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The death of the typewriter
The last typewriter factory, in Mumbai, India, closed this week. So ends the loveliest and loudest sound of button pushing. “We are not getting many orders now,” Milind Dukle, Godrej and Boyce’s general manager, told the paper. “From the early 2000s onwards, computers started dominating. All the man
Sega Genesis cartridges as weapons…
A detained Al Qaeda official told the U.S. Department of Defense about “remote-controlled firing devices (RCFDS)” hidden inside Sega Genesis cartridges. “Detainee discussed remote-controlled firing devices (RCFDS) which were found during raids in Karachi in September 2002. These RCFDS were built ins
Bring back blue skies in games!
The folks at UK Resistance are tired of everything being so serious all the time so they’ve started a campaign to bring back the blue sky in games, just like old times: – Change everything that’s grey into blue. – From now on, everyone wears red shoes. – Make everything happen at midday or sunset. –
A boy, a dilemma, and an Atari Jacket
Clip from animator Gabe Swarr’s “Life in the Analog Age” series.
What happens when a little girl "reinvents" chess?
Over at Geek Dad UK, a father mixes things up with his daughter and let’s her make up some of the rules. The results are exciting/inspiring: Although inspired by her introduction to chess the day before, her game was fresh and creative — it was different in ways that an adult steeped in chess would
April 26, 2011, 1:30 pm
PAUSE: Jason Levesque’s Anatomical Nesting Dolls For those who love Stacking a little bit too much… [via]
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