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Seventeen Years I've Wanted This Little Item and Been Trying to Get It
By Kat Bauman - Nov 25, 2013
Here's lookin' at you, kidNever actually watched the black and white films everyone claims to love? No sweat. If you've got a mil' to kil' today you can massage your movie cred by buying THE Maltese Falcon. Or the getaway car from Casablanca. Or a gauzy garment from Gone with the Wind... the, ah stuff dreams are made of. Who could question you with that regal raptor on your mantle? Nobody, kiddo.
Kat Bauman
Irritated machine-lover and international Portland correspondent.
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By Rain Noe - Nov 22, 2013
We Are What We Do. Master Craftsman Eric Hollenbeck on the Workshop as Remedy
If this video was just about a guy who makes things using only pre-1949 shop tools, it would be awesome (check out the wicked picket-cutting machine at 1:47). If it was just about a guy who can turn 1,200 cornerblocks by hand with machine-like accuracy, it would be awesome. And...
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By Rain Noe - Nov 21, 2013
We Are What We Do. Ralph Baer, Father of Video Game Consoles, Still Inventing at Age 90, and Here's Why
Before XBox, before Playstation, before Sega, even before Atari, there was the Magnavox Odyssey, the world's first game console. It was the work of Ralph Baer, an inventor who developed it in 1966 for a defense industry company that developed electronics, and by 1971 Magnavox had licensed it. Some of...
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By IDEO - Nov 13, 2013
Redefining Heritage: Introducing the Brooks Cambium C17 Saddle
Since 1866, when John Boultbee Brooks first wielded his iron awl and cobbler's hammer to stretch leather over a bike saddle, his company has been known for its craftsmanship, durability, and quirky British insistence on doing things differently. Cyclists are fiercely attached to the brand. Thus, when Brooks England turned...
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By Rain Noe - Nov 08, 2013
Watch as Tony Swatton, Blacksmith to the Gods, Makes Thor's Hammer
Thor's mighty hammer, Mjölnir, was forged from magic metal in a workshop of the gods, right? Well, not this latest one; it was TIG-welded out of chromoly steel in a workshop in Burbank.Tony Swatton is a California-based master blacksmith who runs an unusual roster of employees, with a "Warlock of...
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