Able Planet Headphones Cancel Noise, But That’s The Boring Part [Review]

People with tiny pin heads might avoid these headphones. Photos Charlie Sorrel (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

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For anyone who spends a lot of time in trains and planes, noise-canceling headphones are pretty much essential. But if you’re walking the streets, then noise canceling can be a pain or even a hazard, isolating you a little too much from your environment.

Luckily, the Able Planet Linx Audio Clear Harmony headphones sound pretty good with noise cancelation both on and off. And they’re also comfy enough to keep on throughout a long journey.

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Extreme DIY: The $25,000 Holga

Mike Martens put a $25,000 pro back onto a $25 camera

What do you get if you rip the back off a cheap plastic Holga camera and gaffer-tape it to the front of a $25,000 Phase One digital camera back? You get the $25,000 Holga aka The Holga-Cam of the Apocalypse, a 22-megapixel beast that shoots exquisitely high-res images through a low-fi plastic lens. I love it.

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