Veto Deodorant – Classic Filipino Commercial (1970’s)

Rai    Philippines     1970, as-7, black and white, classic, commercial, deodorant, filipino, old, television, underarm, veto

Here is one of the classic Filipino commercials I found on my Facebook wall. May underarm odor si Fe! Veto Deodorant with AS-7.

Geek’s Guide to Gift Giving

Rai    Linux     christmas, computer, geek, gifts, holiday, old, vintage

Christmas is getting near and giving gifts is an activity that is inevitable during the holiday seasons. One must go through the rite of passage by rushing to the mall and beating the holiday panic which includes annoying people, crying children and the Christmas traffic.

But since the thing called the Internet is already here, no need to leave your house. Or your chair for that matter. Christmas gifts ideas are one Google away but if you want a very unique geeky gift, vintage is the way to go.

Website The Collectors Weekly has the list of vintage computer equipment that you can get your little hands on. Most stuff are on eBay so you won’t have any problems ordering one.

One example: Remember how a computer looks like in 1980’s? Here’s to refresh your memory:

This is a 1980 Casio Personal Computer FA-10 being sold at eBay. Great addition to your arsenal of geeky treasure.

I am planning of giving away 1.44 MB Floppy disks to friends. They are vintage, are they not?

The Internet from 1969

Rai    Internet     1960's, 1969, Internet, old, vintage

Here is a very old video dating back from 1969 defining how the Internet can be of use to normal households. The weird thing is that most of the things in the video are now possible.