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Here's someone's personal archive of weird miscellanea, including old Windows wallpapers which is what reminded me. I use unironically use the classic Packard Bell tile background on my computers because it reminds me of my grandmother's PC which is one of the first I ever used.

https://www.dvd3000.ca/wp/extra/pb.html




That etched 3 colour look to this very day remains the peak of modern aesthetic for me. Thought it was so cool and sophisticated when I was 12


Agreed it is amazing


Packard Bell is one of those logos that really perplexes me as to what exactly it's supposed to represent. A very stylised "P B" somehow? An ear with an earphone stuck in it? An abstract vacuum tube? A crushed air-cooled engine block?


It's a face, specifically the "face of technology". [0]

[0] https://1000logos.net/packard-bell-logo/


These personal collections are always neat to see. I'd like to start my own (beyond scraps in my local Pictures folder) but I'm not sure how to structure it. I might just build a grid of tagged/categorized media, like a chaotic memory palace.


I checked the website and he/she did a lot of really cool stuffs.




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