Hello new favorite application… and you’re free too!

Poladroid turns any digital photo into a polaroid-esque shot without the $1/picture price tag…  Found this wonderful application via NotCot a few days ago and have not been able to stop playing around with it since!  It is so cool to have a little Polaroid camera up in the corner of my computer screen and the drag-and-drop functionality is wonderful.  (More snaps after the jump)

I spent some time over at gnovis writing about the theoretical implications of this little application.  I wont bore you with it all here (only some):

Is it odd that we’re faking old technology with our new, sleek, and super-powerful MacBooks?  I kind of think so– these fakes are so good, that I’m wondering when we’ll be able to recreate the sense of wonder at old things?  In a lot of ways, I think I can’t stop looking at these because they have recreated the sense of old, history, and nostalgia.

Also, check out their Flickr pool– it is addictive.