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Tomorrowland review

Production designer Scott Chambliss riffs off the style of Disneyland and architect Santiago Calatrava to create a retro-future world that captures the essence of the 1960s space race aesthetic at a glance. Bird's camera captures it with the wandering ...

The Blub Uno tube clock is the coolest, most inefficient way to tell time

Sydney-based designer Duncan Hellmers is using Kickstarter to fund his retro Blub Uno tube clock, and despite its somewhat muculent name, it looks pretty cool. The USB-powered clock is made of a single Nixie tube — a cold-cathode tube introduced in ...

Charles H. Townes, Who Paved Way for the Laser in Daily Life, Dies at 99

verified Einstein's cosmological theories, discovered ammonia molecules at the center of the Milky Way and created an atomic clock that measured time to within one second in 300 years. He moved easily from lab to classroom to government policy ...

Think Retro: Bring back the Flying Toasters

Sometimes, things don't strike you as unusual until you come to explain them to someone else. I have a young cousin, for example—young enough that she uses #yolo apparently without irony—and I suspect if I tried to explain to her that, for a period ...

Ascension review: no future

SyFy is known for spinning off popular movies, or beating viewers into submission with Dadaist pulp like Sharknado, but its new miniseries Ascension starts with a brilliant premise. What if Project Orion, a '50s research program bent on launching ...

The Knowledge, London's Legendary Taxi-Driver Test, Puts Up a Fight in the Age ...

In his dining room, there were three maps: two jumbo London street plans — one laminated on the dinner table and one tacked to the wall — and an enlarged view of the W1 postcode, the bustling zone which stretches south from Marylebone to Piccadilly ...

City traders make new recruit eat 8 quarter pounders

The video begins with the 23-year-old victim sitting at his desk with boxes of McDonald's burgers piled up next to him. Wearing casual Obviously starting to feel unwell, he holds his head in his hands as he tries to regain his composure with the ...

Privilege International Antique Airplane

Accessorize a desk or bookshelf with the retro Privilege International Antique Airplane. Made from red iron and aluminum, this decorative airplane makes a unique accent piece in an office or bedroom.

Lindbergh Aviation Table Clock Set

Whimsical vintage body style airplane and helicopter with clock faces. Made from 80% wrought iron and 20% hardware. Helicopter: 10.5 in. W x 5 in. D x 6.25 in. H. Airplane: 11.75 in. W x 11.5 in. D x 9.25 in. H. Weight: 6.87 lbs.

All I Know Is, This Is Very, Very Wrong

Yeah, wrap your mind around this little nugget for a while. Belly button machines, teenage girls and "Big" Bird bent over a guy wearing Underoos. I am so uncomfortable right now. [Imageshack via Digg] Syndicate this post Yeah, wrap your mind around this ...