See Boba Fett, delivering Jabba just what he always wanted for the Christmas holiday: Captain Solo, encased in carbonite. The candy cane blaster rifle is slightly less than menacing, however. [Amazon via Oddee via Neatorama] More »
This classic image of the USS Los Angeles shows what would happen when a gust of wind caught the backend of a moored airship. It could literally turn a 656-foot big blimp vertical. Amazingly, no one was hurt. More »
Cheeseburger, chicken and bacon in a can? I'm not so sure. But am I the only one who thinks that the prospect of ribs in a can is so crazy that it just might work? More »
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Anyone who thinks that driving around a clown-sized tractor beats a bubble dome on a giant, bladed dust buster will be banned in the comments. [core77] More »
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People believe that cycles were invented in the 19th century in Europe. Historian Xu Quan Long disagrees. He says cycles were invented 2,500 years ago, and he built this fully functional tricycle to prove it. More »
People believe that cycles were invented in the 19th century in Europe. Historian Xu Quan Long disagrees. He says cycles were invented 2,500 years ago, and he built this fully functional tricycle to prove it. More »
There's a great read over at Cheap Talk about how digital pinball machines changed the industry, back when there still was an industry. They were big tables where you flick a ball around, but they were smarter than you think.
In the olden days of pinball, there wasn't much to adjust. Free game...
This morning, Ron van der Ende left me speechless with this. They are not pasted in Photoshop. They are not giant tapes. They are not even painted. They are bas-relief mosaics made with old wood cuts. There are more:
According to Ron van der Ende:
I collect old doors and stuff. Old...
Drink. Smoke. Fuck. Don't let the perfect writing, production, and acting fool you. That's really what Mad Men—one of the best TV series ever—is all about. And wondrous retro tech too, like you can see in these videos.
Ah, Don Draper, how much I want to be like you. A creative mind at a top...
The best part of this photo is not the chunky plastic design or the model's subtly agape mouth. It's that fatty, curlicue phone cord hanging out the back. [Flickr via bbGadgets]
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I made my first cellphone call in the mid 90's. The phone was actually fairly small in comparison to some of the monsters featured in OObject's list—especially Centel's 1989 model. [OObject]
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Steve Jobs' departure from Apple yesterday leaves us with time to appreciate his finer moments, such as these from his 2005 Stanford Commencement Address. [via AllThingsD]
When Steve Jobs Said “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish,” He Did Not Mean This Foolish
Posted at 2:53 AM PT on January 15, 2009...