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Stories · 2

  1. Beware of Fake Monkey Automatons

    Toy · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the as-opposed-to-real-monkey-automatons dept. · 225 comments
    rkinch writes "The Mechanical Music Digest gives this warning about bogus monkey automatons that seem to be flooding the antiques market. These supposedly 19th-century hookah-smoking shrunken monkey heads are actually clever modern reproductions tricked up to look old. That "Marvo the Magic Monkey" specimen hanging on your wall may not really date back to 1879."

  2. Running Linux On Your Swimming Pool

    Linux · Linux · · posted by michael · from the chemistry-101 dept. · 174 comments
    Forkenhoppen writes: "Ever considered having a computer look after your swimming pool maintenance? Check out this project by Richard J. Kinch. Mr. Kinch uses a Linux box configured with several shell scripts to control the chlorination levels of his pool."