It's true. They just don't. Never have, never will. Even DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince knew it. Whether it's trash talking how kids dress, the music of the times, or the way the current generation speaks, walks, or ...Read More

Edith Shain, the woman who claimed to be the sailor-smooching nurse in the iconic V-J Day in Times Square Life magazine photograph (which marked the end of WWII) recently passed away at the respectable age of 91. The photographer who ...Read More

This is one of those things that defies explanation: Apparently all you need to qualify if a Photochopped image combining Leonard Nimoy, a sunset and, you guessed it, pie. Some are funny: Some are homages: And some are... well, some just are: And by defies ...Read More

What makes a classic so? Does everyone mutually agree on it after a decade or two? What do classics look like over time? Well, Huw Gwilliam redesigned a bunch of classic album covers as Penguin books. They look pretty classy ...Read More

Remember encyclopedias? How you had to purchase an entire set every few years to really be up to date? How you could fill a whole wall with just the unabridged Oxford English Dictionary? Well, some kid from Brighton doesn't, so ...Read More

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[caption id="attachment_741" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="(image appropriated from Google)"]"[/caption] Firing up the Internet this morning, I was quickly informed by Google that Tetris turns 25 today. Holy crap, I thought, has it really been around that long? It seems at least conceivable ...Read More

I'm finally getting around to converting my library of CDs to MP3s. Disclaimer: I did this once before, about four years ago, and the @#$!! first gen iPod ate itself; I've since come to appreciate the security of having physical ...Read More