The Princess Bride was released today, October 9th*, back in 1987. Time for a re-watching. *with a limited release on September 25th, 1987.
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Secret to a Successful Relationship!
In 1964, Roddenberry proposed the original Star Trek TV series to Desilu Studios as "like Wagon Train, a Wagon Train to the stars." The network rejected the show's first pilot, "The Cage", starring Jeffrey Hunter as Enterprise Captain Christopher Pike; however, NBC...
Retro Flip Down Clock
Watch time flip away with these modernized flip down clocks. Inspired by the retro clocks that had flip down hour and minute displays, these modern versions were designed with ‘outside the box’ thinking, ditching the container box and giving the clock an exposed form....
iPaperPad 3 Pad Pack – a paper pad not an iPad
Want to own an iPad but don’t have the cash to purchase one? Now you can be the proud owner of the original iPad – the notePad! This poor man’s iPad sports a minimalistic design with intuitive user controls and uses paper thin materials for extreme light weight...
Greedy iPhone Case
Do you have a lot of banking and stock trade apps on your iPhone4? Is the iPhone 4 just too modern for you? Do you think greed is good? If you answer yes to those questions than this Gordon Gekko-style iPhone case was made for you. While the case from Mobile Phone...
Dharma Initiative Alarm Clock
The Dharma Alarm clock from the TV Show LOST features an Apple ][ style keyboard so you can enter the infamous series of numbers to stop the clock. If you don't enter them in time, well, I think you know what will happen. You will have a one minute one-minute warning...
4N-MVT01/D01/42
What is in a name? For the "4N-MVT01/D01/42" French watch designer Francois Quentin, set out to design an easy to read display with display digital time through a mechanical analog function. Three numeric discs will rotate to display the time using big and easy to...
Disneyland Time-Lapse (1954-55)
"Archival footage of the Disneyland's birth. Using time-lapse and traditional eye-in-the-sky photography, this is a dazzling piece of history, presenting how the fearless construction crews had Disneyland up and running in just under a year. Again: just under a year....
PSA
Growing up as a kid in southern California, I remember flying PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines) quite often to visit my dad in Los Angeles. It was always an enjoyable experience, unlike flying today. Now if I can just remember why I had such a great time on the...
Simon
This was one of my favorite games growing up. Until I took it apart and made a whole new toy out of it. There were several games built in, but the main task was to remember and repeat an ever expanding sequence of lights and sounds. I did find an "unofficial" version...