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A CENTURY OF DIY TIPS. WELCOME TO PI's WORLD
pit crer ston tis month, greatest designs some of which
"The fast and the curious", elevate timekeeping to a very
is classic PM material, celebrating different level. New vintage is
the leftfield approach to design hot, seletonised watches are
‘and construction evident in the coal, and “retro-mechanical” is
annual Kinetic Grand Champ- the buzzword on eveyone li
ionship, three-day event on (Hey ft looks good on your
thenorthern Californian coast wistand tls you when okay
described by writer James Vlahos to pour something fermented
5 "equal parts inventors show and chilled, we're happy)
Case, artistic performance and There's more, of couse, We ae cunieus_)
serious race”. We meet Attack introduce a whole Bunch of
ofthe Funguys, The Heroes of desirable gadgets (forthe aunaaeeoese
Glorypols, Visualize Whirled record, you realy need a ta-
eas (don't ask) and the magnifi- tical torch), reveal the story
cently weird Bottom Feeders -a behind a spring that revolu-
fire-breathing metal sea monster tionised Nascar racing, build a
assembled from all manner of Shaker shelf that would grace
recycled junk, including cupcake any sitting room, and tell you
tins. l’s perfect about Geminoid-F, a disturb-
We thought it entirely appro- ingly lifelike robot that sat in
priate to acknowledge the 110th a shop window and smiled at
birthday of our parent magazine passers-by. We also take a look
in the United States with a block- at South Africa's broadband
buster-length article featuring connectivity and reveal why it's
the 110 best tips published in taking usa litle longer than
Poruisa Meoiawes since 1902 expected to get up to speed,
Some of them are inspiring, That should be enough to
others are a little quirky, and keep you going until next
2 few are downright strange month. Stay with us.
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