Retro Tech Tuesday: Sears!

I often wonder whether we'll look back and giggle at how ridiculous we look today with our gadgets. Then I think, nah, we won't even notice. I mean how glaring can a woefully dated piece of electronics be? Well for the answer, we travel to the 1980's. To Sears. Will our iPhones and iPods look like as big of fashion faux pas as the giant (even by Walkman standards) portable cassette player in this ad? Time will tell. There's more for your life at Sears!

Retro Tech Tuesday: SEGA Mega CD add-on Ad

I know, I know, from the title, you must be wondering how impressive could an ad for an accessory to a gaming system be? Well, SEGA spared no expense in this eight-minute look at how 500MB of gaming power would change the world forever. Ok, it's no '1984' ad, but I can confidently say this is the most ambitious video for a CD-ROM drive ever:

Retro Tech Tuesday: Jeff Goldblum "drunk" Shilling For Apple

Jeff Goldblum had quite a ride in the 90's with Apple. Heck he even saved the world (spoiler alert!) with the help of a Powerbook in Independence Day. His voiceovers were part of several Apple ads. And although we know its juvenile, there's something about this slowed down Goldblum clip to make him seem "drunk," that we just can't get enough of:

Retro Tech Tuesday: Coleco Head To Head Handheld Football

Sure, you may have played some of those LCD/LED football emulators on the iPod Touch or iPhone, but nothing can compare to the thrill of excitement (and the tension of having your heads inches apart) that came with Coleco's Head-To-Head football. I'm not sure why they didn't use the obvious "Two heads are better than one" marketing tagline, but they have a point: "Why settle for less?"

Retro Tech Tuesday: Apple Lisa Ad with Kevin Costner

Before Kevin Costner danced with wolves, he was playing a workaholic, dog-loving, bicycling tech master in this Apple Lisa ad. I've got to wonder if it wasn't just the price of the Lisa, but also this ad's implication that you'd have to work all night if you bought one. Both Costner and Apple went on to do okay: