DOSSIER (History, Society & Cultural Memory) documents the stories, events, and collective memories that influenced entire eras. From life behind the Iron Curtain to global cultural milestones, this category connects personal anecdotes with major historical turning points.
Ever wish your car could spray instant snow grip like a superhero gadget? In 1969, Chevrolet made it real with Liquid Tire Chain, a bizarre factory option for Camaro and Chevelle owners facing Midwest blizzards. This wasn’t some backyard tinkerer’s…
A Sofia ’90s Kid’s Heartbreak Picture this. It’s 1994 in Sofia. Studentski Grad is still half-concrete, half chaos. The tram screeches outside, the walls are thin, and your TV is some anonymous Eastern European brand that takes three solid punches…
Loading… (Please wait 3.5 minutes while we buffer on dial-up.) Welcome to glitchback.com a Retro Tech Manifesto! Why look back? In a world obsessed with 4K resolution, AI generation, and sterile minimalist design, we crave the noise. That glorious static, the hiss…
In the shadow of the Iron Curtain, software piracy wasn’t a crime, it was survival. Welcome to the Pirate West, where Eastern Bloc kids turned floppy disks into portals to the future. While the West fretted over copyrights, we copied, cracked,…
It sounds ridiculous today, the idea that civilization teetered on collapse because computers couldn’t count past “99.” But rewind to New Year’s Eve 1999, and the Y2K bug gripped the planet in unprecedented dread. For those five tense minutes around midnight, billions…
