It’s a cassette tape…not! It’s actually an iPhone case. And its case doubles as a stand. I wonder if all cassette cases could work as iPhone stands? I’d tell you if I had an iPhone. Or a cassette. Sigh!
Speaking of iPhones, my husband started this petition to get Apple to give free bumpers to iPhone 4 purchasers. In case you haven’t heard, the phone loses reception bars when held, but the bumper fixes the issue. Go forth and sign. Or you could just solve the problem with some clever use of a rubber band. They come for free with the mail! Remember mail?
(from Al Biglan via crunch gear)
You know that old VHS tape? The one that held your favorite movie—or at least half of it? I recall as a kid that some movies were inexplicably on two tapes and I had no younger sibling to go switch it over for me.
The VHS nostalgia movement doesn’t seem to have the same traction as the post-digital music audiotape cult. Nevertheless, should you want to honor the medium, head over to CentennialMerchant’s shop on Etsy and you can get yours made into an external hard drive. Of course, you could just put the VHS box over your current external hard drive and save yourself $134.99. Still, they’re kind of cool.
(via ILikeCool)
Nina Jua Klein’s typewriter recordings:
“A project based on an early childhood memory of my father writing his articles on a typewriter. The sound of each article on page 1 of the Sueddeutsche Zeitung typed on a
typewriter is recorded on a cassette recorder, then translated into a digital file. The sound is played back on an iPod, presented alongside a typewritten sheet of paper and a cassette:
the relics of processes that have become redundant in the digital age.”
The “Cassette’s Not Dead” lamp by Vanessa Moreno, ($35 – $317). “Moreno accepts tape donations, which go towards her dream of building an entire furniture line from the dated media.” The design of the lamp allows you to swap in your own tapes. [designcrave.com via Inhabitat]
MEET THE AUTHOR
Anna Grossman is writing this bio in the third person. She is a New York-based freelance writer specializing in lifestyle and entertainment features. She is 5'7" and has been described as "nice." Su esposo, Jesus, enseñandola Espanol. Email her if you feel like it: GrossmanAJ@Gmail.com
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James Gulliver Hancock is an internationally acclaimed artist who crosses as many mediums as he does borders. James is constantly on the move, having been involved in artist projects and residencies in Indonesia, Austria, France, the U.K. and America. He is currently located in Los Angeles and works on projects in Europe, America and Australia. His work is as varied as his travels, encompassing editorial illustration for magazines, commissions for music group artwork and animations, work with disabled children on logo designs, creating gigantic set illustrations for performances and TV.
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