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on Sunday, July 29, 2012
The House in the Middle
atomic,
technology,
hangovers,
next,
paint
In 1954, the National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association and the National Clean Up ? Paint Up ? Fix Up Bureau got together with the Federal Civil Defense Administration to produce this propaganda gem. Model houses were built in the desert and exposed to atomic blasts to show the effect of the...
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on Sunday, July 29, 2012
Boys? Life: Corporal Rocket Reporting for Duty
models,
defense,
life,
missile,
advertisements
The Corporal missile was the first U.S. guided* rocket to carry a nuclear warhead. It was a surface-to-surface guided missile that could deliver either a nuclear fission or high-explosive warhead up to a range of 75 nautical miles. The guidance system was relatively complicated, relying on both i...
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on Saturday, July 28, 2012
Q³: Who?s on First?
quixotic,
technology,
vintage,
q3,
knows
As all of you regular followers of this feature know, in addition to the mysterious objects that I can identify, and then present to you, I also happen to have objects that despite managing to acquire and maintain possession over a fairly long period of time, I actually have no idea what they are...
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on Saturday, July 28, 2012
What Ever Became of?4 Color Pens?
technology,
vintage,
green,
clicky,
pens
At work this past week I overheard a co-worker getting called out for being about to write a correction on some paper without using a proper red pen. ?It IS red!?, he exclaimed, and held up a fine classic Bic 4 Color, and indicated to the little clicker showing that the pen was indeed red. I want...
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on Friday, July 27, 2012
User Input: Creative Recycling
electric,
sheep,
androids,
references,
input
Could these be the electric sheep that androids dream of? This photo comes to us courtesy of V8 Supercar driver Fabian Coulthard, teammate of friend-of-Hooniverse Jason Bright. Taken in his native New Zealand, it shows creatively recycled old phones and phone cables. This is, perhaps, the best us...
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