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Minicomputers of the Nineties
Who needs an iPhone when you can carry around a trusty ol' HP200LX Palmtop? Lord Kalvan reminisces...

The Gender-Based App Store
Do girls need their own, special iPhone apps? sillymharia isn't tickled pink by Apple's special category.

The Modern Condition
Breathless has a phone that just won't stop making him sad sad sad. Some suggestions...

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Don't Forget to Water the High Tech Audio Equipment
Speakers? Desktop topiary? Why be forced to choose between the two? Via Lisa E.

High Tech TP
Design meets function meets...bodily function? Carey Milicich has an idea...

Metabricks and Mortar
What if Legos could build things themselves? A trippy video from Ant UK.

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Metric FAIL
A fascinating survey of the UK's inability to properly metric-ify, and how it's shown up in the strangest places, via RedScylla.

The Way Towards the Dodo?
Is the DSLR headed towards extinction? Will convenience really triumph? bookchick50 strains to differ with some opinions.

Flying Green
midnightbliss10 passes along this tidbit on Southwest Airlines' new eco-sensitive airplane...if such a thing is possible?

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Misty Beer-Colored Memory (Sticks)
Maybe you don't drink beer, but wouldn't it be nice if your USB flash drive did? Sure, why not? An interesting promotional possibility, uh, floated by stevenets365.

RIP GeoCities
It had to happen sometime, but at least we still have Angelfire and Tripod. via the Euraktiva News Newtork.

Increase Productivity AND Battery Life
...by turning off your data stream. You can do it! You can let go, too! Shaine has a handy tip on how to do so.

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This Week in Unsafe Cycling
Khabar Bike passes along a review of bike handlebar mounts for your iPhone. Just in case life wasn't already tricky enough for the urban cyclist.

Calling on a Recycled Phone
kee-rah :D can't stop braggin' bout her green cell phone!

No Liquids Involved
Technology troubles abound for Kaleb.G, who's got a broken phone to go with the broken keyboard. Why do machines hate us?

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Drowning Out Humanity
Valerae finds a product review for noise-cancelling earbuds that could save us all...

Shake the Disease
It's harder than it looks. wangers23 has a new toy iPhone...and cannot put it down. If you see her, please keep her out of the path of moving cars.

Google Wave...Who is it Good For?
Courtney isn't ready for the next level of online interaction...but maybe there's a hidden meaning to it all?

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Shoot For the Moon
And the planets...ValHallen experiments with planetary photography. And succeeds!

iPhoneIM
A hot tip on the new SMS-workaround app Ping!, that works just like Blackberry Messenger. Thanks, Squints!

Off His Rokr
kuzma reviews the new Motorola ROKR E8 handset...is it as silly as the name?

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Library of the Year!
That's right...Pueblo has it, and cyndia will make you jealous of her borrowing abilities!

Where to Go? It's In Your Pocket!
AmyH uncovers the secret of the ladies' pocket toilet, just in case you don't have a yogurt cup handy.

Twetstival-Hopping
Ant UK takes Twittering to a new, in-person socialization level! For charity!

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Open Shutter, Open Source
Gabrisha on an open-source digital camera that could reinvent photography...again.

Crazy Basins
Waterbaby spotlights some of the craziest freakin' sinks in the entire world. You're supposed to fill your watering can in one of these?

Turing Can't Forgive You Now...But Can We?
oylenshpeegul on the UK government's official apology to Alan Turing. Is it meaningful in 2009?

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Trust Nobody!
lazywong warns about allowing access to your most personal computer data...and prescribes a healthy dose of caution!

Ad-Hoc Connections Ahoy
A few quick steps to making ad-hoc internet connections, via codebreaker0806.

Higher Order Perl in PDF
Hot tip from John Napiorkowski on a free download of the great "Higher Order Perl" book.

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