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A ride on the B&H conveyor belt system

January 27, 2012 @ 7:25 am

If you’ve never been to B&H in NYC, this is what the conveyor belt is all about: You make a purchase at a section in the store, your items get put into a bin, and the bin automatically gets transferred … Continue reading →

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The segregation of Occupy Wall Street

November 17, 2011 @ 10:10 am

The Daily Show explores the division inside Occupy Wall Street, namely the class system that has sprouted up which puts some OWS’ers above others. You know, the same sort of hierarchichal structure that might lead to, oh, I dunno, one … Continue reading →

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Exploring London’s abandoned Mail Rail system

November 16, 2011 @ 10:41 pm

Over at SilentUK is a fairly extensive write-up (with photos) of a group of folks going beneath the city of London to explore the famed and somewhat forgotten Mail Rail system. The system was in operation from 1928 to about … Continue reading →

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What a 40,000-watt speaker system will do to your hair

September 28, 2011 @ 11:07 pm
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Drive-through simulation of a proposed bored tunnel in Seattle

August 4, 2011 @ 12:04 am

I honestly don’t know how I got to this video (lots of related video clicks I assume) but there’s something about this that seems very soothing. From the video description: The Federal Highway Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation and … Continue reading →

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24-karat gold Atari 2600

July 23, 2011 @ 11:07 am

Urchin Associates in Melbourne, Australia has made a 24-karat gold Atari 2600 just for the rich folks! BUY BUY BUY!

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