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Uniformed Letter Carrier with Child in Mailbag

Uniformed Letter Carrier with Child in Mailbag, originally uploaded by Smithsonian Institution.

This city letter carrier posed for a humorous photograph with a young boy in his mailbag. After parcel post service was introduced in 1913, at least two children were sent by the service. With stamps attached to their clothing, the children rode with railway and city carriers to their destination. The Postmaster General quickly issued a regulation forbidding the sending of children in the mail after hearing of those examples.

Is someone watching

Is someone watching the IPL?

Designed by a Bose i

Designed by a Bose intern back in 2007, these modular Bluetooth speakers offer omnidirectional sound that can be enhanced by simply adding more speaker modules. Sure, Wi-Fi connectivity might work better for networked audio (especially when it's being operated from an iPhone), and we've seen somewhat similar products from Sonos and Griffin. But the premise of Bose lithium ion powered spheres (with and optional plugin) emanating wireless music around one's home, all controlled by a simple but sweet little iPhone app? I like it.

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Hi! Bit Hacker wants to share a Vimeo page with you: http://htxt.it/Nzuw Time Scape....shot with Cannon 5D Mark II DLSR this winter Don't want these alerts anymore? http://htxt.it/MQVA Love, Vimeo

When it's my time to

When it's my time to go, I'm going to plug in these Kenwood SP0001 glass speakers into a badass receiver. Then I'm going to crank the volume and disintegrate in the resulting shrapnel. LOL

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If you are less about waterparks and more about peaceful zen gardens, the Abisko also evokes the feeling of a gently flowing stream—complete with waterfalls. So far, there is no word on pricing—but it is safe to say that this will set you back some serious cash. Hopefully, they will make a matching urinal version. Now THAT would be something (truly horrible).

If you are less abou

The Watch Without a

The Watch Without a Face. At first glance this watch appears to be nothing more than a thick, gaudy silver bracelet. But tucked between the joints are LEDs that display the time at the push of a button.

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Oh Hello, This Is Just My Coaxial Tube

Windows Mobile 6.5 l

Windows Mobile 6.5 launching on May 11Back in February, Neowin cited Mary-Jo Foley predicting the Windows Mobile 6.5 roadmap. The Windows Mobile Team has announced the Windows Mobile 6.5 official launch date in a blog post as May 11, 2009. "Stephanie Ferguson, GM of Business Experiences at Microsoft's Mobile Communications Business is going to deliver the kick off Read on »