Category: Nostalgia

I’m a HUGE nostalgia nut. I grew up in two of the greatest decades ever to be a kid: the 80s and the 90s. From video games to music to computers and the internet, the 80s and 90s were a huge turning point in technology and culture. I’ll always be an 80s kid!

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Leeland Mansion Postcard – 1917

As I’m from Conshohocken, PA, I got interested in the history of it in the recent past, with books like this one, as well as other books, events, and web sites hosted by Jack and Brian Coll of Coll’s Custom Framing.

Conshohocken is a small town with a big name, and even bigger history. Having had it’s place in the industrial revolution, Conshohocken, or “Conshy”, was known for immigrants, and industry; including (but not limited to) steel, textiles, surgical supplies, and tires. (It was also known for supposedly having a record for most churches, bars, and funeral homes in a square mile, or something like that?) ANYWAY, a notable figure in that history was J. Ellwood Lee, a Conshohocken native-turned-inventor who was awarded a number of patents, earlier with surgical supplies he started making in his attic, and later to rubber, eventually founding the Lee Tire Company.

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PhillyClassic 4 Video Game Expo – Pics, and a Tribute

Here in 2020, it seems like any time since March of 2020 (about 5 months ago in reality), seems like a literal eternity. Going back beyond that, like 16 years back, for an 80s kid that will always be a kid at heart, is a bit overwhelming to process. With practically no events, shows, or things to do, I’ve recently started getting nostalgic for the old PhillyClassic video game expos that used to take place at (what once was) the Valley Forge Expo Center, now Valley Forge Casino Event Center.

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Franklin Institute W3TKQ Station – 1990s to 2002

As I mentioned in a previous post, a lot of my Franklin Institute… obsession?…is related to what used to be called the “Futures Center”; a massive addition to the Franklin Institute in the early 1990s that not only added on a large portion of the building, but filled it with all things modern, like computers, virtual reality, automation, space, and so on.

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The BBS REBOOT Movement – Let’s Do It!

(Feeling nostalgic)

While I know BBSes still exist in modern telnet form, and I’m sure even a few (at least one of which I used merely a couple years ago) with real modem and phone line connectivity, I really long for my BBS days where I signed in, played some door games, sent a bunch of messages, and tried downloading Doom for the 12th time (MOM PUT THE PHONE DOWN!).

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Cinema I & II Movie Theater – Plymouth Meeting Mall 1992

I figured I’d share this to get a copy posted up here. My sister sent me this since it was shared on Facebook recently, and as a nostalgia nut this is the kind of stuff I LOVE finding. This is the movie theater at the Plymouth Meeting Mall, in Plymouth Meeting PA, likely around 1992 (due to the movie poster you see – the movie was “Boomerang“.)

Cinema I & II – Plymouth Meeting Mall circa 1992 – Credit Unknown
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At&t Tech/Archive Channel on Youtube is Addictive!

So the past few days I’ve been poking around in the Youtube channel “At&t Tech Channel”. Within that is the “At&t Archive” that hosts tons of old videos from At&t, Bell Labs and MA Bell. These videos are awesome for a variety of reasons; but other than the retro-futurism of them, it shows just how much MA Bell either “thought” or “was” the technology provider of the people back then. (At least until the Carterfone Decision)

It’s really interesting to see the concept videos showing paging for farms, how the “central office” was obsolete and going away, leading to *gasp* DIALING (and later push-button dialing), amongst other things.

It’s also interesting how a handful of these videos are somewhat local to the PA/NJ area, as the NJ Bell labs building was a substantial part of them back then, and (if I’m not mistaken) where a number of major innovations, including the invention of the transistor happened.

If you’re nerdy like me and need a new time waster, definitely check out this channel!

At&t Tech Channel (and archive): https://www.youtube.com/user/ATTTechChannel

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Arcade Monitor Repair Party – November 2010

Life has a funny way of flying by when you’re having fun. I was digging through some old stuff and found these pics of an arcade monitor repair party I hosted back in 2010. Basically invited a few peeps from KLOV to come learn how to cap and repair arcade game monitors.

One guy even brought an entire game (Donkey Kong Jr), which turned out to be a great example, as we really went through it soup to nuts and did a bunch of small things to bring a basket case completely back to life!

I wish I could do these again…maybe some day. Anyway, enjoy some pics! PS – big thanks to my buddy Todd who always seems to go along with my crazy plans 😉