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Totally Weird Steampunk Monocles

Posted on 23 June 2011 in: Featured Articles, Technology

Monocles were really popular back in the 1890′s when this kind of eye wear was associated with rich upper-class men and capitalists. It was a pretty simple glass that they put in front of their eye, but now steampunk lovers have made their own interpretation of the monocle. It’s not as simple as the usual [...]

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How Scary Halloween Costumes Looked Like Before

Posted on 17 November 2010 in: Featured Articles, Lifestyle

Another Halloween has passed by, another night with scary costumes and trick or treats. Every store has its own creepy and unique costumes, and the variety is huge. But how did Halloween costumes look a century ago? The thing is that they did not only dress up for Halloween back then, but for different masquerades, [...]

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Calculators From The Past

Posted on 20 September 2010 in: Featured Articles, Lifestyle

Today it has become hard and unnecessary to do maths in your head, because everybody’s got a calculator. The calculator is a genius invention and range way back to year 1623, but was first produced and sold in 1820. This was really old calculators that can’t compare with those that are on the market today. [...]

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The Internet As Vintage Books

Posted on 29 January 2010 in: Featured Articles, Lifestyle

How would it have been if today’s popular internet websites and their web applications were artistically reinvented and designed as the 1960s book covers, so as to provide an insight into how these social networking sites may look if they were designed about 40 or 50 years ago? This innovating and enthralling series of images, [...]

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Five Places That You Should’t Miss in Prague

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