Hackaday

Rotary Phone Lives On As Arduino Kitchen Timer

It’s safe to say that few people still use rotary phones on a daily basis. Hell, most of us don’t even use landline telephones anymore. But just because these classic phones are no longer being used ...
The Florida Times-Union

Woods: A rotary phone that isn't connected to anything — yet helps connect to lost loved ones

If you enter Arlington Park Cemetery, take a right and follow the road up and around a curve, there’s a gazebo. And in that gazebo, in a wooden box, there is a tan rotary phone. “I would’ve preferred ...
AOL

From rotary phones to real patience: Life before instant everything

Dialing a rotary phone, waiting for a page to load, sending a handwritten letter. Before instant messaging, streaming, and 24/7 notifications, life naturally required patience and presence. According ...
Hackaday

Meet Me On My Rotary Phone

We suspect kids today — and some adults — are confused about phone terminology. In today’s world, “hanging up” and “dialing,” for example, are abstract words without the physical reference that older ...
AOL

Vintage Electronics Collectors Say These 5 Rotary Phones Still Sell Consistently

Ah, the rotary phone. Just the mention of it can send a wave of nostalgia crashing over you, can’t it? Those chunky handsets, the satisfying click of the dial, and the unmistakable feeling of ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

'Connected by love': In Ridgefield, an old rotary phone helps people cope with grief

Jacob Shannon (left) and Lynda Shannon Bluestein set up a "wind phone" outside the historic Ridgebury Congregational Church in Ridgefield. On a recent Sunday, Kate Bagnati approached an old, ...
The Advocate

Letters: Risher's column captured connection to rotary phones

I loved Jan Risher's column about an old rotary phone and old phone exchanges. Seventy years later, I still remember by best friend's phone number, Jackson 8080. And even though I've had a cell phone ...
WBUR

In Connecticut, an old rotary phone helps people cope with grief

Jacob Shannon (left) and Lynda Shannon Bluestein set up a "wind phone" outside the historic Ridgebury Congregational Church in Ridgefield. (Meg Dalton/ Connecticut Public Radio) On a recent Sunday, ...
Altoona Mirror

Paper checks going way of rotary phone

There are young people today who don’t have a clue what a rotary telephone was all about. They’re even more in the proverbial dark about the former existence of party lines and what they entailed — ...
NOLA.com

Ode to the dial tone: An old Louisiana rotary phone prompts a trip down memory lane

Almost accidentally, we have a new addition to our living room décor that has prompted much conversation among our friends. In July, we made a trip to Monroe to visit friends who took us to all sorts ...
WGBH

'Connected by love': In Ridgefield, an old rotary phone helps people cope with grief

On a recent Sunday, Kate Bagnati approached an old, cream-colored rotary phone sitting in a grove of trees outside the historic Ridgebury Congregational Church in Ridgefield. She picked up the ...