Submitted and Written by Lauren, Ms. Stussypants

It’s amazing that sometimes I can barely remember basic math but can still draw a “stussy symbol” (also called a “Super S” in some regions) without hesitating. I remember these stylized “S’s” being drawn on every available scrap of paper, but unless you knew the secret of the lines, you were out of the cool club. We called them “stussies” but I don’t think they had any relation to the Stussy company that was popular at the time. Everyone thought that this was a unique symbol that only they and their friends knew how to draw, but talk to your friends from around the country and you’ll find out that they too knew how to make a super cool “S” out of 14 lines.

We called them Super S’s where I grew up, so I went all New Yorker and fact checked Lauren’s story. She’s 100% correct, as far as I can tell.

Submitted and Written by Gina W

who didn’t have tons of fun in computer class with this awesome art program?

I had a copy of Kid Pix at home where I spent most of my day placing a lot of stamps, then erasing things with the dynamite. I also recall my parents being pretty angry that I was wasting so much colored printer ink with all of my Kid Pix drawings.

It’s a shame kids don’t get to use Kid Pix anymore, but I think they’re all messing around in Photoshop, which I suppose is more useful to learn, actually.

Submitted and Written by Brian D

It was the original playlist. There was no real way to get individual songs off of all your different cassettes, and there was no such thing as a multi-disc CD-changer, much less a “Shuffle” option on an iPod! All you could do to get your favorite songs from differentartists on to a single collection was man your stereo, blank tape inserted and at the ready, listening to your favorite radio station, and prepared to press that “RECORD” button the instant they started playing a song you liked and wanted to capture!

It wasn’t easy! You had split seconds to determine if those first few beats were indeed the song you wanted. You had to avoid DJ’s babbling through the beginning of songs and try and hit “RECORD” as soon as he finally shut up. Miss the timing? Rewind –> Stop –> Play over and over and over again to get the tape back to the proper spot and ready to try recording again. And then, what if that damn DJ started babbling before the song was finished?! Or the radio station inserted their call letters or a jingle in there somewhere?! There was no telling when the next time the station would play that song again, or if you’d even be around to hear it!

I think back and remember making mixtapes with Third Eye Blind and Sugar Ray on them. Hmm…

Submitted and written by Trinity Fish

Sand Art Windows are filled with a liquid and multi-colored sand in between two sheets of glass. The frame is on a spinner. When you flip it over (so the sand is at the top) it slowly trickles down as flow channels are created. As the sand falls it forms different patterns. This contraption was especially popular during the late seventies through the eighties (right about the time home video game consoles started becoming popular). They can still be bought, although they are extremely difficult to find anywhere except the internet.

Submitted by Jordan C

Perler Beads are great for introducing young ones to craft projects. Today’s parent might be hesitant because fusing them requires an iron, but our parents were always cool with it as long as there was a strict understanding that playing with hot irons was a bad idea and that stage should be handled by an older sibling or adult (even though this rule probably got us in trouble more than we’d like to admit).