Author Archives
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Watch nerdery
There are so many reasons to be a watch nerd and Hodinkee fits right into that, as the above summing up of 2016 shows.
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Once you have a mobile system that works…
I was looking at the App Store the other day and yet again I found nothing that I wanted to install. It has been this way for about a year now and I think it is because I have reached… Read More ›
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Time
A Brief Economic History of Time Long before the modern clock used springs and familiar markings, just about every great civilization had attempted to measure time, with each one failing in its own special way. In ancient Egypt, China, and… Read More ›
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The Top Videos of 2016
Some seriously good videos are included in this list from Vimeo.
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Anti Stress Cube
Every Stress Cube comes with six dynamic fidget features, Switch, Flow, Swivel, Compress, Soothe and Twist. Each feature is specially designed to settle uneasiness and keep you focused and stress free. Switch allows you to turn on your attention and… Read More ›
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WORLD WAR THREE, BY MISTAKE
President Jimmy Carter’s national-security adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, was asleep in Washington, D.C., when the phone rang. His military aide, General William Odom, was calling to inform him that two hundred and twenty missiles launched from Soviet submarines were heading toward… Read More ›
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Happy Christmas
It’s time to stop updating the site for a few days and to spend time with my family. Whatever you are doing over the holidays, I hope you have a wonderful time and are with the ones you love. Will… Read More ›
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The world’s smallest snowman
The World’s Smallest Snowman stands less than 3 microns tall. The snowman was fabricated from three 0.9 micron silica spheres stacked with the use of electron beam lithography. The eyes and mouth were cut with a focused ion beam while… Read More ›
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Podcasts you should be listening to
*The Ezra Klein Show — Thoughtful, deep conversations between Vox Media editor-in-chief Ezra Klein and guests about news, politics, literature, or whatever rabbit hole Klein wants to go down. This recent interview with Patrick Brown, founder of the plant-based-burger startup… Read More ›
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Watch Collecting In The Digital Age
Love the production of this video, and of course the subject matter.
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