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#filmmaking
Orson Welles and His Brief Passionate Betacam Love Affair
In January 1985, the phone rang. The caller announced that he was Orson Welles and that he wanted to have lunch with me. Thus began one of the most extraordinary and bittersweet adventures of my life. More » -
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#design
A Century of Great Gadget Design: Phaidon's Design Classics
Phaidon, publisher of the best-looking books on the planet, just released Pioneers, Mass Production, and New Technologies, three volumes each containing 333 of the most impressively designed objects of the last century. Here are 12 gadgets that made the cut. More » -
#retromodo
100 Years of Failure: 10 Technologies We Were Promised But Never Got
In Your Flying Car Awaits, author Paul Milo discusses "robot butlers, lunar vacations and other dead-wrong predictions of the 20th Century." Here are 10 calamitous tech failures. Even the ones that did make it aren't anything like their original visions. More » -
#speakers
The Best 5.1 Speaker Systems You Can Buy for $800 or Less
During our week celebrating precision audio, you guys asked about respectable but affordable home-theater audio. So we hit up CNet's Audiophiliac, Steve Guttenberg, to clue us in to three exceptional 5.1 speaker/subwoofer combo packages selling for $800 or less. More » -
#ebookreaders
Barnes & Noble Nook Review: Pretty Damn Good
It's a relief to finally lay hands on the Nook. The dual-screen reader was just a prop at its unveiling so I'm happy to report it works (pretty) well. It can't kill Kindle yet, but it's an alternative worth considering. More » -
#humor
A Romance Flowchart: When Is It Inappropriate to Use Your iPhone?
Does your significant other always yell at you for busting out your smartphone too much when you're together? Follow this flowchart to determine if now really is a good time to fire that brick up: More » -
#timemanhattanproject
Video: What Sports Illustrated Might Feel Like on a Tablet
We heard some impressions earlier today, but look at Time Inc's Manhattan Project for yourself: What a live-action Sports Illustrated issue would actually look like—complete with obligatory Swimsuit Issue video clips. Not half bad. [The Wonderfactory on YouTube] More » -
#giftguide
Toys and Games To Buy Smart Kids Whose Parents You Actually Like
Here they are, 10 toys and games painstakingly selected for coolness and/or inoffensiveness (plus two of the worst ideas), running the gamut in age range and price. Pick through, and you'll find something nice for the brainy little snot. More »
