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  • The Atari 9000

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    Gotta love this blast from the past! The ATARI 9000 is a hybridization of vintage fun and new tech that both old-school players and modern gamers will dig! More at YD. Be honest, you would buy that.

  • I Can’t Show You How Pink This Pink Is

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    I can show a brighter pink. I can show a more saturated pink. But I can’t show you this pink. Not quite. Well I didn’t know that.

  • The Oris Big Crown 1917 And The Staghorn

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    The case is completed by a screw-down steel case back with custom engraving – specifically the words ‘Limited Edition’ numbering the piece out of 1917 and the ‘OWC’ (Oris Watch Company) seal. The watch is rated to an adequate 50m… Read More ›

  • Pi-Hole

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    If you’ve got a bit of computer knowledge, a Raspberry Pi (or other means of running a server), and a little time of your hands, and want to block many of the ad servers and trackers which watch your browsing… Read More ›

  • The battle over ‘net neutrality’

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    Net neutrality is the principle that an internet service provider (ISP) should give consumers equal access to all legal content regardless of its source. To put it another way, if the networks which form the bedrock of the internet were… Read More ›

  • How Bullshit Conquered the World

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    2016 marked the birth of the post-truth era. Sophistry and spin have coloured politics since the dawn of time, but two shock events – the Brexit vote and Donald Trump’s elevation to US President – heralded a departure into murkier… Read More ›

  • Flexible Smartwatch Project

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    This project aims to build a thin, flexible smartwatch. It’s wrap-around display and touchscreen will allow it to display more data at a glance than current devices. Besides telling time and displaying notifications, the watch will feature pulse rate, blood… Read More ›

  • Home is a Cup of Tea

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    This is beautifully presented.

  • Art of the Poster 1880-1918

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    In the late nineteenth century, lithographers began to use mass-produced zinc plates rather than stones in their printing process. This innovation allowed them to prepare multiple plates, each with a different color ink, and to print these with close registration… Read More ›

  • The Ataribox

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    The Ataribox will feature four USB slots, an HDMI connector and an SD card reader. Atari said the front panel could either come in wood or glass and that the company planned to launch two versions of the console: a… Read More ›