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“CD player and DVD player. If the internet/wifi/cellular goes down, you can’t watch your streaming services. However, actual DVDs will work. Pop one in and press play! No internet required for those!”

“Books. Yes I use digital ones, mainly for travels, but there is something about paper books that is awsome.”

“Desktop PC. Some things I don’t want to do on a small screen.”

“My physical media:Records, CDs, Games.”

“A real, wall hung calendar. Keeps our family life organisation all in one place for all ages to see. Plus you’re forced to &go home and check the calendar’ when making appointments/getting invited places, which just gives a bit of much needed time to stop, think and assess how best to keep the balance of time commitments.”

“My computer mouse. I have a laptop. The touch pad for the cursor is awkward for me to use. My mouse is more comfortable. I am good with touch screens, though.”

“Paper planners and notebooks. I love physically writing things down and it helps me remember things better.”

“Wired headphones.
Better for environment. No battery to go dead. Can last decades.
Sound better. No reliance on bluetooth bandwidth.”

“My walkman!”

“Old school pencil sharpener. Nothing beats a freshly sharpened #2 pencil.”

“Map and compass when hiking. GPS is great, but relying on it is asking for trouble and you don’t learn the ground in the same way.”

“Watch.
Not decorative, just a cheap Casio Illuminator.”

“I still have my grandmother’s waffle iron. The taste and shape of the waffles on it are incredible, no new waffle iron can make them. Quality and experience prevail.”

“My iPod Classic. Still works like a charm and has my entire music library from high school. Pure nostalgia in my pocket.”

“My treadle sewing machine. It’s like 100 years old and will probably outlast me and my siblings’ kids.
When the power is out I can still sew.”

“My turntable, showing my age but still got lots of vinyl.”

“Old cables. They come in handy so frequently!”

“Flip phones, arguments hit harder when you can slam it shut.”

“My safety razor from 1963.
Close shave, no razor burn and blades cost pennies.”

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“Me at our family PC in 1999”

“37 years ago today [6/4/88] my best friend (far right) and I (2nd from left) at the Pink Floyd show at the Meadowlands NJ. This photo is 10 minutes after I met my eventual wife (far left). We started dating 8 days later, eventually married, and about to celebrate our 28th anniversary.”

“Mom at a college party, late 90s”

“My grandparents on a fishing trip in Yellowstone, early 1950s.”

“My Mom and Dad. Late 80s at Niagara Falls”

“Freddie Mercury posing on a 1984 Cadillac Fleetwood limo, the absolute Queen of Glam!”

“My Mom with her band, 1975”

“Jada Pinkett and Tupac, Baltimore School for the Arts, 1980s.”

“Björk (1995)”

“My Grandma, who was born in 1899. Photo circa 1925.

She didn’t like this photo because her necklace wasn’t straight, but I think it’s a cute picture.”

“My Japanese family in the 40s. They migrated to Brazil and had a tailor shop.”

“Tractor Rides from Dad (’68)”

“My dad looking chill as ever after moving to Alaska (1976)”

“My sister and I in 1994 eating Carl’s Jr. drinking out of our parent’s night club cups, likely watching cartoons.”

“My Grandmother circa 1985, she was secretary of our local A.B.A.T.E chapter, and this photo was put on the cover of a magazine (I’m not sure which one)”

“My dad copping a feel from a cartoon character (MGM Studios; March 1991)”

“my parents outside a family barbecue c. 1995”

“Kids dressed for Halloween on a school bus. 1980s.”

“My mother on her wedding day in 1997”

“Two Victorian ladies making an elegant snow lady in Pangbourne, England in 1885”

“My beautiful mom, in 1970.”

“My grandmother and baby me (1992)”

“My Grandpa in the mid 90’s with his trusty sidekick Freebie imitating him with a stick (he did this daily)”

“My Paternal Great Great Grandfather 1800s”

“Members of the Wearable Computing Project at MIT. Mid 90’s.”

“My Mom goofing around, 90s”

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“Dolph Lundgren taken at the ‘Air America’ movie premiere, 1990”

“My mother graduating from nursing school in 1979. She just retired after 47 years as a nurse.”

“Paul (Pee Wee) Reubens at the 1988 Academy Awards”

“My grandma grew up a sharecropper’s daughter who hopped a bus to the big city at 18yo. At 19yo, she welcomed NYE ‘58 as a married woman in furs she would’ve never otherwise worn had she stayed and worked the cotton gin.”

“French woman pouring tea for a British soldier fighting in Normandy, 1944”

“My Mom in 1988, featuring her kitten.”

“Back to the Future 3 came out 35 years ago today – May 25, 1990. They filmed the ending where I grew up, so I ditched school to see the sets and was caught by a cop for truancy -totally worth it. My brother and I took these photos and “rescued” a script from the trash.”

“Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, in 1969, making pizza for his family.”

“My great-grandmother in the 50s. I’ve always thought she was beautiful.”

“Dave Bautista at 18 years old (1987)”

“Kissing farewell in the 40s”

“Heather Locklear at the 1993 Emmy Awards”

“My dad the day of his wedding, November 1975”

“I think my grandmother highly favored Audrey Hepburn. What do you think? 1957”

“Inside a 7-Eleven store (1973)”

“A geisha poses for a photo after washing her hair and before styling it,1905.”

“My Mom holding baby me in 1986.”

“Me about 1978 with my newly purchased stereo in the squad bay, Okinawa, Japan. This is from the curtain that served as a door, the picture is of our entire living space. This was home for 6 months in the Marine Corps.”

“My Mom on her trip to London, 1990.”

“Aunt and uncle somewhere back in time. Very cool. Very 80s.”

“The ice man delivering a 25 lb block of ice. C. 1928”

“My mom in her high school marching band (mid – late 90s)”

“My 18 year old mom in 1975, so elegant!”

“Disneyland circa 1955. These are the first versions of the character costumes”

“My mum in 1974. Beautiful and cool”

“Mom’s first day at school (1972)”

“Here is my Dad circa 1996”

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