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  • Why I’ll Never Use FEDEX Again to Ship My Photo Gear

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    If my gear showed up on Tuesday, June 6th, that meant all my gear would show up after my workshop was finished. Basically, I was screwed. I immediately called up FEDEX. They told me it was my mistake. That I… Read More ›

  • 2017 Aquaracer Gmt Calibre 7 Way201F Review

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    Just as the watch uses the standard Aquaracer 300m 43mm case, the black dial is also standard Aquaracer issue, with its horizontally streaked dial and over-sized hour-markers. We stand by the view we had when these models were first released… Read More ›

  • The Sholes and Glidden typewriter

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    Initially, the typewriter received an unenthusiastic reception from the public. Lack of an established market, high cost, and the need for trained operators slowed its adoption. Additionally, recipients of typewritten messages found the mechanical, all upper-case writing to be impersonal… Read More ›

  • I’m glad the old BlackBerry died

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    When I see people go about their work today I tend to see iPhones in their hands, but I don’t often see them feverishly typing email responses to communications that are coming in at a greater rate every day. It… Read More ›

  • 56 New Emoji

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    That’s right, USA TODAY reported yesterday that there will be as many as 56 new ways to show your true feelings over text. And the geniuses behind emoji really stepped up their game this round, from including more cultures (there’s… Read More ›

  • The best retro screensavers

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    Today, a screensaver may seem like a novelty, but it once served as a way to prevent “screen burn” in cathode ray tube monitors. While screensavers are no longer necessary for that purpose, the nostalgia element will forever tie the… Read More ›

  • The ‘i before e, except after c’ rule is a giant lie

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    A University of Warwick statistician named Nathan Cunningham recently decided to put the i-before-e rule to the test. So he plugged a list of 350,000 English words into a statistical program to see if the math checked out… More at… Read More ›

  • Modern pastries

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    Ukraine pastry chef Dinara Kasko breaks the mold with her artistic approach to baking cakes. Using 3D printing technology she not only creates never before seen cake forms, but she then delights you with pastry surprises when you cut open… Read More ›

  • Disney’s Bastards

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    French artist Gilen Bousquet has dispensed with all likeability in his lowbrow art series Disney’s Bastards, turning childhood favorites like Dumbo, Ariel and Mowgli into dark degenerates… More at Neatorama. I kind of like these.

  • One Man’s Quest For His Vinyl and His Past

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    When you talk to famous people for a living, it all starts to blend together after a while. You remember meeting people like Buzz Al­drin and John Cusack and Isabella Rossellini, but you have only a vague recollection of what… Read More ›