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  • The Thieves Who Steal Sunken Warships

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    The team’s search for other battle casualties in the area was no less haunting. USS Perch, a 300-foot-long American submarine, was gone. So were two British ships—the 329-foot HMS Encounter and the 574-foot Exeter. Another, the 329-foot HMS Electra, had… Read More ›

  • Blow dry your trainers

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    Tried using a blow dryer on my Acronym Prestos after seeing the post about un-creasing NMD blocks. Worked great! More at reddit. Wow!

  • I feel old

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    I was an adult when MMMBop was released (one of the most perfect pop songs ever as it happens) and so the above video makes me feel really old.

  • A backward society

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    Great artists are always messengers of Truth. They may not speak through verbal language, or even the written word. But through their personal creativity, they are able to communicate deeper thoughts, and feelings, that conventional language often times cannot. And… Read More ›

  • Europe’s rich photographic heritage

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    Europeana Photography opens up Europe’s rich photographic heritage to everyone. Photography is a direct and effective connection between history and contemporary society. It allows people to connect with their past, with fellow European citizens, explore remote eras and locations, and… Read More ›

  • 50 Shades of Day

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    Whether you’re aware of it or not, you are constantly aware of the time in large part due to the position of the sun and the brightness outside… not just because you can look down at your phone or watch!… Read More ›

  • Casio Pro Trek Smart WSD-F20 review

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    There’s an identical 1.32-inch dual layer LCD colour touchscreen display with a 320 x 300 resolution that does have that rather unsightly black bar at the bottom that we’ve seen ruin other Android Wear smartwatches. It’s certainly not the sharpest… Read More ›

  • Slimmer Bezels Than The Galaxy S8

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    Though the picture doesn’t show the whole device, it’s looking very sexy ala the Galaxy S8. Factor in the whopping 8GB of RAM and the 23-megapixel+12-megapixel dual camera set-up, this device is looking like an absolute monster… More at Forbes…. Read More ›

  • My friend died $50 short. It doesn’t have to be that way.

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    This is beautifully presented, simply written and the end is just so sad. As a Brit, I don’t understand a first world country where you can die because you do not have enough money. I also don’t understand why I… Read More ›

  • The Disappearing Computer

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    We’ve all had a hell of a ride for the last few decades, no matter when you got on the roller coaster. It’s been exciting, enriching, and transformative. But it’s also been about objects and processes. Soon, after a brief… Read More ›