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Antique voltmeter displays current air quality from the web.
One thing that disappoints me about computers is how little character they possess. Antique instruments of information display, like Victorian pendulum clocks, barometers, and compasses, and Babbage’s calculating engines, have a presence that modern computers lack.
I dig the look of the iPod as much the next guy, but even the best manufacturing design today doesn’t match that old brass-and-hardwood handcrafted love. Desktop widgets replace the need ...
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