It ’s fun getting caught up in the hype of cutting - sharpness gadgets and the excitement of new releases , but do n’t you sometimes feel like demanding that the right previous days of parallel and Lo - fi amount back around ? for certain , there is always some spoilsport reminding you of what a bother LPs and rotary phones really were , but sometimes nostalgia breeds quirky and unexpected improvements , a la what Hipstamatic did for everyone ’s Facebook photograph .
Fortunately , despite innumerable modern updates and upgrades , certain element of one-time school engineering turn down to go away . receive to Back by Popular DEWmand , a newfangled series in which we take a look at some neat New foundation that bring back the just features of outmoded gadgets — inspired by Mountain Dew .
Leica on the Outside, DSLR on the Inside
Ever long for the days when a man could get a room for $ 5 a workweek , a sandwich for a dime , and all it took to regain himself on an escapade was a keen ear to the ground , and a press card wedged firmly in his lid rim ? The Fujifilmfilm FinePix X100 wo n’t take you back in sentence , or of necessity twist you into a hardboiled alien correspondent - type , but with the 1950s - exhort , Leica - like , DSLR around your cervix , you may certainly pretend.(The Fujifilm FinePix X100 is available from Fujifilm—$1,199 )
Make Your iPad Look Like a—Gasp!—Book
There is no pauperization to long for the solar day of photographic print when you’re able to just make your tablet face like a literary masterpiece . BOOK is a hand-crafted , customizable , hardcover cause for your iPad — so you may face like you ’re inscrutable in Dostoyevsky when you ’re actually killing your Angry Birds score . ( BOOK for iPad is available from Nedrelow — starting at $ 99 )
Breaking: Calculator Watches Are Back
There were three thing that differentiated the cool kids in the 80 ’s : how many hours a twenty-four hours they could loiter at the mall without buying anything , their cassette ingathering and accompanying Walk - man , and whether or not they possess a Casio watch . Good thing the company has add back their classic LDF40 - 1 computer watch , now you’re able to figure out on the dot how onetime your and Alyssa Milano ’s child would be — if only she had answered your letters . ( The LDF40 - 1 is available from Casio—$29.95 )
break back soon when we look at some more old technical school turn new , and head word here for more info on MOUNTAIN DEW PITCH BALCK ® and MOUNTAIN DEW SUPERNOVA ® , the fabled flavors that Mountain Dew has finally bring back due to popular DEWmand !
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