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Technology To Die For
Fri, 08/05/2005 - 08:20 — deadprogrammer
I learned from a very interesting book called “Defying Gravity: The Making of Newton” that during the development of Apple Newton one engineer committed suicide. Being ahead of its time, Newton did not become popular, although it was engineered so well, that to this day many enthusiasts still use it, write software, and even make new hardware for it. I am actually thinking of buying one on eBay still. I don’t know if anyone got hurt during the development of iPod, but it was involved in several fatalities for sure. First, a woman beat her boyfriend to death with the device. This is reminiscent of Russian Emperor Paul I being killed with a snuff box. I was recently watching Leonid Parfenov’s awesome “Russian Empire” series, where he showed the infamous snuff box. I always thought that it was rather large, but it turns out to be about the size on an iPod. Also, a kid in Brooklyn died from a knife wound when he was being robbed of his iPod. NYPD and MTA reacted by this wonderfully cryptic ad. Without actually mentioning Apple or iPod they are urging hipsters to swap out the distinctive white iPod headphones for ugly Radioshack ones. Maybe they should also suggest buying Creative’s (or Microsoft’s when they come out) players - nobody will probably want to kill for one. Ad:
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100 Views of the Empire State Building project: I try to take 100 interesting photos of Manhattan’s (sadly) tallest building.
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Psywarrior
Yes, Virginia There Is Synergy
Call Time Police - We’ve Got a Time Traveler
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The news about the woman killing her husband with an ipod is a hoax
Yeah, my fact checking is not what it should be.
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