Cameras Lost & Found

Here’s a nice story about a lost camera full of photos, and an honest couple who did some clever and persistent detective work to discover the owner and send it back home.
At dusk on New Year’s Eve, Erika Gunderson got into a taxi in New York City and entered a digital-age mystery. Sitting on the [...]

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We Build Excitement!

A rockin’ 1987 commercial for Pontiac. I remember this one very clearly; it’s got a nice hook. There’s come nice color commentary on this commercial over at Car Lust.
from www.youtube.com posted with vodpod

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Becca on the backyard swing, 1970’s

Scenes from our childhood
Originally uploaded by bcostin

That’s my sister Rebecca, probably around 1978 or so. This was taken by my father at Mom Mom & Pop Pop’s house.
My father left behind thousands of photos. Slides, mostly, but also a fair number of B&W and color negatives. This strip of negatives was probably one [...]

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O’Brien Is Tryin’ to Learn to Talk Hawaiian

A pre-WWI ditty. Click here for a nice performance of this tune by YouTube mystery man FretKillr.
O’Brien is tryin to learn to talk Hawai’ian
To his Honolulu Lou
He’s sighin and cryin
And all the time he’s tryin
Just to say “I love you true”
With his “Ar-rah Ya-ka Hu-la
Be-gor-ra Hick-i Du-lah”
And his Irish “Ji-ji-boo.”
Sure, O’Brien is tryin to [...]

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Would You Eat Your Buddies in a Blizzard?

43%

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Ten pounds in a five-pound bag

That’s the problem with airports these days, as this article shows pretty clearly with some frightening real world examples:
Get the Flick: Air Traffic Safety vs. Capacity
We don’t fly much (my very first flight was only a few years ago) so this is all fairly academic to me. But the basic problems of efficiency and capacity [...]

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lgf: Outrage of the Week: Canadian Publisher Persecuted for Mindcrime

lgf: Outrage of the Week: Canadian Publisher Persecuted for Mindcrime
Also see these comments from Mark Steyn, who’s experiencing similar harassment right now.

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Handcrafted vacuum tubes

If civilization collapsed and we had to rebuild electronics technology from scratch, I’d want this guy on my team.

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Everything is go, Astro Boy!

The Cartoon Network is showing this classic 60’s Japanese cartoon in their late night lineup. The plots are weird, like a giant robotic sea serpent kidnapping people for a forced mining operation, run by guys in what look like Klan outfits. But it’s oddly entertaining, and the visual design has an interesting proto-anime look that [...]

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Homemade Star Wars

This is a very cool Star Wars remake filmed in 8mm. Complete with homemade costumes, sets, and special effects.
from video.google.com posted with vodpod

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