Where did these gadgets go? (Only 90's kids will remember).
So, I was going to write a negative post regarding why I stopped watching the news, and why you should as well...
And then deleted over 3,500 words because I wasn't happy with the direction it was headed in. My words didn't sound good, and I didn't want to half-ass the blog. Being stressed, is something I stay away from... So I will have to save that for a better day. Keeping it light this evening. I will be creating some thought provoking material soon.
Instead... While listening to some music that I remember owning a cassette of, caught me up reminiscing about the good 'ole days. The 90's for me.
So here, are my top 5 favorite gadgets of the 90's. Let me know if I missed yours :)
5.) Pocket Diary/Electronic Organizer
4.) Casio Keyboard
3.) Floppy DIsks (A love hate relationship here)
2.) Sony Sport Walkman
1.) SNES
_Rob
I was looking for the continuation of your last post...but I can understand how talking about that can start to stress you out. Best to avoid stresses as best we can and make life easier and better I agree. Thanks for the blast from the past...man...I forgot about those electronic organizers. I will never forget the SNES though, that was my first gaming system console..who knew I would never stop liking games since then ^-^
:)
Very hard to forget the SNES.
Is it a stretch to give Nintendo credit to who we are today? I think that is where I got my competitive nature from!
What was your favorite game on SNES? Mine was definitely Zelda, and coming in a close second would be Battletoads/Double Dragon.
_Rob
Thanks for the blast from the past! Haha! I think I had that exact Casio organizer, lol! What a pain to use!
Yeah, manually inputting every phone number from my mothers rolodex... Just so I felt important!
_Rob
1.44 MB yessssss
Could still fit Scorched Earth :)
-Rob
The 19900's were huge for me, too. Although, most of these resonate with me, we were a Sega household. I had the Megadrive (I think in the States it was called the Genesis) and I also had my own GameGear. Being able to play coloured games in a handheld device was mind blowing!
Walkmans were massive..I remember going down the coast as a kid and staying at our regular caravan park. We would stay in cabins there right next to the beach. Dad booked us there for 2 weeks. I had the middle bunk - a sister top and below me. I remember packing my tapes along for the ride and would chill out on my bed enjoying the tunes.
Dem were awesome days!
**honourable mention (although not a gadget) --- who collected comic books as a kid? I loved my serve of every Spider-man title I could get my mits on!
Top not post, Rob!! Upvoted.
I admittedly liked Sega more than my SNES. More so for the fighting games; Mortal Kombat and Primal Rage! Adjusted for inflation these consoles would have cost $350 today... I am surprised that my parents actually spent so much on them. I wouldn't be buying my kids a PS4!
It is amazing how we recreate memories. Something we haven't thought about in years... Suddenly comes to the forefront of our minds. We can recall precisely how we felt, with a sound or even a smell.
That is a great memory of your family vacation, did you make all your own mixtapes from the radio too?
I collected comic books, but was more of a baseball card kid. Nothing better than opening 50 wax packs on my birthday, and chewing all the awful gum.
Thanks for sharing!
_Rob
Hey Rob,
I know, right! I'm such a nostalgia freak! And..YES! Mix-tapes were awesome.. listen to your favourite radio station and as soon as that recognisable intro came on (you better be sure you had a blank cassette already in the player!) BAM! Hit the record button. In our household it was even a big deal to have a cassette player/radio with the ability to RECORD. lol
I have a VERY funny story I would love to share on my blog.. but I have to be careful how to write it. It is specifically about someone I know that I have semi-regular contact with. They are pretty much aware of the circumstances of this event (it was very much secret at the time) but I'm not sure how comfortable they'd be having me write about the series of events. It would be extremely entertaining reading, however! It involved a strange phenomena with a red Panasonic cassette player (nothing paranormal).
Regarding the baseball card packs you're referring to - we had similar things over here in Australia, too. Except ours were focused on Rugby League (sort of like an Aussie version of American football without the body armour) and cricket (an originally British game, but played by many other nations - from New Zealand to South Africa, the West Indies, India, Sri Lanka, England etc..) We had the same powdered gum in those packs. haha. The flavour lasted about 10 seconds and after that it tasted like coagulated flour or something! hahaha. I remember collecting Jurassic Park cards, too --- ohhhhh what have you done to me? Memories flooding back! I still have those cards, actually!!
Love all the sharing! So glad we bumped into each other on here.
All the best,
Nick
I look forward to seeing this hit piece...I guess you could label it as fiction.
Wasn't it great, when you realized you could fill the tabs on crappy cassettes, usually with tissue, to record over them?
Were the cricket cars worth anything? How about today? I actually thought that my baseball cards would make me rich, and my mother would always tell me they wouldn't.
So one day, when I have 999,999.99 in my bank account... I will sell my cards for a penny, to show her.
I was a bit older when the Jurassic Park cards were around, but I did collect Garbage Pail Kids'.
Thanks for the lengthy comment, and for sharing your memories.
_Rob
I used to work for CNN. After I left on maternity leave I began going on weekly news fasts. I had had a difficult birth that almost killed me and I just lost my ability to handle bad and negative. The weekly fasts of one day became longer and more frequent. Now I simply scan a couple sites which have a short yet detailed synopsis for what I need to know to keep up with events.
That's a tough story to hear...
Stress is the number one killer, and I don't think we fully understand the impacts of it yet. Awareness doesn't equal happiness!
Thank you for your comment, and apologies for my cheap upvote... Repowering to 100% based on an article I read from @jerrybanfield
_Rob
That's a fact. I had a terribly painful condition for a couple years. But every doctor I had said the cause was stress. At least they are admitting it now.
I thought I was gonna see a palm pilot on here for sure