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Forrest Gump vs. Rain Man ... can you believe this article has been online since at least 1995??? (They can't either.)

Dan's Data reviews the Superball kit: "It's shiny. It's weighty. It's geometrically... intense. And although it looks like something a Man In Black would use to store spare singularities, you can actually build it yourself."
"Amazing Magnets seem to be a perfectly good source for these things, and their extensive line of steel balls is a neat addition. They don't have any really huge NIB magnets, but that's really just as well; giant NIBs just want to smash themselves, and you. They're about as fun to play with as alligators."

See also his review of kittens. (thanks Tim :)

BBC article, Deafblind slate 'senseless' tech:

A woman "who relies on a ventilator to breath [sic], accidentally turned off her own air supply when she pressed the button that she thought would summon assistance. By the time her carer came to check on her, she was unconscious."

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Player vs. Player is my new favorite comic. Well, one of my favorites.

[archive link for this strip]

Douglas Adams recalls:

"I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course - the computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to end."

More nerdy humor here.