Gibson on Google

(Caching this important piece here for posterity..) Googles Earth By WILLIAM GIBSON I actually think most people dont want Google to answer their questions, said the search giants chief executive, Eric Schmidt, in a recent and controversial interview. They want Google to tell them what they should be doing next. Do we really desire Google […]

Pier Pressure (via banksyfilm)

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Frank Palkoska, is a former Army officer and West Point fitness instructor who adorns his office here with black-and-white photographs of 19th-century exercise classes and an assortment of retrograde equipment like medicine balls and wooden dumbbells.

“It’s back to the future,” Mr. Palkoska says

Army Revises Training to Deal With Unfit Recruits – NYTimes.com

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Zager And Evans – In The Year 2525 (via eitan19611)

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Late 19th/Early20thC Prosthetic Arm

From the UK’s Science Museum’s History of Medicine:

Made from steel and brass, this unusual prosthetic arm articulates in a number of ways. The elbow joint can be moved by releasing a…

Late 19th/Early20thC Prosthetic Arm

The Ghosts of Cherbourg « How to be a Retronaut

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The text says Rainy rain, you cannot hurt me. I would not go out without galoshes. Because of Rezinotrest [Soviet rubber-industry trust] every place is dry for me. Sold everywhere.