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Technolgizer has compiled a gallery of interesting vintage computer ads to bring in this holiday season, and we’ve selected our favorites for your viewing enjoyment. Continue reading to see them.

As you look through these ads, keep this in mind: When was the last time more than two people sat around your computer?

[via Technologizer]

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6 Vintage Computer Ads You’ve Probably Never Seen

Sure, you could just pick up a SEGA Nomad, but building your own portable Genesis is definitely more satisfying, and that’s exactly what Hailrazer did. Called the GenMini, this handheld features a 5-inch PSOne display, 4000mAh lithium-poly camcorder battery, and a relocated cartridge slot. Video after the break.

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GenMini: The Custom-Built Handheld SEGA Genesis

Simply put, wantOWLE wanted people to see “a brand new iPhone 3G just laying on the sidewalk in New York City,” but not just any iPhone 3G. They super glued a $20 fake prop to the sidewalk to see what kind of reactions they’d get. Video after the break.

[via Gawker]

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The Super Glue iPhone Prank

BGR, the king of cell phone spy shots, brings us a leaked Apple Black Friday 2009 sales brochure. Notable deals include a $1098 iMac, $1098 MacBook Pro, $138 iPod Nano, $178 iPod Touch, and more. Continue reading for the rest of the deals.

We weren’t too positive about that last one as it was from a new source, but this new image comes from a pretty credible connect of ours and it seems to be more reasonable.

[via BGR]

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Apple Black Friday 2009 Sales

The Bliptronic 5000 LED Synthesizer, a ThinkGeek exclusive, is played by using a grid of glowing buttons and feature other controls that “allow you to set the tempo (from 60-160 BPM), choose the instrument (From 8 different retro-synth type sounds), adjust the volume and turn looping on or off.” Click here for first picture in gallery.

When one Bliptronic reaches the end of it’s pattern, the next Bliptronic is instantly triggered to start playing. This allows you to make longer songs where each person controls a section of the song.

[via ThinkGeek]

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Bliptronic 5000 LED Synthesizer

If you don’t already know, light graffiti is basically created using lights and long exposures. Photographers Marc Cameron and Mark Brown decided to use that technique to recreate some of the most well known supercars, including the Audi R8 and Veyron. Continue reading to see them all.

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Supercars Recreated with Light Graffiti

There have been several requests for Assassin’s Creed 2 glyphs answers, so we’ve embedded eleven for your viewing enjoyment after the break, courtesy of AchievementHunter.com. For those not familiar with glyphs, these are basically collectible items that have been scattered throughout the game.

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Assassin’s Creed 2 Glyphs Answers

NASA has just released a video showing Earth’s weather patterns from August 17th, 2009 to August 26th, 2009, “created at a 7-kilometer resolution with NASA’s GEOS-5 atmospheric general circulation model.” Video after the break.

It’s based on the Earth System Modeling Framework, an open source project “for building climate, numerical weather prediction, data assimilation, and other Earth science software applications.”

[via Gizmodo]

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NASA Video Shows Earth’s Weather Over Span of 1-Week

Have you ever done something or experienced an event that made you say: “what are the odds?” Well, this video encapsulates a host of them into 3-minutes. Continue reading to watch.

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One-in-a-Million Events

FLO TV isn’t just a handheld gadget anymore, Qualcomm and Audiovox reveals a system for your car that’s able to stream live television for just $10/month. The service is delivered using a dedicated nationwide network that was built from the ground up. Video after the break.

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FLO TV Streams Live TV Into Your Car Wirelessly