Site: How To Be A Retronaut
by Matt on 28 February 2010
http://www.howtobearetronaut.com
A glorious visual treat for all things old
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Pros
Golden oldies
It’s only really a simple Wordpress blog but the content is king here and the content this guy has assembled is excellent. Old adverts and packaging; amazing colour photography of the past; maps and illustrations too.
As a bonus, the design of the blog is a good one, striking a bold design through monochrome big type on a white background. There’s also some nice big press-able buttons in the right hand column.
The menu on the top is a really good way of making use of the categories functionality in Wordpress. Otherwise in many blogs it gets forgotten and mixed in with the tags.
Cons
Time trials
It’s built for wider monitors, which makes sense when much of the content is lovely big images. But it the page layout broke on my old 1024 x 726 display, which did spoil the experience.
Some of the views of the posts after clicking on a category seem to show source code. Whoops…
Finally, the term ‘retronaut’: both a pro and a con because the word is an ace one and I think you don’t need to have it spelled out to ‘get’ the blog but instead he offers a convoluted explanation about going back in time.
Agree or not? Give us your opinion. Or don't (no-one will make you).
Thanks for the review, and good feedback.
That explanation is convoluted, and I need to improve it further. I’ve written it a few times, and each time I do it gets better. There is something in there that is important to say, and right now its getting lost. I’ll get back to work on it, so bear with me…
Thanks again
Chris
Glad you appreciate. I’ve had an idea: I think you should make a short film with a Back to the Future Doc Brown style character to explain the concept of being a retronaut!
Seriously though, keep up the good work. We enjoy it!
“Back to the Future short film”, you say? Dammit, you could be right…