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Car (Key) Hacks

Shanghai: automotive town
Visitors to China wanting to duplicate a lost car key (or interested in knowing how easy it is to remotely steal someone else’s key) should …



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25 Oct 2010

Mac Hacks

24 Oct 2010



There’s something quite delicious about prising open a closed platform.
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Tank Track Speed Bump

04 Sep 2010

In: Dehdaadi
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In Dehdaadi, northern Afghanistan.
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Nike Power

25 Aug 2010

In: Mazar e Sharif
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Street Services

25 Aug 2010

In: Mazar e Sharif
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Evolution of the street charging services in a city where only a few have uninterrupted access to mains electricity, and many have none. With each …
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Sony Steam

22 Aug 2010

In: Mazar e Sharif
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A twenty year old Sony calculator wrapped by a carpenter made casing, and still in use by its one owner – a Mazar e Sharif …
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“Hitler”

21 Jul 2010



Chair Hacks

22 Jun 2010

In: Urumqi
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Station Clock-in-Clock Retrofit

10 Jun 2010

In: Almaty
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New round clock hanging in an old square clock casing – taken in Almaty II station.
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The Ideal State of An Object

11 May 2010

In: Kabul
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The stuff you do to retain the ideal state of an object – that sweet spot of use. And the motivations for keeping an object in …
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