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Old-school rotary phone dials into online meetings, hangs up when you slam it down

Stavros Korokithakis really wanted to slam the receiver on meetings, so he built his own device to do just that We've all been there: A meeting goes sideways and you really wish you could physically ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
InForum

At 96, this telephone pioneer is still answering the call

Longtime Bonanzaville volunteer John Bartholomay delights in teaching kids how phones once connected the world — and how to ...
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, ...
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 ...