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Safety Instructions: the Video Game

8-Bit Air-Travel Typing Game Pippin Barr created Safety Instructions, a Mavis Beacon-tastic game that combines air-travel safety and precision, high-stakes typing. Can you keep your coach-class passenger alive, using only your ability to accurately type out safety instructions? You better f&cking … Continue reading

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24-Hr Baguette Vending Machine in Paris

Baguette-O-Matic: The Future is Now Good news, everyone! Parisian baker Jean-Louis Hecht has installed two baguette vending machines outside his boulangeries in order to satisfy the late-night cravings of the party crowd. One-euro pre-made baguettes all around! If you’re in … Continue reading

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Shoebox Apartment: 78 Square Foot Studio in Midtown Manhattan

Luke Clark Tyler’s Shoebox Apartment: Walkthrough Takes Longer Than You’d Expect Your apartment is huge compared to architect Luke Clark Tyler’s lilliputian 78 sq ft shoebox. This guy is determined to make such a tiny space work, and he does … Continue reading

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1960s Pan Am Stewardesses: Cosplay at San Diego Comic-Con 2011

Retro-Stewardess Cosplay To the ladies who dressed up as golden-age Pan-Am stewardesses for SDCC 2011: you are awesome. (These ladies are part of the promo team for ABC’s Pan Am. Yeah, they’re here for work, but if you’re dressed up … Continue reading

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The Normann-Copenhagen Blue Plane is My Co-Pilot (Jordan’s Android Home Screen)

The Blue Plane & Friends: My Android Home Screen I rock the Normann-Copenhagen Blue Plane as my Android wallpaper. That way it’s always there for me when adventure calls. Hey, Normann-Copenhagen designers: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it … Continue reading

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Body Clock: Jet Lag is in the Blood

Those clever scientists have found the markers that control the internal 24-hour clock that keeps your body rhythms intact… and give you jet lag. Originally believed to be gene-controlled, this internal clockwork was found in red blood cells, which contain … Continue reading

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Space Invader Zoetrope

Here’s a stellar handmade Space Invaders zoetrope for those of us who can’t go out and find the real things at the moment. From We Are All Angry, via Boing Boing. It’s part of a group show called “Dwelling in … Continue reading

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If It Were My Home: Comparing Countries

If you are curious about what life would be like if you lived somewhere else, check out If It Were My Home. I learned that, by living in Canada, I apparently have 4.01% more free time than if I lived … Continue reading

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Commodore 64 Returns!

Guess Who’s Back… Back Again… Check it out! The keyboard is the computer! The Commodore 64 returns with modern specs. The new Commodore 64 features genuine Cherry brand key switches, which provide a feel much better than the original, with … Continue reading

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Early Typewriters: Before QWERTY

Vintage Typewriters at the Royal Ontario Museum These ancient typewriters were on display at the ROM a few years ago. I’m trying to picture what a laptop would look like if any of these input methods caught on. One of … Continue reading

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