One PC is attached to a mouse that skids frictionless across a picture of an ice cube before rumbling velvet over a swath of corduroy.

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The collector basically looks like a tennis racket filled with ice cubes, so this is kind of like a big ice-cube tray, and each ice cube is not made out of ice, but it's made out of this aerogel.

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But tonight, as I prepare to step onstage, a hollow, little ice cube of doubt forms in the pit of my touchy stomach.

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For decades the jeweler didn't countenance anyone who couldn't afford a diamond the size of an ice cube.

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He added an ice cube and a piece of lime.

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