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Video interlude: Tetris on a building

by Mathew on December 6, 2007 · View Comments

Some people might say the moon landing, others might choose lasers or the internal combustion engine — I think this just might be the pinnacle of human scientific achievement: playing Tetris using the windows of what appears to be a 20-story apartment building, controlled (they are Finnish, after all) from someone’s mobile phone. There’s a [...]

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Captain Nemo’s ultimate laptop

by Mathew on November 4, 2007 · View Comments

Call me crazy, but I would really like one of these. You can picture a member of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen using one. The giant key that turns it on is the best part.

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Mystery object: Candle-holder or gauge?

by Mathew on October 21, 2007 · View Comments

Maybe I have too much time on my hands, but I was fascinated by a post on BoingBoing yesterday about a mystery object that someone inherited from their grandmother, a metal contraption with three square supports (each with a circular hole in it) and a long articulated neck with two joints, ending in a point. [...]

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Can you have too much information?

by Mathew on September 18, 2007 · View Comments

From my friend — and notorious data junkie — Paul Kedrosky comes this photo of a young fund manager surrounded by (from my rough calculations) almost 20 LCD screens with stock charts and trading data. Is there such a thing as too much information? Of course, in his post, it’s difficult to tell whether Paul [...]

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Coolest. Halo gear. Ever.

by Mathew on July 23, 2007 · View Comments

I know this isn’t a gamer blog or anything, but if you play Halo at all (or have ever played it and liked it), then this could be one of the coolest things you’ve ever seen — a full-scale, working Warthog, complete with four-way steering and dual mounted machine guns. Click on the picture to [...]

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