The Futures Fair That Shipped in Pieces
From the 1939 New York World’s Fair to Jeff Geerling’s tiny 10Gb adapter and the Citroën BX, this is the story of how tomorrow only wins when it can be packaged for ordinary life.
The Citroën ZX Cyberpunk Restomod Understands Something Modern Car Design Forgot
There are plenty of restomod builds that chase performance, rarity, or nostalgia. This one chases something stranger—and, honestly, more interesting.
Footloose Wasn’t the Weird Part: The West’s Long War on Dancing
Elmore City really did help inspire Footloose. But the bigger story is how modern Western societies kept policing dancing through bans, permits, licenses, holiday restrictions, and moral bureaucracy long after they claimed to be modern.
Before the Surveillance Age Had a Sound, Rockwell Recorded It
Rockwell’s “Somebody’s Watching Me” was never just a novelty hit. It was a precision-built 1984 paranoia record born from Motown lineage, Michael Jackson’s orbit, and the strange way fame can erase the person who wrote the song.
Windows XP, FrontPage 98, and the Machines That Refuse to Die
A live FrontPage 98 site is the cute version of a harder truth: obsolete software does not disappear when support ends. It migrates into infrastructure.
Before Software, Luxury Was Mechanical Theater: The Detective Story of a Lincoln Mark III
A preserved 1970 Lincoln Continental Mark III is more than a rare survivor. It is evidence from a lost era when American luxury had to express status, comfort, and sophistication through hardware instead of software.
Under $20K Classics Worth Watching This Week (April 6, 2026)
Five affordable classics worth watching this week: a restomod 1968 Mustang, a Foxbody GT convertible, a WS6 Trans Am, a Mercedes E320 wagon, and an R107 SL — with buyer logic, failure points, and the best buy of the day.
The Raspberry Pi Is the LS Swap of Dead Consumer Tech
From iPods and vintage radios to old car dashboards and dead stereos, the Raspberry Pi became the default transplant donor for obsolete consumer tech that still deserves to exist.
Four Under-$20K Classics Worth Watching Right Now
From a Porsche Boxster S to a Mercedes 500E, these are four sub-$20K classics that still make sense in 2026 — usable, distinctive, and full of analog character.
Installing an LPG Kit in 2026: Real Savings, Real Trade-Offs, and Where It Still Makes Sense
Fuel prices make old ideas look smart again. Here’s the real 2026 case for LPG conversion: costs, savings, trade-offs, Spain/Europe relevance, and why it remains niche in the USA.