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Rantings in the digital wind as your Grot Shop of the information age. "I didn't get where I am today without recognising a completely useless machine when I see one" - C.J.
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Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I had the chance to see "An Inconvenient Truth" as well as "Who Killed the Electric Car". Both are very detailed and provide many things to think about. I would recommend that everyone see the first, and anyone slightly interested go ahead and see the second. I thought both were very well done. -Jon-
Exxon kills free classroom copies of "Inconvenient Truth". Cory Doctorow:
Odiyya sez, "Laurie David, a producer of An Inconvenient Truth, reports that the National Science Teachers Association has rejected 50,000 free classroom copies of the movie, citing 'unnecessary risk upon the [NSTA] capital campaign, especially certain targeted supporters.' One of those supporters turns out to be Exonn-Mobil."
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(Thanks, Odiyya!)
By noemail@noemail.org (Cory Doctorow). [Boing Boing]
5:01:51 PM 
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Oh, brings back memories of seeing these in Popular Electronics and Kilobaud magazine when I was little. My how things have changed since then.
Altair 8800 replica kit. Cory Doctorow:
Check out these amazing replica Altair 8800 kit, composed all new (or new-old stock) parts, with the original instructions for assembly. The Altair 8800 was the microcomputer ancestor of the PC -- the computer that inspired the PC revolution. It was -- to some approximation -- the first useful computer that you could build and run in your home workshop. Regrettably, these kits are only sold on eBay, making them a pain to acquire, but the idea is just fantastic, and it sounds like the build-quality is terrific.
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(via Make)
By noemail@noemail.org (Cory Doctorow). [Boing Boing]
1:38:43 PM
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