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Technology Can Be So Cruel

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2:26PM August 20, 2009 | Nick Broughall

This CRT was spotted dumped on the streets of Port Melbourne. I bet the new LCD that kicked this poor CRT out of its home didn’t blink an eyelid at the pain it was causing. Technology can be so cruel…

[Thanks Christian!]


And Women Claim Size Doesn’t Matter

1:20AM May 30, 2009 | Adam Frucci

They’re all like “it’s about the quality of the sound, not the size!” and then you catch then at the Beatlemania exhibition in Hamburg and they break your heart.

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What Is This?

11:30AM May 29, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

I will tell you what it is: It’s part of the International Space Station as seen from Earth with a telescope. And apparently, it’s very happy to see us… what is that tiny thing tingling on the P3 truss?

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Too Much Time + Too Much Money = Tower of Macs

2:00AM May 28, 2009 | Adam Frucci

If you have that many computers and you don’t mind risking them by stacking them up, don’t rub it in our faces. Here’s a list of what’s in this tower:

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The Holy Software Trinity: Torvalds, Jobs and Gates

6:20AM May 22, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Painted on Plexiglas, The Trinity offers blessings from the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit of the Linux, Apple and Microsoft cults. We’ll let the commenters hash out who’s who. [Flickr via iPhone Savior]

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Pay Attention to the Road Please, Sir

2:40AM May 16, 2009 | Jason Chen

This taxi driver in Hong Kong has somewhere between six and eight mobile phones on his dash. Maybe he just uses phones people leave in the back? [Holygadzooks Flickr]

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Here Is The Future of Technology

10:40AM May 15, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

This gallery full of baby geeks playing with computers not only makes me smile and go all “ooooooh” and “aaaaaaah.” Watching them is actually getting me go into sugar-induced diabetic coma.

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Two Perspectives

9:30AM May 8, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Number 1: Micro.

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Our Very Own Martian Landscape Here On Earth

6:20AM May 6, 2009 | John Mahoney

This is the Mars Desert Research Station in the Utah desert. Photographer Vincent Fournier went there to make beautiful photographs that capture the loneliness and desolation of humans on Mars. Someday!

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Dutch Arcade Cabinet Carved From a Tree

12:00AM May 3, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Looks like “boom” means “tree” in Dutch, rhyming with foam rather than broom, but this is still a pretty sweet art piece. Check out the “wiring” on the back after the jump. [Uitschot va BoingBoingGadgets]

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