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December 18, 2010
by James Reyes
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Anachronism

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A man dressed as an ancient Roman Centurion takes a picture during a falling snow in front of Colosseum, in Rome December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY – Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)

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Categories: History, Photos, Technology | Tags: Ancient Rome | Permalink

December 11, 2010
by James Reyes
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Ancient Greek computer rebuilt using Legos

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Lost to history until 1901 when it was pulled from a shipwreck, it took scientists until 2006 to discover the purpose of the Antikythera mechanism, a machine dating from between 100-150 BCE. This incredible example of ancient engineering know-how predicted … Continue reading →

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Categories: History, Technology | Tags: Ancient Greeks, Antikythera mechanism, Classics, Lego, Nerdery | Permalink

November 12, 2010
by James Reyes
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Netflix taking up 20% of bandwidth during evening hours

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Netflix’s Squeeze — No Not That One, The Other One Within North America, we observed that Real-Time Entertainment is the largest contributor to data consumption on both fixed (43% of peak period traffic) and mobile access (41%) networks. Within that … Continue reading →

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Categories: Technology | Tags: Bandwith, Internet, Netflix | Permalink

October 23, 2010
by James Reyes
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Anachronistic Internet ads

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I found these pretty awesome anachronistic Internet ads on a Chris Wild’s great blog, How to be a Retronaut in the UK. Go over to see more.

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Categories: Art, Culture, Design, Media, Photos, Technology | Tags: Advertising, Anachronism, Facebook, Internet, Twitter | Permalink

October 22, 2010
by James Reyes
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The evolution of the geek

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Julius sent this over to me.  I guess I’d  be classified as a tech geek and a politics geek. Click to enlarge. Via Geekologie.

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Categories: Miscellany, Technology | Tags: Geek, Nerdery | Permalink

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