The result of Classic and Modern combined

July 26, 2008 at 4:41 pm · Filed under beautiful, Gadget, Cool, Latest Cool Gadgets, craft, vintage, classic, custom made, laptop, special

I am so impress with this laptop. Great work Datamancher; this skillfully crafted wood case combined perfectly with a Hewlett-Packard ZT1000 notebook computer, making a laptop user like me swoon over its finishing. This awesome gadget runs on Window XP and Ubuntu Linux, features clock mechanism under the glass top, copper and brass details, comfortable leathered wrist and if you look at the bottom, you will see four sturdy claw feet jutting out. Talking about a elegantly stable laptop.
That’s not all, wait until you get your fingers on the beautiful copper plated keys on the keyboard. Did you wonder how are you going to turn this baby on? You will get the answer at the bottom.

Lay your eyes on this!

Lets go into the detail, shall we?

It may look old and classic but everything seems to be in place.

Ta~da!

A CD rom drive that actually works and check out the chain!

Makes the […]

Original post by Pamela

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Suffrage Slapstick

April 21, 2008 at 6:31 pm · Filed under Video Clips, film, Movies & SciFi, vintage

(YouTube link)
In this silent film from 1899, two ladies (male actors play the parts) are engaged in some sort of excited exchange when two men play a trick on them. From the YouTube page:
The film doesn’t make clear why they deserve this attack, but an accompanying set of cards produced by the production company indicates that the ladies were engaged in a discussion about the then pressing political issue of women’s suffrage.

From the British Film Institute National Archive. Link

Original post by Miss Cellania

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