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THE GAUMONT CHRONOPHONE SYSTEM: 1910

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Ever seen an island leap 20 feet into the air?

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Me neither.

From t-xen

The URL says it all in this case.

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Vince-Clarke-Studio-For-Sale

So, who's up for a quick bank job?

Any mad scientists or evil genii out there in the market for a new secret headquarters? There's loads of room for death rays and minion accomodation here

Titan Missile Base
Huge Underground Facility on 57 Acres
Item number: 190132455924

Advertised price: US $1,500,000.00

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And you thought I was bad...

... The very first item sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer for $14.83. Astonished, Omidyar contacted the winning bidder and asked if he understood that the laser pointer was broken. In his responding email, the buyer explained: "I'm a collector of broken laser pointers."[4] ...

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This guy is playing with gyroscopes. In space.

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More microgravity related fun

Revolution, flashmobs, and brain chips. A grim vision of the future ( Read more... )

Often when you recycle an old computer, you find weird things on it. I just scored a beauty.

On a 40MB drive from a Mac LC - a Word doc of notes from a meeting between Ivan Milat and his lawyers in Long Bay remand centre.

3 minute BBC doco on the making of the Dr Who theme music, 1980 version. Not a patch on Delia's 1963 original.

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Far more information on all the versions.

Update: Think you can beatmix? Delia did it on 8 reel-to-reel tapes, simultaneously, in 1963.