Daily Shaarli
April 24, 2007
the idea is to have a free sponsored parcel (ads on the skybox) - and only the most popular parcels can stay, the others are given to other people
: Incredible Retro-Futuristic Sci-Fi Instruments
"doodling with a typewriter gives vent to the imagination and originality of both the experienced and the hunt-and-peck typist. (...) An example is shown in the flower which is made with the letter X alone."
"If, for instance, the subject's nose is slightly crooked — so slightly, in fact, that it escapes ordinary observation — the flaw is promptly detected by the instrument and corrective makeup is applied by an experienced operator."
"ASCII art had been originally developed in the late 1960s, by computer-art pioneer Kenneth Knowlton, who was working for Bell Labs at the time."
building an aftermarket Rez vibrator
"As a public librarian, I've seen a lot of books. Some covers are intriguing, some make me really want to read the book...these are the "other" covers."