An eclectic wunderkammer archive: brass astrolabes, automata mechanical singing birds, rare fossils, optical prism experiments, and bizarre historical invention...
A study of geometric glamour and functional minimalism: Art Deco skyscraper spires, sunburst motifs, Walter Gropius Bauhaus workshops, and tubular steel furnitu...
A master guide to mechanical clock and pocket watch craftsmanship: balance wheels, Swiss lever escapements, ruby jewel bearings, and mainspring regulation.
Historic trade routes from Chang’an to Samarkand, Constantinople, and Venice: overland silk caravans, spice trade logs, desert oases, and mountain pass maps.
Appreciation of 1950s bebop, hard bop, modal jazz, classic Blue Note 12-inch 33 RPM LP pressings, Rudy Van Gelder recording techniques, and iconic album covers.
A tribute to coin-operated arcade cabinets: CRT raster monitors, JAMMA harnesses, marquee artwork, joystick microswitches, and high score leaderboards.
Direct-mail PC catalog: Millennium Tower 500 (Pentium III 500MHz, Voodoo3, 17" Trinitron CRT), Zip drives, leasing plans, and 1-800 order hotline.
Corporate homepage for SpeedNet ISP: 56K V.90 unlimited dial-up access ($19.95/mo), ISDN lines, FrontPage 98 web hosting, and nationwide POP access directory.
Electronic gadget showroom: Motorola Bravo Plus numeric pagers, PalmPilot Professional PDAs, Sony MiniDisc players, and Diamond Rio MP3 players.
Multimedia hardware and software publisher: 36X CD-ROM drives, Aureal Vortex2 A3D sound cards, MPEG-2 DVD decoders, and World Explorer 98 encyclopedia on 4 CD-R...
Vintage office catalog: Smith Corona electric typewriters, carbon ribbons, daisy wheel elements, Western Electric rotary phones, and steel file cabinets.
Premium stereo catalog: Class-A integrated amplifiers, 3-head cassette decks with Dolby S, 12-band spectrum equalizers, and acoustic suspension speakers.