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Tomorrow, we're doing some fun stuff with the rube goldberg devices that keep this site running.
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Tomorrow, we're doing some fun stuff with the rube goldberg devices that keep this site running.
Consumerist May Be Funky For A Time Tomorrow - The Consumerist 2007
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Posted May 25, 2007 at 1:20 am | Permalink well! rube goldberg would be proud.
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johnmperry commented on the word rube goldberg
Reuben Garret Lucius Goldberg (July 4, 1883 - December 7, 1970) was an American cartoonist who received a 1948 Pulitzer Prize for his political cartooning. He is best known for his series of popular cartoons depicting Rube Goldberg machines, complex devices that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways.
July 24, 2008
johnmperry commented on the word rube goldberg
see also W. Heath Robinson
July 24, 2008
super-logos commented on the word rube goldberg
a plan that is complicated and not practical.
August 28, 2008