Another retro style radio to add to growing list but this is one of my favourite designs in a long time with its cool lime green colour combined with the stylish grill styled centre. Grab it from V&A at only £30.

I have to say there is something very appealing about the craftsmanship of this Memento Mori1810 Skull Pocket Watch but I just can not see how someone can pay $16000 to carry a scary skull like this around with them and crack open the skull to look at the time.

Momento Mori in Latin means “Rembember you are mortal, remember you will die, remember your death”… uumm this watch gets more and more morbid.

Various stamp keyboards were made in this style with 1 nations stamps covering each keyboard. The stamps look to be all collectors stamp and so the result is a very vintage looking keyboard. I think you will either love this or hate it.. I can not decided if the cluttered look works. However one thing I am sure about is that you will probably spend more time looking at the keyboard than at the screen trying to work out where on earth all these stamps come from. [via Makezine]

How on earth can a Hewlett-Packard ZT1000 laptop that runs both Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux look this amazing. Well having the skills of Richard R. Nagy aka Datamancer is how. The steampunk laptop features an “elaborate display of clockworks under glass, engraved brass accents, claw feet, an antiqued copper keyboard and mouse, leather wrist pads, and customized wireless network card. The machine turns on with an antique clock-winding key by way of a custom-built ratcheting switch made from old clock parts”.

All I know is that any laptop I go out to purchase now will be completely dull and boring in comparison. I mean just look at the beautiful casing when the laptop is closed.

Acorn Studios have made these tribute pins for the bulky Apple keyboards from the 80s and 90s found. They are real buttons taken from rescued keyboards from their local landfill. These are for the real apple fans to wear and show their love. [via Chip Chick]

MIXA is neat new website which will give retro lovers a chance to design a cassette tape and actually use it thanks to the fact that it is an USB cassette and has 1GB of memory. The steps are pretty simple and for 20 quid you can’t go wrong… unless you have no design skills in which case you can use one of the pre-loaded designs. [via Retro to go]

When you were a child your parents probably would have laughed of that thought that one day 1GB of memory would fit on one finger. Just look at the size of 1GB of memory 20 years ago. It is quite stunning how much memory storage has involved over the years and I am very curious what it will be like in 20 years from now. Click image to see large image.
[via Digg]

This stunning felt typewriter took the creator several weeks of non stop sewing. It is modelled on a actual vintage typewriter and has some real screws which are tarnished with vinegar. The best bit is that the roller rotates so you can add some paper to add to the effect.
[via Softies Central + Craftster]

Forget the fresh new iPod designs you need some vintage styling and they don’t get much better than a cassette tape MP3 player. Look closely and you will see the DJ decks styling giving it a extra boost of style. [via Freshpilot]

Now here is an odd use for those vintage cassette tapes. Brian Dettmer created the skull and skeleton by melting 80s metal band cassettes. The skull and skeleton are both currently on display at the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago. Creepy but cool.
[images via Andrew Huff, via BoingBoing]