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FedFlix — 'No Late Charges in the Public Domain'

A joint venture with the U.S. government's National Technical Information Service of the Library of Congress.

Over 6,000 videos available on YouTube here.

The complete collection is also available at the Internet Archive.

"The Internet Archive features full-resolution MPEG2 files for downloading — use these films in your next documentary!"

Our tax dollars at work.

Free, the way we like it.

Fair warning: there goes the day.

'Keep an Eye on You'

From the "Objects of Co-Dependency" series.

By Keetra Dean Dixon and JK Keller.

Sound Burger

Last week I received the email below from longtime reader Bubbub:

I've long since forgotten when and if I featured the Sound Burger on boj but it sounds like something that would appeal to me.

Below, its Wikipedia entry:

The Sound Burger is a portable record player developed by Audio-Technica of Japan.

Originally released in 1983, it was brought back in an updated form in 2022.

The original Sound Burger (model no. AT770) was marketed in the United States as the Mister Disc.

It was battery operated and sold with a set of fold-away headphones, and was able to play both 33- and 45-RPM records.

On November 1, 2022, to celebrate the 60^th anniversary of Audio-Technica, a batch of 7,000 new Sound Burgers were announced and available for purchase for $199.99 and quickly sold out.

The units were all in red, with some changes from the original model such as: a rechargeable battery charged through USC-C; Bluetooth audio connection; buttons along with indicator lights instead of toggle switches, and a plaque on the back commemorating the anniversary.

Following its success, on January 5, 2023, Audio-Technica announced a wider re-release of this edition without the commemorative plaque.

Now known as the AT-SB727, it keeps the changes introduced in the 2022 model and is available in yellow, black, and white — and red on eBay.

Yellow: $199.

Black: $149.99.

White: $199.

Red: $433.