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bradstaggs.blogspot.com - 8/15/2008
Antique Ads
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I am a sucker the ads that I used to see in magazines when I was young. I think they have a cool look you just don't get today. Today, my boss brought in a Life magazine from October 27, 1972, and I took the opportunity to scan a few of my favorite ads. Here's how long ago the magazine is from; the cover story is on the miracle of the new instant Polaroid camera. You know, the one that was ...
apple.com - 8/19/2008
Get a Mac - Watch the TV Ads
— apple.com — Home > Mac >Watch the TV Ads Considering a Mac Why you'll love a Mac Which Mac... are you? FAQs Watch the ads Find out how Mac Basics Photos Movies Web Music iWork Macs Mac Pro Mac mini MacBook MacBook Air MacBook Pro iMac Accessories Mighty Mouse ... (more) Get a Mac - Watch the TV Ads
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Sony Conquers Disease With A VCR?!
Retro Thing — ... Brad Staggs writes, "My boss brought to me an original copy of the October 17, 1972, Life magazine featuring a story on "the amazing new Polaroid Land camera." What I loved, however, were the ads inside the magazine. One was for the brand new Sony U-matic Videocassette Recorder. Some of the claims made in the ad copy were way out there, so it's funny to read it now and laugh." ...

The Sony U-Matic Color Videocassette Recorder will cure cancer
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... he records his technique on a U-matic color videocassette. Thousands of copies are mailed and made out. Within days, thousands of doctors in hospitals and private offices have seen the technique on their U-matic, and can put it to use. Knowledge snowballs. Of course, so do malpractice lawsuits. However, Sony was right on the money about one thing: the U-matic copy eerily soothsays the era of invasive and ubiquitous video surveillance. Antique Ads [Brad Staggs via Retro-Thing] ...

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