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13 year-old uses Walkman for a week, doesn’t know tape has second side

By Nick Morrisson | Published: 20 September, 2009
An interesting piece from BBC news begins, “When the Sony Walkman was launched, 30 years ago this week, it started a revolution in portable music. But how does it compare with its digital successors? The Magazine invited 13-year-old Scott Campbell to swap his iPod for a Walkman for a week.” It took me three days to [...]
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Coffee machine apparently unsure user really wants coffee

By Nick Morrisson | Published: 28 June, 2009
Here’s a funny post from F My Life: Today, at the bank, I went to get some coffee from their machine. I gave it my money and pressed the buttons but nothing was happening. After banging on the machine for ten minutes and calling a teller over, a little boy reached up on his tippy toes [...]
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