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de•lu•sion \di-ˈlü-zhən, dē\ noun a persistent false psychotic belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that is maintained despite indisputable evidence to the contrary
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Retro Thing: Sony Walkman Turns 30
The original Walkman was released on July 1, 1979. But let’s get couple of things straight: Sony didn’t come up with the idea, and its success was due to revolutionary lightweight headphones, not the lowly Philips Compact Cassette.
The real credit for such devices goes to Brazilian intellectual Andreas Pavel, who created the first portable personal stereo players in the late 1960s.
Great article. Click through to read it in full.
Underware has just released a new OpenType typeface called Liza Pro.
Click through to see all the amazing OpenType features and alternate characters.
From Tokyobling’s Blog comes a zebra in a shop window in Ginza, Tokyo. For some reason it seems to have rectangles through its guts.
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Sample recordings for a review I’ve written for MacTalk Australia on a Akai USB Turntable. I’ll update this post with a link to the review when it’s up.
The On-time Clock fast forwards 3 minutes of your time so you don’t have to run for the bus. Design by Tak Cheung (Fabrica) and produced by Diamantini & Domeniconi.
For Sale: 1964 Road Agent by Ed (Big Daddy) Roth
The Road Agent is a unique and downright futuristic custom creation from the fertile mind of one of the nation’s most creative and colorful artists and customizers – Ed “Big Daddy” Roth. Utilizing an innovative powertrain with a Corvair engine and rear suspension and employing Roth’s distinctive bubble top, Road Agent was the sixth in his line of cars. Restored by Mark Moriarty, it remains one of the most instantly recognizable icons of hot rod history.
via House Industries
Alexx Henry has put together a collection of photos by Saul Leiter as a tribute to Kodachrome. Check it out here.
Twitter Monitoring Typewriter by oomlout
We thought it appropriate to allow Twitter to be more than just an on monitor phenomena. To accomplish this we have combined an Arduino, Ethernet Shield and typewriter. We added a little bit of solder (we’re spoofing keystrokes) and some coding and what we have is a twitter monitoring machine.
via Retro Thing
Light breakfast by David Sykes
This latest piece of personal work is all shot in one shot on 5×4 transparency. I comisioned a model maker Ridley West to make a giant plate that we could attach to the wall and with the help of Jennie Webster who sourced some amazing balloons this shot was the result.
Improv Everywhere’s Mp3 Experiment 6
Takin’ the whole improv thing to a new level.
The Intermittent Kevin - Find My iPhone works, and it is awesome.
A guys iPhone gets stolen at a Lego convention. They use Find My iPhone to track the guy down and demand it back. Epic geek story.
via Daring Fireball
