This week’s roundup of horribly crappy gadgets involves far too many innocent animals , from a USB-infused tortoise that doubles as an ashtray to a tank of jellyfish that only receive their nutrients when the USB cable is connected.
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Crapgadget: "USB, meet animals; animals, meet USB" edition
Seymour Cray’s big super computer was crazy. It’s signals between components had to be timed by trimming long cables up to 1/16th of an inch at a time by hand and was basically interwoven with a giant refrigeration system.
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Cray-1: The Super Computer – cray-1 – Gizmodo
The economic stimulus package is best known locally for the $125 million in road projects it is funding. Some workers are counting on the $25 million sent to Jacksonville for job programs.A small fraction of the federal stimulus …
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Stimulus sliver will shore up Jacksonville's arts | Jacksonville.com
JWB, I fail to see how a stagecraft recreation of what is arguably the most popular game of all time could be considered an ‘inside joke’. Also, it may be silly, but to pull off something like that using people takes an awful lot of …
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Mario recreation on India's Got Talent – Boing Boing
(Note: Many programs for the auction is being done, which is very useful if you have multiple online auctions at the same time).
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Wholesale prices for resale, the fifth part of the wholesale …
Things are getting tougher with the recession and graduates will be competing for increasingly reduced funding and opportunities in the arts . Susan Jones, Director of programmes for a-n, The Artists Information Company, wrote this in a …
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Toolkits and free advice for the visual arts – Intute blog
The North Carolina Alliance for Golf met yesterday (July 7, 2009) in Raleigh to discuss the potential Recreation and Entertainment Tax that is currently under consideration in the Senate Finance Committee. Alliance members met with key …
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Golf in NC: Recreation and Entertainment Tax Considered by Senate …
What do murder, pedophilia, suicide and a baby tiger have in common? They have all been used to sell stuff in these amazingly disturbing vintage ads!These are.
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The 15 Creepiest Vintage Ads Of All Time | Retro
As explained in previous bulletins the business of pets continues to grow dramatically, especially in large cities. The many inquiries we received for this.
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Recreation Center for pets | businesdevelopment.net
The Internet is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and offers shopping that can be just as safe as stores or mail orders. But unless consumers learn to identify online fraud indicators, those who buy online can open themselves up to …
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Shopping Safely Online – BBB News Center