Twitter’s short character maximum actually seems to make sense if it was from the 80′s when every bit was so expensive. So what would the world famous micro-blogging site look like if it was created during the literal dark ages of the Web?
SquirrelMonkeyCom created this short animation of their interpretation of an 80′s Twitter. Gotta love dial up.
Even for the modern gamer, there’s just something about those classic 80′s sound effects that are simply irresistible. When the sounds of old are mixed with the games of new, a very unique gaming experience is created. Just check out Battlefield 3 with classic sounds from Nintendo games, Contra, Batman, and Top Gun.
This vintage Sesame Street clip from 1984 went viral last October, and is resurfacing now after being featured on TheFW. The 80′s was really the Genesis of home computing, so Sesame Street had a special on the new technology. A group of New York school children were asked what a computer is. Their answers are enlightening and, interestingly, not much different than what a child today would say.
The 80′s were a time when early rap and hip hop were slowly seeping into the mainstream. Anyone growing up during that time will remember unnecessary rap songs accompanying almost everything from fast food training to kids television programming. But it didn’t stop there, check out this ridiculous karate themed rap song.
Back in 1987, rap was still a very new and very underground concept for white people. So what exactly is “rapping?” Back on the Canadian 80′s show Switchback, Stu Jeffries tries to explain to new musical fad with the help from some ‘talented’ kids.
