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Israelis Unimpressed by Bomb Disarming Robot
21 July 08 | Permalink | Comment?

On a recent trip to Tel Aviv, I woke up to the unmistakable sound of three gunshots outside my hotel window. The source: a bomb-disarming robot neutralizing an unattended backpack.
Turned out to be nothing, of course, but as I filmed the below clip, I was struck by the normalcy of the whole scene. For the [...]
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You Almost Have To Feel Bad For Blockbuster
04 June 08 | Permalink | Comment?

Years before Netflix or anyone else posed a threat, Blockbuster was hard at work killing itself. A brief history of the chain.