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Chicago detected – Change is in the Air (American Airlines commercial)

I’d like to apologize to our readers for having gone more than a year without an update in our award-winning series cataloging uses of the typeface Chicago in the wild.

I’m pleased to announce that you have to wait no further, because we’ve once again detected Chicago: this time in a television commercial for American Airlines. The word “DINER” on the window visible at the very beginning of the ad is set in this illustrious typeface.

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Eight Women, Eight Responses, and One Dead Island Riptide Statue

Eight Women, Eight Responses, and One Dead Island Riptide Statue

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One of the longest standing open problems in the vast field of science has been the question of what exactly happens to a container of nuts in outer space. Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency finally has the answer for us all.

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U.N. Security Council slams North Korea, expands sanctions

U.N. Security Council slams North Korea, expands sanctions

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nbRZB-xqvs

Here’s a demonstration video of the unreleased Virtual Boy game Niko-Chan Battle, a version of MIDI Maze / Faceball 2000.

Finding a prototype of the game had been one of the longstanding goals of the Virtual Boy scene, to the extent that a Virtual Boy scene can be said to exist. A mysterious Japanese person by the name “Mr. G” started posting screenshots and videos on the Planet Virtual Boy forums, and everyone there went bananas. “bigmak,” a member of the forums, later acquired the prototype for over $10,000 and released the ROM for free, which is pretty stupefying, but then these collectors are pretty serious about what they do.

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‘Curious’ Cuban net cable has activated, researchers say

‘Curious’ Cuban net cable has activated, researchers say

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I stumbled on this weird piece of music the other day. I still haven’t figured out what the heck is happening or what I think about it, but I’m posting it anyway.

“zizz” by Masao Honda, apparently released on MutantBabyLabel in 1998.

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