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Daily Toast: May 1st 2008

May 1st, 2008 by Chris Ellis in How to Read | Viewed 3331 times since 04/15, 1 so far today

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Directory of Obsolete Skills. My personal favourite: “Editing AUTOEXEC-BAT And CONFIG-SYS To Get As Close As Possible To 640K Of Free Memory.” Link.

The Schwerbelastungskörper. Link.

Nothing really unexpected but Google Adwords will be coming to a TV near you. The giant is trying to make local cable TV advertising more affordable. This foray into the technicolour world of TV should scare the crap out of many in the ad agency world. Link.

The Wabot-2: organ-playing robot. The video is enchanting. Link.

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