Randomly-generated globs of wool, mutant vegetables, etc. Fight quackery! 1950s FDA public service announcement Xbox hack allows unsigned code Women fighters in reasonable armor Sony Reader T1 Hurricane Irene: Ultimate New Yorker Window-Boarding Job Hurricane Irene: The art of window-boarding and the taping of stores 
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Randomly-generated globs of wool, mutant vegetables, etc.
By Rob Beschizza on Aug 29, 2011 12:54 pm Latest, by Justin Windle, procedurally generates bizarre organic branching things using javascript. It is open-source and easy to save your creations, though I would wash them thoroughly, if I were you, before eating them. [Soulwire via Creative Applications]
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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 29, 2011 12:11 pm Here's a fine old FDA public service announcement in which Raymond Massey gravely warns America to steer clear of bizarro quack devices that claim to treat arthritis with z-rays or cure cancer with music. 'Help Stamp Out Quackery', 1950s
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By Rob Beschizza on Aug 29, 2011 12:03 pm You may now run unsigned code on any xbox. Discovered by GliGli, the exploit requires a chip, but works on any 360: "it sends little pulses to the processor in order to destabilize the console and make it believe a …
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By Rob Beschizza on Aug 29, 2011 11:49 am In fantasy and SF-themed art and games, females are often given ludicrously revealing "armor" that would see them dead or frozen solid within moments. Women fighters in reasonable armor is a blog dedicated to more practical-minded ladies of war.
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By Rob Beschizza on Aug 29, 2011 11:34 am Mobile Read has pics and specs for Sony's newest e-book Reader, the T1. The main new feature is that it is now made of plastic instead of metal. Natte Hoffelder writes: "I'm disappointed. I feel that Sony continue to remain …
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By Xeni Jardin on Aug 28, 2011 03:45 pm (Image: Taking things very personally on Van Dyke Street in Red Hook., a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2.0) image from Shelley Bernstein's photostream, via @adrianchen)
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By Xeni Jardin on Aug 28, 2011 03:33 pm An image gallery that shows New Yorkers will approach any task, even boarding up windows ahead of a storm, with attitude and style. Above, a Thai restaurant chose a vibrant, complex pattern of artisanal mango-yellow tape, while the Apple Store's …
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