I have a great old photo of Minneapolis in my collection that I am trying to place a date on.  I am guessing 1930′s-40′s but I can’t tell for sure.  It appears to be taken from Hennepin Avenue from ~6th street facing southwest.  Does anyone have a better idea?

Flight of the Conchords – Sello Tape video and lyrics

Original Concept / Unknown Designer This will get your attention: Now, go buy the kit: eightCubed More information after the jump:

By Industrial Facility (UK) for IDEA International, Japan Price: $40 (US) This clock just makes sense.  There isn’t any retro-steampunk-vacuum-tube display.  There isn’t any innovation in the way that time is displayed.  Instead, there is just a great interface and clean lines to define this clock.  The focus is on utility with an unusual two [...]

As they say in Monty Python: “And now for something completely different.” I love unique clocks.  Not grandfather clocks, not cheap $10 alarm clocks, I am talking about hand-made small quantity digital clocks.  Without any more filler text, here is my list of favorite clocks: Nocrotec Sylvia Clock By Dieter Wächter – $399 http://nocrotec.com/start.php?navi=5&pid=21&gtxtid=110&lg=en This [...]

If you have five free minutes, you have to check out this post about the $5 cell phone oscilloscope.  The display (including non-existent divisions!) is from an old Nokia phone and the CPU is a PicAxe 08M. It is things like this that make me want to go back and get my EE degree.  (Not [...]

XY Laser scanner controlled by my mac. iTunes is providing source music and the scanners are reacting with the LEFT channel manipulating the X axis and the RIGHT channel manipulating the Y axis. Nine Inch Nails – Only Muse – Endlessly The Postal Service – Such Great Heights