Thanks to Gizmodo for these links:
Here's a link to a site that celebrates cool, Japanese-designed gadgets from the 70s and 80s. I even owned a couple of these things.
In the early 1960s, some French guys invented a machine called a Scopitone, which was a sort of video jukebox. Follow the link to see some of the films that were made for the Scopitone (the "Whiter Shade of Pale" film is great in an acid-induced-60s kind of way) and more about the machine itself.
Finally, I swear I thought this was a joke at first, but our bestest buddy Steve found a new way to make money off the iPod juggernaut: iPod Socks.