08 November 2023, 09:27 AM
wtgThe DAK catalog
Talk about a blast from the past...Drew Alan Kaplan, sort of the electronics intersection of J Peterman and Ron Popeil...
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DAK and the Golden Age of Gadget Catalogs
https://cabel.com/2023/11/06/d...-of-gadget-catalogs/
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Bazootiehead-in-training
08 November 2023, 12:46 PM
RealPlayerThat was fun. Interesting to see how dated that stuff looks now!
I used to get bike catalogs: Bike Nashbar, Performance Bicycle, etc. Lots of shiny objects. But bike technology changed only slowly, the biggest changes being steel components yielding to aluminum, new frame materials, index shifting, and a few others. But the bicycle is inherently so efficient that the basic function and appearance didn't change that much over time...until, say, the mountain bike came along.
08 November 2023, 01:28 PM
wtgI looked at the Hammacher Schlemmer website, which also features stuff that people want but don't need.
How about one of these for Christmas?
https://www.hammacher.com/prod...category-newarrivals
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We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. - Australian Aboriginal proverb
Bazootiehead-in-training