Ask nearly anyone today and they will readily explain that Ikea is the company with the fancy furniture that you assemble yourself from a kit. They are, at least as of 2008, the largest retailer of homebuilt furniture in the world. Pretty impressive, and a testament to the willingness of people to build things for… Continue reading The Ikea of Technology
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Vacation Photos…70 years late.
During the 1940’s, Kodak made a nifty little item called the “Kodak Miniature Enlarger” ….no, it was not an anatomical enhancement device…sorry, wrong website. It was, essentially, all the needed photographic darkroom equipment housed in a convenient case about the size of a portable typewriter. Inside, one found the enlarger lamphouse/negative carrier, lens assembly…a set… Continue reading Vacation Photos…70 years late.