Never assume inveterate hardware nerds don’t have feelings. We Gadget Lab editors, reporters and photographers are actually creatures of great emotional depth and complexity. In fact, almost to a person, we’re all in committed, loving relationships -- and most of our partners aren’t even tech geeks.
Yes, we’re full of love. Most of our adoration is reserved for Valentine’s sweethearts, but we wouldn’t be good at our jobs if we didn’t reserve a bit of fetishistic hardware worship for our favorite gear as well.
Read More - http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/14-valentines-gadgets/
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Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Nostalgia: Board Games
CLUEDO is one of the most popular board games in the world, selling millions in over 40 countries and spawning a film, stage play and TV series.
And yet, its creator remains a much bigger mystery than the game is to solve.
Unlike his multi-millionaire contemporaries who invented Monopoly and Scrabble, Anthony Pratt, from Kings Heath, died without fame or fortune in 1994.
His idea was to create a board game came about during the war when he was missing being able to socialise.
Read More - http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/nostalgia-history-midlands/2012/01/08/nostalgia-board-games-66331-30077548/
And yet, its creator remains a much bigger mystery than the game is to solve.
Unlike his multi-millionaire contemporaries who invented Monopoly and Scrabble, Anthony Pratt, from Kings Heath, died without fame or fortune in 1994.
His idea was to create a board game came about during the war when he was missing being able to socialise.
Read More - http://www.sundaymercury.net/lifestyle-news/nostalgia-history-midlands/2012/01/08/nostalgia-board-games-66331-30077548/
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