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When I first spotted this dot-matrix numbers on this clock I thought it was a modern-day blue LED display. But lurking beneath the surface of this timepiece is something far more interesting.
What we actually have here is a very rare Russian relic from the early 1980s…
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November 5th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: design | retro
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The first thing that pops into my mind when I hear the word “candelabra” is The Phantom of the Opera. The second is Liberace. The third is an old episode of Scooby Doo involving a haunted mansion. I’m reasonably certain that the words electronic and modern aren’t anywhere on the list. Of course, I’ve been wrong before…
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July 18th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | design | hacks-mods
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This amazing laptop creation by Datamancer beautifully melds old world style with modern technology. Under the hood of this lovingly handcrafted wood case is a Hewlett-Packard ZT1000 notebook computer, running Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux.
The system features intricate clock mechanisms below a glass top, brass details, leather wrist pads and even claw feet…
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November 1st, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: strange and wonderful | timepieces
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This amazing clock may have been constructed almost 400 years ago, but it’s just as bone-chilling as it was back then. To tell the time, just crack open his skull cap, and the clock is where his brains should be.
The skull and crossbones automaton clock has a mechanical moving jaw, and snakes that dart out of its eyeballs…
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October 28th, 2007
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author: technabob