How about them Apples?

Electronics, Music, On This Day

On this day in 2001, Apple unveiled the iPod. That first iPod had 5GB of storage and, in the words of Steve Jobs, “put 1000 songs in your pocket”. While the iPod was certainly revolutionary, those of us of *ahem* a certain age fondly (or not so fondly) remember another portable music player that changed…

Game Plan

Electronics, Games, Just for Fun

It started out as a playing card company in 1889. And over the years, business ventures included a TV network, a taxicab company and even a line of  instant rice products. But it took a plumber and a barrel-flinging gorilla to really make Nintendo a worldwide success and a household name. Whether it’s a classic…