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Everything the iPhone replaced
I have written a few of these types of article over the years and suspect that the phone of today can replace hundreds of older products, maybe thousands.
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The Nokia Vision 2018 concept phone
Can I say, before the smartphone craze, Nokia was the Apple. Their phones surpassed everything we wished and hoped for. If you didn’t have a Nokia, you didn’t have a phone worth even talking about, or talking into. Now that… Read More ›
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A map that fills a 500-million year gap in Earth’s history
Based on an article by Alan Collins (University of Adelaide) and Andrew Merdith (University of Sydney). Very very interesting.
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Famous People Who Hated Each Other
Humans can be pretty petty to each other. But you would think that, with a sudden increase of wealth and fame, some people would find that type of behavior beneath… More at Cracked. Some surprises in this list.
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Shot on iPhone, with a lot of help
Anybody who knows about the technique and gear involved in capturing great photos and video knows to look at those ‘shot on *insert smartphone here*’ ads with a bit of skepticism. Yes, they were technically shot on those phones, but… Read More ›
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Mountain or Valley?
Our brains are wired to believe that light generally comes from above. This makes sense–here on Earth, light from the sun pretty much always is coming from either directly above us, or above us at an angle. This is such… Read More ›
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How Table Tennis Balls are Made
I had to watch the whole thing. Strangely riveting.
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Does Apple know what a 32-bit app is?
Apple often adds timely selections of new and old apps which makes a lot of sense and with Wimbledon just around the corner tennis games were chosen. One of the highlighted games was Virtua Tennis Challenge which I had bought… Read More ›
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The iPhone is crack cocaine…
After getting dressed, I headed out of the door. On the bus, I couldn’t get the memory of these smartphone-obsessed bankers off my mind. I opened up my phone again and discovered that there is an established affliction called “smartphone… Read More ›
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A Hoarder’s Daughter…
These treasures are a crossroad of Ricci’s idiosyncratic upbringing and unorthodox perception of the world. She cuts up cardboard, trinkets, staples, and bits of plastic with a craft knife. Meticulously, she glues the pieces together to make tiny bricolage versions… Read More ›
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