A large pile of crap, but at least a large pile of crap in one convenient location.Tumblr (3.0; @isthisreallynecessary)http://isthisreallynecessary.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m34feqLytx1qz4j43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/21897984814http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/21897984814Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:35:14 -0700mollycatmaine coonmeme<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ol6h4EXz1qz4j43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Made with <a href="http://paper.fiftythree.com" target="_blank">Paper</a></p>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/20157898921http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/20157898921Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:44:41 -0700MadeWithPaper<p><strong>SF bay area craigslist &gt; peninsula &gt; for sale / wanted &gt; electronics - by owner</strong></p> <p><code>Date: 2010-11-29, 7:46PM PST</code></p> <p>Looking for an HDTV, but disappointed by LCD&#8217;s poor image quality and plasma&#8217;s high cost? Well, look no further&#8230; this Sony KD-34XBR2&#160;34&#8221; widescreen tube HDTV is for you! </p> <p>What&#8217;s that&#8230; tube? YES TUBE! The flat-faced Wega tube offers outstanding picture quality with viewing angles and rich blacks that LCD can only DREAM OF! 1080i? 720p? 480i? IT DOESN&#8217;T MATTER&#8230; it&#8217;s a TUBE! It can change scan rate and give you a clear image no matter what source you throw at it &#8212; not like those lousy fixed-resolution LCDs that have to glom pixels together! Plain old DVD? NICE! Blu-ray? BEAUTIFUL! Law &amp; Order reruns from your VCR? NOT TOO SHABBY!</p> <p>Confused by HDMI versions and firmware updates for encrypted content protection? You&#8217;re in luck! This TV has NONE OF THAT! No HDMI, no DVI&#8230; not even VGA! But it DOES have two component and four composite video inputs and optical audio out as well as two IEEE 1394 (iLink/Firewire) ports that are just as USELESS now as the day the set was made!</p> <p>The KD-34XBR2 is also one of the rare TVs from its era to include a digital tuner, so it&#8217;s ready to go TODAY plucking FREE HD PROGRAMMING from the very AIR around us with nothing more than RABBIT EARS! Amazing! It&#8217;s almost as if this TV KNEW nine years ago that analog broadcasts would go the way of the dodo! DARE you have this DIGITAL NOSTRADAMUS in your LIVING ROOM?!</p> <p>Thinking of popping the KD-34XBR2 in your Prius and setting it up on a TV tray in your third floor apartment? HA! No way! IT&#8217;S A TUBE! Two hundred and five pounds of glorious glass that&#8217;ll need two people of reasonable strength and an SUV/van/truck of reasonable size just to GET IT OUT THE DOOR! That wonderful picture comes at a COST, but once you&#8217;ve hauled it off and found a structurally sound location to put it, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll enjoy it for YEARS, just as I have.</p> <p>What does $205 get you? </p> <ol><li>The Sony KD-34XBR2, originally purchased November 2001 (for $4,100 &#8212; CAN YOU BELIEVE IT), in pristine condition.</li> <li>A remote control, in passable condition but fully functional.</li> <li>A MANUAL.</li> <li>The original box and packaging, which will make hauling it up to your third floor apartment that much easier.</li> </ol><p>Don&#8217;t take my word for it&#8230; just LOOK at that photo! Mr. Potato Head* is STUNNED that such an amazing specimen of QUALITY VIDEO TECHNOLOGY can be HAD FOR SO LITTLE! </p> <p><img align="middle" alt="KD-34XBR2" height="470" src="http://toastdesign.com/avRack.jpg" width="488"/></p> <p>Contact Rob and let&#8217;s make this entertainment behemoth yours.</p> <p><br/><br/><br/></p> <p>* Mr. Potato Head is a registered trademark of Hasbro Inc. and as such does not endorse the sale of this television. BUT&#8230; if he WASN&#8217;T indentured to his CORPORATE OVERLORDS, Mr. Head would most certainly recommend that you buy.</p> <p>P.S. Seriously, what&#8217;s with LCD? Color me unimpressed.</p> <p><br/><br/></p> <ul><li>it&#8217;s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests</li> </ul>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/16510064962http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/16510064962Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:40:16 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxcyvl8Phk1r5yoejo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mn70s.tumblr.com/post/15899396807/beautiful-austin-minnesota-mid-1970s-before-its" target="_blank">mn70s</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong>Beautiful Austin, Minnesota, mid 1970s, before its re-branding as SpamtownUSA.</strong></em></p> <p>Image via Minnesota Historical Society</p> </blockquote>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/15930140142http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/15930140142Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:40:44 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxki0c3wlG1qz4j43o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/15608157955http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/15608157955Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:31:24 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luh3xdtUYL1qz4j43o1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/12623108270http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/12623108270Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:53:37 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqrrfrriES1qz4j43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/9610439969http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/9610439969Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:43:03 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqqlif8uZw1qz4j43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/9583058420http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/9583058420Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:37:27 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llhc4ztY9k1qz4j43o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/5660572090http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/5660572090Thu, 19 May 2011 22:48:36 -0700<span id="video_player_5573443569">[<a href="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" target="_blank">Flash 10</a> is required to watch video.]</span><script type="text/javascript">renderVideo("video_player_5573443569",'http://isthisreallynecessary.com/video_file/5573443569/tumblr_llc6qadgKJ1qz4j43',400,225,'poster=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_llc6qadgKJ1qz4j43_frame1.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_llc6qadgKJ1qz4j43_frame2.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_llc6qadgKJ1qz4j43_frame3.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_llc6qadgKJ1qz4j43_frame4.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_llc6qadgKJ1qz4j43_frame5.jpg')</script><br/><br/>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/5573443569http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/5573443569Tue, 17 May 2011 04:05:42 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkncs4H3nZ1qz4j43o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/5177006304http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/5177006304Tue, 03 May 2011 18:14:28 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkc66xBHEW1qz4j43o1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>From <em>127 Hours’</em> alternate ending.</p>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/4998052525http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/4998052525Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:18:33 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhs4f2NI9J1qz4j43o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Bargaining, depression, acceptance.</p>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/3738966725http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/3738966725Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:21:02 -0800ipadapplecomic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbcr5ld0i81qz4j43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1478108429http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1478108429Thu, 04 Nov 2010 01:48:56 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la73wopl8j1qz4j43o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>What’s on your clipboard?</p> <p>(this was for an IM, complaining about Safari 5’s autocomplete)</p>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1300858960http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1300858960Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:05:12 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8594ne1SO1qz4j43o1_400.png"/><br/><br/>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1055538425http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1055538425Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:55:35 -0700<a href="http://toastbucket.com/miscAudio/stretched/Know.m4a">“Know”</a>: <p>2:50 song stretched to 22:30</p>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1037423511http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1037423511Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:24:13 -0700<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/n_Z5GOgsiV4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Sita Sings the Blues - Who’s That Knockin’ At My Door?</p>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1003210588http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1003210588Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:17:15 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7ni2wyUek1qz4j43o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1002780423http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/1002780423Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:52:08 -0700<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EYM-B9jAflM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Sometimes it’s best to leave them alone.</p>http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/961147237http://isthisreallynecessary.com/post/961147237Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:22:26 -0700