How To Tell If Your Significant Other Is A Robot [Robots]
Feeling unloved, but getting plenty of loving? This comic could be interpreted to suggest that such a situation may indicate that your significant other is a robot. [SMBC] More »
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14 Female Convicts, Six Digital Cameras, and One Romanian Prison [Image Cache]
This photo may not be a masterful snapshot, but I think it’s absolutely beautiful. It was taken by a female convict in a Romanian prison—a woman who was terrified just holding the Canon Powershot…
iPhone’s With CoCo [Image Cache]
Well, well, well. Look who decided to drop by the 5th ave Apple Store’s iPhone 4 line? I guess Conan needed a break from his busy schedule of, uh, well…I guess he just was in the area. [Huffington Po…
No Conditioner Can Untangle These Power Lines [Image Cache]
This ad for Procter & Gamble’s Rejoice conditioner uses the tangled mess of power lines in Bangkok to get its message across. Pretty brilliant, no? [BusinessWeek via Book of Joe]
Steve Jobs’ Colorful Past, Rendered in Salvaged Logos [Image Cache]
I think computer makers should pull a Starbucks and bring back their classic logos, at least for one year. It would remind everybody of happier, more vibrant times. [univac/Flickr via Gadget Lab]
Microsoft’s Retail Stores Are Eight Times As Genius [Image Cache]
You like Apple Geniuses? Penny Arcade shows an educated guess at how much you’re going to like Microsoft’s retail stores when they open right next to Apple ones this fall. Spoiler: a lot. [PA]
Never Before Seen Image of Neil Armstrong’s First Moonwalk Shows His face [Image Cache]
At last, Neil Armstrong will be able to wear his “Been There, Done That” t-shirt with pride. After all, we never saw his face through the solar visor in any of the lunar walk photos. Until today.
This weird and never-before-seen photo was taken by the top camera of the Eagle. As Armstrong walked his first steps across the surface of the Sea of Tranquility, on that little dusty ball of cheese we like to call the Moon.
The image is really one frame of a film that has been transferred to high definition by Spacecraft Films. It’s now being released in Voices from the Moon, a book by Andrew Chaikin, one of my favorite space authors.
In case you have been living in a cave for the past few decades, today is the 40th anniversary of the first Moon landing. The Apollo 11 was the biggest adventure and technological challenge ever, bringing three humans—mission Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene ‘Buzz’ Aldrin, Jr.—to our satellite.
Here they are then:
And here they are now:
They don’t make them like these anymore, I’m afraid. [Voices from the Moon and Andrew Chaikin]
Motivational Music In a Dangerous Land [Image Cache]
For every ten stories about Iraq “reductions,” there might be one about Afghanistan—and it’s definitely not about reductions. That said, I’m glad one of my favorite blogs, The Big Picture, decided to do two posts on Afghanistan this week.
Steve Wozniak, Segway Polo Pioneer, Aims for the Goal [Image Cache]
Here’s a photo of Apple Employee #1, Steve Wozniak, as he plays for the Silicon Valley Aftershocks during the Segway Polo World Championships. Woz is one of the most prominent players of this silly and endearing sport. [Christian Science Monitor]
How Apple.com Would Have Looked in 1983 [Image Cache]
Do you know what this is, dear Apple fanboys and haters? From the beige to the menu bar items to the Lisa Office or the iPhone, this 1983 take on Apple.com’s frontpage is pure genius. That’s exactly what this is.
(click on the image for full resolution)
Dave Lawrence, the author, explains:
Little project of mine: imagine Apple.com in 1983. The Apple Lisa is new, the Mac is still a year away. It’s imaginary, of course, considering the iPhone and Apple even hinting at the Macintosh publicly. Still… fun to imagine.
Fun to see too. I can’t have enough of that “BASIC” in the menu items. [Flickr via Macmagazine—In Brazilian]
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