Comments on: Couple engrossed in their wireless devices ignore each other (1906) http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 22:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jeff Blaine http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html#comment-1653642 Jeff Blaine Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212253#comment-1653642 Been done.  http://vimeo.com/32796535 Been done.  http://vimeo.com/32796535

]]> By: Tim White http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html#comment-1653162 Tim White Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212253#comment-1653162 Please tell me one of you DYI / Make types is going to put together a wireless box that prints out tweets on ticker tape; like the rotary cellphone... Please tell me one of you DYI / Make types is going to put together a wireless box that prints out tweets on ticker tape; like the rotary cellphone…

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html#comment-1652786 pjcamp Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212253#comment-1652786 Antenna top hat? Want!Want!Want! Antenna top hat?

Want!Want!Want!

]]> By: smut clyde http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html#comment-1652688 smut clyde Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212253#comment-1652688  TAPEWORMS INNA BOX.  TAPEWORMS INNA BOX.

]]> By: kiptw http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html#comment-1652552 kiptw Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212253#comment-1652552 The larger sizes at my flickr page show some readable text — hers of a romantic nature, his equine, as per the caption. (ps: I believe Punch will gladly sell prints of this at their inter-net page. Opinions from friends indicate this may still be in copyright, so I urge one and all to regard this single image as an advertisement for the volume it came from, and for Punch in general.) The larger sizes at my flickr page show some readable text — hers of a romantic nature, his equine, as per the caption. (ps: I believe Punch will gladly sell prints of this at their inter-net page. Opinions from friends indicate this may still be in copyright, so I urge one and all to regard this single image as an advertisement for the volume it came from, and for Punch in general.)

]]> By: Peter Kwan http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html#comment-1652542 Peter Kwan Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212253#comment-1652542 A short dipole like that hat-tenna would work at about 200MHz. Pretty advanced stuff for 1906. A short dipole like that hat-tenna would work at about 200MHz. Pretty advanced stuff for 1906.

]]> By: CaptainPedge http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html#comment-1652522 CaptainPedge Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212253#comment-1652522 Just look at her Just look at her

]]> By: Bob Williams http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html#comment-1652512 Bob Williams Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212253#comment-1652512 Yep, looks like they got that covered. I should have done the same. Do check out the link I provided for the Punch version of Skype (and weep at at the puny size of your screen).   Yep, looks like they got that covered. I should have done the same. Do check out the link I provided for the Punch version of Skype (and weep at at the puny size of your screen).  

]]> By: Sirkowski http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html#comment-1652501 Sirkowski Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212253#comment-1652501 The good old days... The good old days…

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html#comment-1652487 Nathan Hornby Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212253#comment-1652487 It's OK because the person that uploaded it to Flickr and thereby agreed that they owned the rights to the image, stated the copyright terms in the description. And of course because BB credited the flickr page it's all Kosher. /s It’s OK because the person that uploaded it to Flickr and thereby agreed that they owned the rights to the image, stated the copyright terms in the description. And of course because BB credited the flickr page it’s all Kosher.

/s

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html#comment-1652485 Christopher Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212253#comment-1652485 "What would sexting 1906 style read like?" "Your bare ankles give me the vapors!" Only slightly more seriously that question reminds me of a very funny S.J. Perelman story about how he had a childhood crush on one of his teachers, and would "think of her figure often before falling asleep". “What would sexting 1906 style read like?”

“Your bare ankles give me the vapors!”

Only slightly more seriously that question reminds me of a very funny S.J. Perelman story about how he had a childhood crush on one of his teachers, and would “think of her figure often before falling asleep”.

]]> By: DreamboatSkanky http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html#comment-1652479 DreamboatSkanky Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212253#comment-1652479 Just look at her look at that banana. Just look at her look at that banana.

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html#comment-1652453 franko Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212253#comment-1652453 plus ça change.... plus ça change….

]]> By: James Agenbroad http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html#comment-1652421 James Agenbroad Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212253#comment-1652421  What would sexting 1906 style read like?  We HAD a copy of A Century of Punch Cartoons growing up and it was pretty neat, even if I didn't really understand many of the older cartoons as a kid.  What would sexting 1906 style read like?  We HAD a copy of A Century of Punch Cartoons growing up and it was pretty neat, even if I didn’t really understand many of the older cartoons as a kid.

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html#comment-1652395 Christopher Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212253#comment-1652395 She's receiving an "amatory message". So they had creepy online stalkers even then. She’s receiving an “amatory message”. So they had creepy online stalkers even then.

]]> By: James Agenbroad http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html#comment-1652383 James Agenbroad Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212253#comment-1652383 Presumably ticker tape. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticker_tape rather than punched tape. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_tape Presumably ticker tape. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticker_tape rather than punched tape. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_tape

]]> By: Bob Williams http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html#comment-1652350 Bob Williams Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212253#comment-1652350 I've got that book and loved that one but didn't upload because of copyright concerns.  Check out this one too from the Punch archive: http://punch.photoshelter.com/image?&_bqG=0&_bqH=eJxtj1tPwzAMhX_N.rwCFVApD1niTYY1mXLpVF6sbZpgVTUu24Tg1xNXE1SAH5zvHOck8rJdXF4fTvnna77rbmi1XL88vB9PU1dflbflRTEu83GqEkl7JTbbj.55nyF5LQOMiklVjQotBobWbGg9sJpUbPKZbPgdhb9R.D.qMDT9ZyGNGZSNJriG0FuW1iGYNENrWKInB3OQHvRZLobaWxeEk.Y.65cjabQ4Jo4eHKEWkRdv79pd4db7Dh_TqEYXopyTnIFRDV_KSE0I08Mpesb4jW76gxWjVEEctqu3zVNW9.lZ3xX3L.oece8-&GI_ID= I’ve got that book and loved that one but didn’t upload because of copyright concerns. 

Check out this one too from the Punch archive:

http://punch.photoshelter.com/image?&_bqG=0&_bqH=eJxtj1tPwzAMhX_N.rwCFVApD1niTYY1mXLpVF6sbZpgVTUu24Tg1xNXE1SAH5zvHOck8rJdXF4fTvnna77rbmi1XL88vB9PU1dflbflRTEu83GqEkl7JTbbj.55nyF5LQOMiklVjQotBobWbGg9sJpUbPKZbPgdhb9R.D.qMDT9ZyGNGZSNJriG0FuW1iGYNENrWKInB3OQHvRZLobaWxeEk.Y.65cjabQ4Jo4eHKEWkRdv79pd4db7Dh_TqEYXopyTnIFRDV_KSE0I08Mpesb4jW76gxWjVEEctqu3zVNW9.lZ3xX3L.oece8-&GI_ID=

]]> By: showme http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html#comment-1652338 showme Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212253#comment-1652338 I want one of those head mounted antennas RIGHT NOW. Maybe then I'll be able to pick up a Sprint 4G signal. Oh, who the hell am I kidding. I want one of those head mounted antennas RIGHT NOW. Maybe then I’ll be able to pick up a Sprint 4G signal.

Oh, who the hell am I kidding.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html#comment-1652340 Stefan Jones Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212253#comment-1652340 I like the hat-tenna. Are those paper tapes they're reading? I like the hat-tenna.

Are those paper tapes they’re reading?

]]> By: Roose_Bolton http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html#comment-1652336 Roose_Bolton Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212253#comment-1652336 The Artistocrats! The Artistocrats!

]]> By: Daniel Krause http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html#comment-1652333 Daniel Krause Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212253#comment-1652333 Now THAT'S comedy! Now THAT’S comedy!

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/couple-engrossed-in-their-wire.html#comment-1652327 oasisob1 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212253#comment-1652327 I call BS. One of them is obviously reading the latest Reddit post, and the other is looking at LOLcats. I call BS. One of them is obviously reading the latest Reddit post, and the other is looking at LOLcats.

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