After Hurricane Katrina, years of post-traumatic stress: a first-person account 808 Car Keys Micro video camera Chinese tycoon offers to buy 0.3% of Iceland for $100,000,000 Two AI chatBots attempt to have a conversation with each other Minecraft in real life Ryan Homes catalog shows shrubs planted in front of garage door Amazing Mystery Button vs Super Mystery Button Benjamin Franklin's famous "Join, or Die" political cartoon offered at auction PDF download of Suw Charman's Argleton Video tour of Walter Potter's anthropomorphic taxidermy Moogfest 2011 Hunter Thompson's Rum Diary trailer, starring Johnny Depp Vampire-killing kit Feds raid Gibson Guitar Michele Bachmann: "Who likes white people?" (or are they merely wet?) Singing bird pistols Ai Weiwei, artist and dissident, rips into Chinese gov in post-prison op-ed Monkees brainwashed by Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger Every time an Anonymous protester dons a Guy Fawkes mask, Time Warner goes "ka-ching" Jellyfish Homes of the Rich: Hannibal Gaddafi 
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After Hurricane Katrina, years of post-traumatic stress: a first-person account
By Xeni Jardin on Aug 30, 2011 12:39 pm Photo: Reuters My friend Susannah Breslin, a periodic guest contributor to Boing Boing, has written a piece for the Atlantic about her experience as a survivor of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. When I did return to New Orleans, the …
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By Rob Beschizza on Aug 30, 2011 03:03 am Forget the GoPro and its expensive ilk: the real fun is clearly to be had with cheap, nasty, hackable spycams such as the 808 Car Keys Micro. Made to resemble a remote entry fob, the gadget records audio, shoots serviceable …
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Aug 29, 2011 10:37 pm Huang Nubo is China's 16th richest person. The self described "poet and adventurer" has offered $100 million to buy 300 square kilometres of Icelandic wilderness to develop a golf course and tourist destination resort. Opponents have questioned why such a …
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Aug 29, 2011 09:22 pm [Video Link] Scott Beale says: "Cornell Creative Machines Lab wanted to see what would happend if two Cleverbot AI ChatBots had a conversation with each other." I think I've just seen the beginning of the end. Two AI ChatBots Attempt …
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Aug 29, 2011 08:21 pm Ben Purdy made this "real life" Minecraft block. Very cool! Now that I'm working on projection mapping it was only a matter of time before this happened. Thanks to my brother for the inspiration, he mentioned that one of the …
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Aug 29, 2011 08:06 pm Three cheers for Ryan Homes in Plain Township, OH. They sell houses with shrubbery planted in front of the garage doors to discourage car ownership. Plus, every house comes with a goat and a cart to transport occupants to the …
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Aug 29, 2011 07:24 pm I can't make up my mind! New Products from Science of the Future
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Aug 29, 2011 07:13 pm An original copy of the May 9, 1754 edition of The Pennsylvania Gazette, featuring noted zine publisher Benjamin Franklin's famous "Join, or Die" political cartoon, is up for auction. Estimate: $100,000 - $200,000 One of only a handful of known …
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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 29, 2011 06:08 pm AKMA sez, "Founder of Ada Lovelace Day, Web and social media pioneer Suw Charman-Anderson crowdsourced her handmade novel-puzzle-adventure-treat, produced handmade editions for her sponsors, and now is sharing the adventure with readers everywhere. She's opening up free access to the …
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By David Pescovitz on Aug 29, 2011 05:48 pm [video link] Morbid Anatomy's Joanna posted this excellent c.1965 film documenting a visit to the museum of English taxidermist Walter Potter (1835-1918). Sadly, the Potter collection was cannibalized for auction in 2003.
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By David Pescovitz on Aug 29, 2011 05:38 pm On October 28-30, Brian Eno, Flaming Lips, Flying Lotus, Crystal Castles, Moon Duo, Tangerine Dream, Suicide, and dozens of other artists will switch on Asheville, North Carolina for Moogfest 2011. Moogfest celebrates Bob Moog's legacy as a sonic pioneer, which …
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By David Pescovitz on Aug 29, 2011 05:31 pm [video link] Johnny Depp reprises his role as Hunter S. Thompson for The Rum Diary, the good Doctor's 1959 novel that didn't see publication until 1998. (Thanks, Bob Pescovitz!)
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By David Pescovitz on Aug 29, 2011 05:20 pm A BB reader spotted this antique vampire-killing kit at an antiques show this weekend. You may purchase it from Best of France Antiques in Buckingham, Pennsylvanie. Included are a pistol, a stake, garlic, holy water, mirror, bible, silver bullets, and …
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By David Pescovitz on Aug 29, 2011 05:15 pm Federal agents raided Gibson Guitar last week and confiscated what the Fish and Wildlife Service claim may be illegally harvested Madagascar ebony and other woods from protected forests. This follows a 2009 raid resulting in an ongoing court case, "United …
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By Rob Beschizza on Aug 29, 2011 05:12 pm Bachmann: Who likes white people? Crowd: (Cheers) Bachmann: Yeah! That's right! I'm Michelle Bachmann and I'm a member of congress and I'm running for the presidency of the United States and I'm here to talk tonight here to tell you …
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By David Pescovitz on Aug 29, 2011 05:04 pm This exquisite pair of "singing bird pistols", c. 1820, sold for $5.8 million at a Christie's International auction several months ago. Their beauty is matched only by the hyperbole of the video narration and description on the Christie's site: Aurel …
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By Xeni Jardin on Aug 29, 2011 04:55 pm Newsweek magazine has published a "scathing attack" on the Chinese government from artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, who was detained in extraordinary and dehumanizing conditions as an apparent political prisoner. In the op-ed, he describes Beijing as "a city of …
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By David Pescovitz on Aug 29, 2011 04:51 pm In this mad clip from "33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee" (1969), psych pop sensations Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger brainwash Mickey, Mike, Peter, and Davey for their own evil purposes: "We'll take the means of mass communication and use them …
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By Xeni Jardin on Aug 29, 2011 04:33 pm Time Warner, gigantic media conglomerate and parent of Warner Brothers, owns the rights to the Guy Fawkes mask design from the 2006 Warner Brothers film "V for Vendetta." So, every time you purchase one of those masks, they are paid …
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By Rob Beschizza on Aug 29, 2011 01:47 pm Posted by JKG II to the Boing Boing Flickr Pool.
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By Rob Beschizza on Aug 29, 2011 01:27 pm Though Muammar Gaddafi was said to be unusually frugal by the standards of Arab despots, CNN reports that his family lived a decadent and savage lifestyle that sounds like something out of Salo. As we were about to leave, one …
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