Tag: 80S

Occasionally, celebrity tech advertisements can successfully provide a brief, yet genuine moment of comedic or artistic value. But, not every celeb can choose their spots as wisely as Brad Pitt or Jackie Chan can. The overwhelming majority hilariously fail -- particularly those '80s stars, whom viewers can condescendingly ridicule for their now completely useless products. Ad Freak is ...

BuzzFeed, by way of Everything is Terrible, recently unearthed the above classic tutorial, intended for the computer noobs of old who needed help learning about DOS. That's Disk Operating System for all you youngins not old enough to experience the computer dark ages (or salad days, depending on your mindset) of the 1980s. Replete with hilarious and quotable lines ("Files have first and last ...

Remember when everyone installed those neon lights underneath their cars, like in 'The Fast and The Furious?' We thought that trend had died out like Paul Walker's acting career. Now, thanks to LIT's LED lighting kit, you can relive those days in the comfort of your own home. These LED tubes can be installed around or under just about any piece of furniture in your house, giving it that sci-fi ...

The Hollywood writers strike supposedly ended in 2008, but judging by the flood of various '80s-era remakes (including some truly awful selections), the writers still haven't dusted off the cobwebs that gathered during their lengthy hiatus. Continuing the alarming lack of creativity, Hollywood producers are revisiting the 1982 Disney film 'Tron' which details the virtual adventures of a ...

Have you ever wanted to own an intangible piece of rock memorabilia? Well, you have until February 9th to bid on the area code 201 version of the famous Tommy Tutone phone number. And it'll only cost you a few thousand bucks! Yes, you can have the privilege of getting random phone calls from random pranksters who listen to the '80s song about a guy who finds a girl's number on a bathroom wall. ...

There is no denying that the '80s were the hey day of educational video games. We can't even count the number of hours we spent sitting in front of our IBM PCs, Apple IIs, and TRS-80s playing 'Oregon Trail,' 'Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego,' and 'Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing.' The Educational Games Research Blog has compiled a list of its top 10 educational games from the '80s, and we're ...