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The end of movable type in China.

No, the blog and content publishing company isn’t blocked in China. This is the other thing where they use movable components to manually lay out and print documents.

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china, computer, decline, movable type

Photographs of vintage computers.

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computer, hardware, history, photo, progress, retro, tape

Humour in computer manuals of old.

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computer, instruction, manual, retro

A woman versus a machine…

A mistress of perfect consistency, the computer rejects all but the flawless, offering no explanation. When the acceptable is finally offered, the machine’s acceptance is total, unwavering and eternal.

›› Paul Lutus articulates why programmers are societal misfits

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computer, mistake, relationship, women

On the allure of Apple…

Apple excels at taking existing concepts – computers, MP3 players, conceit – and carefully streamlining them into glistening ergonomic chunks of concentrated aspiration.

›› Charlie Brooker ruminates over the iPad

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apple, charlie brooker, computer, device, iphone, marketing

No, I don’t know any computer stuff.

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computer, download, hardware, repair

A note from your friendly neighbourhood computer expert guy…

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computer, excel, installation, office, powerpoint, support, technical, virus

The Stealth MacBook Pro is a limited edition modded MacBook Pro with a smooth, matte black paint job that can be yours for US$6,000. Or you could buy about 3 MacBooks over the next 6 years for the same money and not worry about faster CPUs.

Just saying’, you know.

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apple, computer, laptop, mac, painting

Monday, 20th April 2009

Chips Ahoy! Scenes from an electronics recycling plant.

Wired has some awesome pictures of computer equipment and parts awaiting their end at an electronics scrap recycling factory in the United States.

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computer, electronics, recycle

Monday, 16th February 2009

Sebastian Vettel explains the new F1 rule changes in one sweet video.

What a fantastic CG video! You have to watch it even if you’re not an F1 fan. (I wonder whether it was done by the same people who did the Red Bull F1 Singapore video.)

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computer, formula 1, graphics, racing, red bull, video

Wednesday, 31st December 2008

Intelligent computers from 1956.

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computer, programming, retromercial, scientific, univac

Monday, 22nd December 2008

The painful sounds of failing drives from Western Digital, Seagate, Maxtor, et al.

Datacent has a (not very) nice, long list of hard drive sounds, which you usually hear before they die and go to cyberspace hell with all your data.

If imagining a drive failure makes your heart skip a couple of beats, make sure you back up your stuff regularly.

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backup, computer, failure, hard disk, mechanical, storage

Wednesday, 17th December 2008

Telesymphony.

Almost eight years old, but Dialtones (A Telesymphony) is an awesome software, idea and performance all rolled into one big ball of awesomeness.

[Via It’s Nice That]

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computer, concert, mobile, sound, soundscapes

Tuesday, 25th November 2008

Stealing and selling originality…

Don’t worry about people stealing an idea. If it’s original, you will have to ram it down their throats.

›› Howard H. Aiken

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computer, IBM, original, steal

Tuesday, 18th November 2008

Equations to change the world.

The XO Laptop, despite all the criticism, is for a noble cause and is a wonderful product. I bought it last year and I’ve had hours of great fun on it – it’s got great battery life, a superb screen that works great outdoors and it’s (almost as) hard as nuts. I can’t wait for our kid to grow up and bang away on it!