Blog Entries tagged 'Retro' http://www.r3uk.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:35:16 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.r3uk.com/index.php/blog/Reading-The-Computer-a-Ladybird-book-.html <p>&nbsp;</p><p>You've gotta love retro books. This beauty was &pound;4 on Amazon and dates back to 1971. On its opening page it says [computers] &quot;are fascinating when they are used in rocketry and space research&quot; while &quot;we are inclined to be alarmed by their complex mechanisms&quot; and that &quot;many people think of them as almost human machines with 'brains' that allow them to think&quot;.<br /><br />How cool is that??!</p><img src="http://www.r3uk.com/images/stories/site_cont [...] davids@r3uk.com Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100 Retro Reading: Nerd http://www.r3uk.com/index.php/blog/I-can-do-a-Rubiks-Cube-.html Being able to solve a Rubik's Cube has just been one of those things that I've had for ages on my list of pointless shit to do before I die (I think it's at number 47).<br /><br />The wife bought me one for my birthday recently so I sat down with it on Saturday and finally figured out how to do the thing...<br /><br />I say ‘finally' because my sister had a cube when we were kids and despite having a fairly healthy level of disinterest with it, I do recall I would twiddle about with the thing [...] davids@r3uk.com Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100 Retro Playing Nerd http://www.r3uk.com/index.php/blog/Cool-like-the-Fonz.html <br /><p>You know, I always suspected I was ahead of the fashion curve and recently I was proven right. Now, I don't know what this 'bling' stuff is or if it applies to black plastic, but if so, it turns out I have it! </p><img src="http://www.r3uk.com/images/stories/site_content/blogpics/retro/casiowatch.jpg" border="0" alt="Casio Watch" title="Casio Watch" hspace="20" /> <br /><p><br />Back in the Eighties when LCD digital watches were the new big thing, I used to sport some cheap metal bracel [...] davids@r3uk.com Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Retro