquely cool way to listen to the legendary Miles Davis & band play “So What”:


-via Kottke

]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/09/12/this-sheet-music-grooves-man/feed/ 0 Super Mario Brothers Chuck Taylors! http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/09/09/super-mario-brothers-chuck-taylors/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/09/09/super-mario-brothers-chuck-taylors/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:23:47 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6630 Converse has officially teamed up with Nintendo to create the most unbelievable line of Chuck Taylors in the entire Mushroom Kingdom.

-via Neatorama & Geeks Are Sexy

]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/09/09/super-mario-brothers-chuck-taylors/feed/ 0 100 Seconds. 100 Years of Style. http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/08/31/100-seconds-100-years-of-style/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/08/31/100-seconds-100-years-of-style/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:52:45 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6579 I feel like the Hammer Pants of the 90s were glossed over…but this was made in East London, so maybe they skipped those fashion milestones on that side of the Atlantic.  Can’t touch this:


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]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/08/31/100-seconds-100-years-of-style/feed/ 0 “Friday the 13th” Kills – For The Sick OCD In All Of Us. http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/08/23/friday-the-13th-kills-for-the-sick-ocd-in-all-of-us/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/08/23/friday-the-13th-kills-for-the-sick-ocd-in-all-of-us/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:08:15 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6480 Just in case you wanted an insanely detailed chart showing every single murder that Jason Vorhees committed in the “Friday the 13th” franchise…here you go – (you’re twisted, by the way.)

- click to enlarge -


-via Geekologie

]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/08/23/friday-the-13th-kills-for-the-sick-ocd-in-all-of-us/feed/ 0 They Don’t Make Oven-Based Toys Like They Used To! http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/08/18/they-dont-make-oven-based-toys-like-they-used-to/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/08/18/they-dont-make-oven-based-toys-like-they-used-to/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:36:16 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6465 Shrinky Dinks!!!


-via Buzzfeed

]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/08/18/they-dont-make-oven-based-toys-like-they-used-to/feed/ 0 Hitchcock – Director, Writer, Producer…& Extra. http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/08/12/hitchcock-director-writer-producer-extra/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/08/12/hitchcock-director-writer-producer-extra/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:44:59 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6430 Nothing like a healthy dose of Megalomania – as if Hitchcock couldn’t do enough in his own films besides directing, writing, and producing, he was also a background extra in most of them…and why not? Here’s a compilation of all the cameos he made:


-via Curiosity Counts

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