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These Letters Of Wannabe Space Explorers Broke My Heart

4:00PM December 20, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

I love these letters sent to the American Museum of Natural History by wannabe space explorers from the 1950s. They are so wonderfully naive and full of hope, some of them really funny, others quite sad in hindsight. More »

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Man Throws 4800 Messages In A Bottle Into The Ocean, Gets 3100 Responses From All Over The World

6:20AM September 27, 2011 | Casey Chan

Harold Hackett’s hobby, tossing messages in a bottle into the ocean, proves that even the most outdated and unreliable form of ‘social networking’ can still work in our booking the face, twittering the tweet world. He sent 4800 messages via the Atlantic Ocean and received over 3000 messages back from all over the world. More »

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This Is Houdini’s Pre-iPhone Personal Message Signature

4:40AM September 13, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Houdini was truly on the cutting edge. He wasn’t just the first man to fight a robot on film. He also jumped on the quick and relatively impersonal “I’m at brunch and messaging you” thing REAL early, too. More »

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Check Out Mark Zuckerberg’s Fancy Stationery

4:34AM June 11, 2011 | Maureen OConnor

Check out Mark Zuckerberg’s fancy new stationery, featuring embossed paper that reads “FROM THE DESK OF MARK ZUCKERBERG, FOUNDER & CEO OF FACEBOOK”. Ben Barry, a graphic designer who works at Facebook, explains its purpose: More »

Gadgets

Bring Snail Mail Unto The 21st Century With Recordable Envelopes

9:00PM May 12, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Oh, so you still send snail mail? Boobytrap envelopes by recording 10-second-long messages on these rewritable talking envelopes, which cost $US4.75 for a 10-pack. Be sure to address them in pencil only, though! [SoundExpression via RedFerret]

A Typography Geek’s Dream Bookshelf

8:00AM October 31, 2010 | Casey Chan

The Aakkoset bookshelf from Kayiwa might not be the most efficient way to store your things, but the alphabet shelf sure would get a typographer excited. Look at how useful a well constructed ‘W” can be! More »

Comcast To Customer: Pay Us $0.00 Or We’ll Cancel Your Service

9:50AM July 29, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

A Reddit reader has received this letter from Comcast informing him that his account is currently delinquent and that his service will be cancelled if he does not pay the amount owed. The only trouble? The amount owed is $0.00. More »

Arthur C. Clarke Wrote A Letter Predicting GPS, Satellite TV In 1956

2:35PM July 27, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

In August of 1956, science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke wrote a letter to his friend Andrew G. Haley. In this letter, he predicted – with uncanny accuracy – the GPS and satellite TV systems of today. More »

Mobile

US Senator Hammers iPhone 4 Antenna Problem In Letter To Steve Jobs

1:48AM July 16, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

AppleInsider has posted an open letter to Steve Jobs by New York Senator Charles Schumer (D). The letter strongly criticises the iPhone 4′s antenna problem. We have confirmed that the letter is real, and it’ll be officially published soon: More »

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Imagine The US Postal Service Opened All Your Letters

11:40AM April 3, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

Think about it: US Postal Service employees actually opening and scanning all your letters, and then sending you emails with their content with the option to receive the physical letter if you choose to. Scarily unreal? Not if you’re Finnish. More »