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  • “Productivity dysmorphia is the inability to see one’s own success, to acknowledge the volume of your own output.” – via Tom Whitwell
  • How NASA has kept Apollo moon rocks safe from contamination for 50 years
  • Everything you ever wanted to know about the history of tiki culture
  • The Day the Music Burned is the story of the 2008 Universal fire.
  • The current Banana Republic is nothing like it was when I was a kid. You can learn all about the company’s history at Abandoned Republic.
  • The Launch is the story behind the 2019 debut of the Cosmic Crisp apple.
  • The Ultimate Guide to Building a Hot Wheels Race Track
  • For a little while now Apple has allowed you to tag someone as a legacy contact who can access and download the data in your account after your death. You can find the feature on the Sign-in & Security tab under your Apple Account at the top of the Settings app on your iOS device.

#apple #dailydavid #death #food #ios #moon #music #music industry #nasa #psychology #toys

Easy Christmas Gifts for Parents

Easy Christmas Gifts for Parents

Some quick and (mostly) inexpensive gifts for parents

#batteries #christmas #gifts #holidays #parenthood #toys #xbox

How Lego builds a new Lego set

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Build Your Own R2-D2

Build Your Own R2-D2

Everyone should have an astromech droid.

#gifts #millennium falcon #movies #robots #star wars #toys

The 10 Most Valuable Star Wars Action Figures

The 10 Most Valuable Star Wars Action Figures

On an old obsession

#darth vader #han solo #jennifer gagne #luke skywalker #millennium falcon #movies #r2-d2 #star wars #toys

Original BlasTech DL-44

Original BlasTech DL-44

A few years ago I wrote about how foolish it would be for me to spend $499.00 on a replica BlasTech DL-44. (I really did consider it.) I guess that means it would be really, really irresponsible to lay down $200,000.00 for the actual one. via kottke.org

#guns #han solo #harrison ford #movies #star wars #toys

#FridayFive: Awesome Toys

View the Friday Five from November 29th, 2013

#fridayfive #lists #toys

Caine’s Arcade

Oh, man. I love this kid.

#games #los angeles #movies #toys #video games

#FridayFive: Toys

View the Friday Five from June 4th, 2010

#fridayfive #games #lists #toys #video games

Tauntaun Sleeping Bag

Tauntaun Sleeping Bag

They probably would have sold a lot more of these if they’d had them twenty years ago. I can’t remember the last time I slept in a sleeping bag, and I certainly don’t see it happening any time soon. I would have thought this was awesome when I was 11, though. “This high-quality sleeping bag

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#han solo #star wars #toys

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bartender.live

A few years ago I was trying to determine what cocktails I could make with the alcohol I had at home. I searched the App Store but couldn't find an app that would let me do that, so I built one.

Hemingway

You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.

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