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Sounds of obsolete technology

Modern technology is so quiet and efficient, so here are some reminders of how noisy computing used to be:

Number 1: The dot-matrix printer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Muajxx8vUV4

Number 2: Rotary dial phones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hUAQtqlhT4

Number 3: Tape-loading games

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJykX4s9MtQ

Number 4: Modems

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0

Number 5: Floppy drives

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qz9a8kYYkA… Continue reading

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Kuroshio Sea Aquarium

The aquarium is a part of the Ocean Expo Commemorative National Government Park located in Motobu, Okinawa. The main tank called the ‘Kuroshio Sea’ holds 7,500-cubic meters (1,981,290 gallons) of water and features the world’s second largest acrylic glass panel, measuring 8.2 meters by 22.5 meters with a thickness of 60 centimeters.

Imagine cleaning the glass on that! I think I need to sort my… Continue reading

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Trip to the dentist

Went to the dentist, had a missing filling repaired. I think this video illustrates the situation nicely

To be fair though, my dentist is great and only spends five minutes digging around in my face with the needle while calmly saying “try to relax”. I’ll relax once you’ve finished prodding my brain with that six inch nail, since that’s what it feels like he’s doing with the needle.

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Interesting Hungarian cartoon

I have no idea what’s going on with this, but it’s interesting to watch. It reminds me of those bizarre art films that Channel 4 used to play late night in the 80s. I’d often fall asleep with my TV on and wake up to some random cartoon that made zero sense, and had no explanation as to why it was even on.

From Digital Tools

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BIRDY NAM NAM – THE PARACHUTE ENDING from Steve Scott on Vimeo

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