Alan Shepard's A-Okay and other space program myths Report: mystery men "impersonated" police in search for missing iPhone 5 (Updated) Amazon tablet revealed; forks older Android and replaces Google marketplace Friday Freak-Out: Yuya Uchida & The Flowers play "Summertime" (1968) Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich answering questions on Reddit Korin Faught: new painting show in Culver City, CA Samsung MV800 digicam for self-portraits Sponsor Shout-Out: Watchismo The Mean Men of coffee advertising Yellowstone Bison 
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Alan Shepard's A-Okay and other space program myths
By David Pescovitz on Sep 02, 2011 09:30 pm Smithsonian magazine presents "Ten Enduring Myths About the US Space Program." Of course, the moon landing hoax made the cut but there are several good ones in the mix: "Alan Shepard is A-Okay." Several famous inventions have been mistakenly attributed …
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By Rob Beschizza on Sep 02, 2011 09:23 pm Following Apple's loss of another iPhone prototype, a San Francisco man reported that a group of men claiming to be police officers appeared at his home and demanded to search it for the cellphone. One of the searchers gave him …
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By Rob Beschizza on Sep 02, 2011 08:39 pm MG Siegler has beheld the legendary Amazon tablet. It is 7" big and has multitouch, a full-color backlit screen, Android, and a $250 price tag. Hardware-wise, then, it's rather like the Nook Color. Software-wise, however, Amazon is forking the OS …
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By David Pescovitz on Sep 02, 2011 08:26 pm Friday Freak-Out: Mellow Japanese psych to end the summer with Yuya Uchida & The Flowers covering "Summertime" from their 1968 album, Challenge!. Reissued on the Phoenix label and available from San Francisco's Aquarius Records, Challenge! also features covers of Hendrix, …
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By Dean Putney on Sep 02, 2011 07:00 pm Starting about an hour ago, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich is answering pretty much whatever questions people pose him on Reddit. Among the gems: evasilev: What is the top priority policy change you would like to see outlined in …
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By David Pescovitz on Sep 02, 2011 05:58 pm Still feeding her curious fascination with twins and triplets, masterful oil painter Korin Faught has an exhibition of gorgeous new works opening at Culver City's Corey Helford Gallery tomorrow evening. The show, titled "Voices of the Lake," hangs until September …
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By Rob Beschizza on Sep 02, 2011 02:40 pm Samsung's MV800 point-and-shoot camera opens like a book to allow HD previews of one's unflattering, arms-length self-portraits. Chin down, look up! The 5x zoom camera has 720p video capture, a 1/2.3" sensor, and a $280 price tag. [Samsung via Wired]
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By Rob Beschizza on Sep 02, 2011 01:33 pm Our thanks to Watchismo for sponsoring another week of Boing Boing Blast, our delivery of blog headlines to your inbox. Watchismo has unlocked 'The Vault', a curated collection of high-end mechanical 'time machines'. Featured within are handcrafted timepieces from Italy, …
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By Rob Beschizza on Sep 02, 2011 01:31 pm Shaun Clayton compiled a collection of scenes from old coffee commercials, which often shared a theme: "men being jerks to their wives about coffee." [via Peter Serafinowicz]
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 02, 2011 01:21 pm A herd of bison in a valley in the northwestern region of Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming). I shot this iPhone snap while shooting video with Miles O'Brien and team—we're working on a story for the PBS NewsHour. We're in Montana …
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