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How to Succeed with Brunettes
youtube.comRecreating a Banned Toy from the 1980s
youtube.comThe 88×31 GIF Collection
cyber.dabamos.debrowser wipEout
phoboslab.orgPlay wipEout in the browser, and read the article written about rewriting it.
Joan Ross
joanross.com.auWorld's Strangest Research Vessel Heads for Scrapyard After 60 Years
maritime-executive.comEXP TV
exptv.orgEndless stream of obscure media and video ephemera
More than a material girl: Scholars talk about what Barbie represents
19thnews.org“In some sense Barbie invites more of a critique because she is a role model of mass consumption, but she isn’t given that critique,” Wright said. “She is like other female archetypes, really criticized for what she represents and how she’s presenting herself in the world. It really comes back to women’s embodiment and what that symbolizes.”
Cyndi Lauper — Live In Budokan 1986
youtube.comThe Old Net
theoldnet.comBrowse the old World Wide Web. Good for old devices with ancient browsers.
Random Web 1.0 website
wiby.meEvery time you click this link, it will send you to a random Web 1.0 website
How a suburban skate ramp drew pro skateboarder Tony Hawk to Tasmania in the 90s
abc.net.auOn December 3, 1990, world-renowned professional skateboarder Tony Hawk dropped into a ramp on a skateboard in the suburb of Rosny in Hobart.
Hawk performed “pretty much” every trick possible on a vert ramp — a ramp with a flat bottom and steep vertical section at the top — in front of a captivated audience drawn from all over the state.
His presence, on one of a handful of public skate ramps in Tasmania at the time, was unbelievable.
It was his first and only visit to Tasmania.
Who killed Google Reader?
theverge.comTen years after its untimely death, the team that built the much-beloved feed reader reflects on what went wrong and what could have been.
Our Friend The Computer — Australia's Microbee Computer
ourfriendthe.computerAfter the girls discuss recent tech-art exhibitions they’ve seen in New York and London, Camila introduces Ana to some stories about the history of computer eduction in Australian schools. This months episode is a two-for-one! Firstly, we learn about a government plan to develop an especially Australian computer for use in schools with options for networking and for portable ‘laptop-style’ use. Then we hear about the rise and fall of the ‘Microbee’ computer—Australia’s first home-grown personal computer. This computer, which was designed and manufactured in Australia, controlled a large portion of the primary school computer market not just in Australia but also Scandinavia and Russia, winning contracts over Apple!