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NPR : Hops Shortage Likely to Boost Price of Beer

Nooooooo!

NPR : Hops Shortage Likely to Boost Price of Beer

Old Working Phonograph

Sounds pretty good huh? No electronics.

Chumby: Information Appliance

Yeah, I have one of these things. It displays RSS feeds, handles multimedia, etc. As an alarm clock, it's overkill. This thing could be useful in lots of places, at least until they place touchscreen terminals in every room in the house.

Another opinion: A Night With Chumby

Everyday Engineering

Starts out with a discussion of "windscreen". Funny story: a few years ago, a English colleague cracked his windshield, but couldn't figure out how to replace it. Why? His internet and yellowbook searches were based all based on "windscreen", not "windshield".



Always remember : "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it." - a version of Murphy's Law

Futher reading: Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences