Things I Think Are Kinda Cool » Retro Cool http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com Wed, 09 May 2012 22:02:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Kinda Cool Music Video: Delta Heavy “Get By” http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2012/05/09/kinda-cool-music-video-delta-heavy-get-by/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2012/05/09/kinda-cool-music-video-delta-heavy-get-by/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 19:44:22 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=7024 This stellar stop-motion video will make you want to dust off your old childhood board games and pray for a rainy day. Is it weird that I was disturbed by the mutilation scenes? What the hell did those Hungry Hippos ever do to you?!


-via Buzzfeed

]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2012/05/09/kinda-cool-music-video-delta-heavy-get-by/feed/ 0 Don’t Forget Your (Pocket) Protection http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2012/04/15/dont-forget-your-pocket-protection/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2012/04/15/dont-forget-your-pocket-protection/#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:36:14 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6982 Before pop-culture turned pocket protectors into geeky Scarlet Letters, I thought they were the coolest things on the planet.  I’ll never forget my Grandpa taking out a slim black pen from his pocket protector to do the Word Jumble in the Sunday paper.  The amazing website ‘It’s Okay To Be Smart’ has unearthed a collection of images of countless vintage pocket protectors – these are some of my faves:


- Link via It’s Okay To Be Smart and @BrainPicker

]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2012/04/15/dont-forget-your-pocket-protection/feed/ 0 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

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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

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