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NYC Subway Conductor Shares Dirty Secrets
Check out this AMA on Reddit, from a New York City Transit Subway Conductor. He discusses everything from what’s up with the conductor pointing at the striped sign to “mole people”. Also, conductors should not kick you off the 6-Train when … Continue reading
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Why Do I Do This Sort of Thing?
I don’t know. Maybe it’s because of the unsatisfying ending of John Locks’s storyline. Maybe it’s because toilet paper adverts are so irretrievably silly.
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The In-Flight Twitter of the 1940s
TYWKIWDBI (“Tai-Wiki-Widbee”) has posted an amazing artifact: a sort of in-flight proto-Twitter from 1941. The pilot would write down whatever he (because they were all he’s in 1941*) wanted to say on a special form, and then he’d hand it off … Continue reading
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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
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
