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Bonjour,
Great !
I appreciated this alternative approach of electronics and overall of new technologies with this diverted vision.
That points out a little, the spirit of those who discovered with passion (my Father) this domain in 50s-60s, with the application of this brilliant invention which is the Transitor.
S.
I love this kind of stuff.
Yea Rocketboom!
Again your roots are showing! (not yours Joanne) The best of all worlds - an interview and a lot of cool tech stuff.
Yes - the rotary cell phone rules. I think there might be a market for it. What a great tool for social commentary. I can imagine using it to setup an "office" in the middle of a park, or in the lobby of a high rise office building - complete with a manual typewriter. The possibilies are endless.
Anyone else have other ideas for the rotary cell phone?
Great job - keep it up!
Wow, that stuff was really cool.
Great episode today.
I loved this report. Phil is great.
Here is my favorite frame from this report:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevegarfield/310339620/
Joanne with headphones.
It's like when Maxwell Smart would go to the lab for a new "high tech" gaget. I wonder if this guy can invent the shoe phone, like Max had ?
Yeah - cool show.
... anything else required ..
nah .. it was just a cool show.
I really hate it when obnoxious people force me to listen to their private conversations by being next to me, yapping on their cell phones in restaurants, the movies, grocery stores, etc. I would love to be able to pull out one of those old phones and have it ring in their ears so they would realize how annoying they are.
Awesome report!!!
"Do you have a Zune?"
(pause)
"No"
LOL! Neither does anyone else.
That's a very nice episode! Keep up the good job guys...
For Xmas I'd like the RIAA to go away and stop threatening to blot out the sky.
Look here folks, RIAA wants to shut down the Internet, and the Bush's government is sympathetic to the idea!
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36027&referrer=hopeseekr
Hey, that's my open source synth!
Hey, that's my rotary cell phone!
Hey, that's my internet alarm clock!
Hey, that's my Altoids drug holder case!
Hey, that's my nude diode mp3 player!
Hey, what gives!
And my headphones too!
Hey, that Phillip character looks a lot like the
guy that broke into my apartment last week.
I'm checking the video camera now...
yup, that's him!!
I'm calling the cops, thanks RB.
..........Hey, where's my soldering iron!
Where did you say he works???
This was a somewhat useful episode, but you should reach a little further beyond NYC and/or people you know.
Maybe check out Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar up in Connecticut?
ok,why?
I do to have very very more shaolin ka.
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ps:interesting!!!
BIG!
ok,why?
I do to have very very more shaolin ka.
a...
ps:interesting!!!
BIG!
Excellent show / reportage,
Thank you / Merci.
That rotary phone rocks. I'd love to see some pranks with that phone posted up on YouTube!!! Any takers for the challenge?
J
Timothy Leary did say he ripped it off some Kam-man. Well, maybe we can work something out. Got any Polonium?
By the way, who thought up the lamest product name ever?
Zune!
Let's see what ryhmes with Tune (as in iTunes) oh I got it ....Zune.
Bill Gates: yeah whatever, let me drink my scotch in peace, I've got 3 kids now, get outta here...I'm a philanthropist now... where's that other bottle... Zune Moon Cocoon...whatever, just get it out for X-mas or your Xed.
Excellent show today Rocketboom hang in there You Guys . Great Stuff
One of the coolest episode ever! I am going to subscribe to make mag right now...
Thx RB!
I have been watchin' the show with some interest for awhile. Latey I noticed the producer alienated the Republican viewers and allegedly censors the comments of nay-sayers. Is it any suprise that the remaining comments all seem so positive?
Just,
Curious?
Kam-man check dumpster for ex-KGB
spy... bring along geiger counter or lead suit and tiny spoon and vial.
Boy, you really want that Altoids drug case back badly. By the by, I spray painted it with psychedelic colors, paisely and such...hope you don't mind.
Yup, that's the one!