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“Doing it the hard way”

I had the pleasure and privilege of seeing James Hunter tear up the stage last weekend, and heartily recommend anyone within shooting distance of his remaining shows take advantage.  He’s the last of the genuine 60’s soul men, despite being a 90s Englishman. British soulman James Hunter isn’t one to complain. It took him 20 […]

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Boing Boing: Animated “walk-dont-walk” man on Taiwans traffic lights

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/25/animated_walkdontwal.html Amazing how a simple modification to a common item makes it far more useful. The little “walk-don’t-walk” man on Taiwan’s traffic lights appears in a grid of green LEDS. As the countdown timer ticks down to zero, the little man “walks faster and faster and breaks into a trot in the last seconds.

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