The worst thing about rotary phones is that they were never meant ... Once it’s in there, he can dial by name, speeding up the process a tiny bit. The SMS interface can also report back the ...

It started with a disconnected phone in a Japanese garden. Now there are hundreds of "wind phones" in the world, including ...

A frustrated Justine Haupt came up with an unorthodox solution: she designed and built a mobile phone with a rotary dial that ...

For [Typhon Mind] who needed a novelty method of recording best wishes at a wedding through an old dial phone there was no need for it to be entirely original, so the solution was to turn it into ...

Almost accidentally, we have a new addition to our living room décor that has prompted much conversation among our friends.

If you’ve never owned a rotary dial telephone, then you’ve probably never seen a number card installed in the center of the ...

I explained that I have no desire for one of the sleek, modern cell phones with all of their bells and whistles. I have no compelling need to remain accessible 24/7. My cell is for emergencies or for ...

People use the wind phone to “call” and have a one-way conversation with deceased loved ones. Here they can say the things left unsaid. Wind phones offer a setting for the person to tell the story of ...

Now you have an old school phone, complete with old-school ringer, rotary or push-button dialing, a dial-tone when you pick up the receiver, and even a busy signal. Calls made through POTS (Plain ...

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All manner of “oddball” things passes through Gary McKim’s sales shop in Laramie. Still, he can’t seem to sell a 1966 Ford ...

My husband bought an old rotary telephone with the intent to put it ... "I was so hoping to hear a dial tone," she said. We then searched for the sounds online and let the younger generation ...