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Designer Neil Poulton got the inspiration for the domed glowing light on the outside of his latest hard drive design from the red light on the face of HAL 9000, the infamous computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The new LaCie 5big Network storage array is designed for small and medium workgroups looking for a ton of storage at a reasonable price…
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October 12th, 2008
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filed under: audio | design | retro
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When I think of 2001: A Space Odyssey, it usually conjures up imagery of HAL 9000’s glowing red light, the strains of Also Sprach Zarathrustra, and dead astronauts launched silently into space.
But the guys over at Studio Electronics used the film as inspiration for the design of their new Omega Orion synthesizer…
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July 31st, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: technology | video games
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Remember the ape/monolith scene from Kubrick’s classic 2001:A Space Odyssey? Apparently these apes didn’t get the memo that it wasn’t an Odyssey [console] at all, but actually an Atari 2600.
This imaginative t-shirt by Akron, Ohio illustrator psychoreindeer reimagines that fateful monkey moment with a gigantic Atari joystick in place of the big black slab…
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July 3rd, 2008
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filed under: just plain fun | video games
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Has your Xbox 360 ever overheated? Do you dread the three Red Rings of Death? Have I got a t-shirt for you…
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September 13th, 2007
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