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Best of the Rest: Laser-Cutter Plays Mario Theme Song, Cross-Century Mashups

by Thomas Houston on November 16, 2009 at 06:45 PM


There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
  • Remember how printers and scanners of the late '80s would make grinding sounds as they repositioned their insides? Well, the geniuses down at the Hacklab hacked the 'Super Mario' theme song with that repositioning action. Nerd heaven. [From: BoingBoing]
  • Fortune shows off a selection of rarely-seen Steve Jobs photos, dating all the way back from the early '70s. [From: Fortune]
  • The crew over at Snarkmarket found that the electronic artist Four Tet's song "My Angel Rocks Back and Forth" syncs up perfectly with a clip from 'The Adventures of Prince Achmed,' one of the first animated films. The result is a gorgeous mashup of 21st century music and early 20th century animation. [From: Snarkmarket]
  • Another Onion headline gem: 'CNBC Cameraman Can't Believe He's Filming Another Blog Off A Computer Monitor' [From: The Onion]
  • Only Disconnect: a story of going without the Web for several months, stealing Wi-Fi while parked near a library, and searching for the signal in the woods. [From: New York Times]
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