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Homebase: Having a home theatre is about more than just watching movies or even replicating the cinema experience at home. It’s a way to indulge in a little Starship-Enterprise-high-tech-gadget-geek-out fun, and express yourself and impress your friends at the same time. AudioVideoInteriors is a blog dedicated to the art of the home theatre, from DIY to top-dollar. You can have a nerdgasm over a Connecticut recording engineer’s $6-million tribute to the vacuum tube or get practical tips on turning your garage into something Leonard Maltin-worthy at blog.audiovideointeriors.com.

Strange days: The Raw Feed is a very interesting blog about the nexus of technology and culture, especially when it gets weird. Like kosher telephone lines in Israel that, for a few shekels more, will block all numbers without rabbinic approval. Or the elusive online store run by the North Korean government where you can buy DPRK soju, boxing gloves and SUVs. Or American spy satellites crashing to Earth. Or Japanese novels written as text messages at www.therawfeed.com.

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—Michael Citrome