Watchismo Vintage & Modern Horology - Our watches will improve your self esteem by 7% Guy Fawkes OWS bandanas Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom free audiobook Cory coming to Hamburg, Berlin and Munich Brazilian police car rams smuggler's airplane Hylozoic Ground: art installation made of gossamer computers is like a huge lung "Saber-toothed squirrel" from the dinosaur days William Gibson interviewed in The Paris Review There is no copyright policy, only Internet policy; there is no Internet policy, only policy Which office drone misplaced the computer tape? In praise of "crap" technology Bayhem TrustoCorp's phone booth takeover Photo of a crosswalk light Schick razors: sharp enough to shave the victims of terrible tragedies Startling photo of volcanic lightning Tunisia recognizes the American Transitional National Council ApocaLego: Building end-times with plastic bricks Supercuts: rapid-cut videos that collect repetition Concrete ladle made from German WWII helmet Skylanders speed drawing Björk - Thunderbolt (music video) TOM THE DANCING BUG: Whose Encampment Should Crowd-Control Police Be Breaking Up? Righthaven copyright troll's victims send in US marshals to seize its assets Couple's nude photo shoot inside their dead horse Where does pain happen? NASA developing tractor beam Ten OccupyPortland protesters arrested for asking why they were being arrested Snake in ATM machine Mike Tyson Quotes: The Song Video: "Judge" beats disabled daughter for using the Internet Guy Fawkes OWS bandanas
By Cory Doctorow on Nov 03, 2011 12:31 pm Matthew Borgatti is taking pre-orders for this saucy OWS Guy Fawkes bandanna, which has many useful features: Fold this bandana in half to transform into the famous fawksy provocateur from the comic pages. It's perfect for protecting yourself from sudden dust storms and outbreaks of authoritarianism. Keep your neck warm during those cold sit-ins. Use ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Nov 03, 2011 11:15 am Sean Puckett has read my first novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, aloud for the Voices in the Dark site. The download is free and CC licensed, and it's very good. (Thanks, Tomi!)
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By Cory Doctorow on Nov 03, 2011 08:39 am I'm heading to Germany next week for a series of school visits and public appearances to promote the German edition of my novel For the Win. I'm doing public stops in Hamburg (Nov 7, 10AM, Hamburger Kinderbuchhaus im Altonaer Museum), Berlin (8PM, Sankt Oberholz), and Munich (7PM, Lovelybooks, livestream available). Full details at the RandomHouse.de ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Nov 03, 2011 05:49 am According to its title, this video shows a Brazilian police car ramming the wing of a smuggler's small twin prop airplane. A commenter named pvbernhard translated the dialogue: 0:13 - I'm going to hit the wing - I'm going to hit the wing. Do not shoot. 0:23 - Drop one there. [one police officer get ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Nov 03, 2011 05:22 am Hylozoic Ground, a Canadian art installation that was exhibited at the Venice Biennale, sounds like a really lovely, immersive environment. One warning: if you're the sort of person who's allergic to obscure, overwrought "artist's statements," the site may frustrate you -- it took me about 50 clicks before I found a screen that actually stated, ...
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By David Pescovitz on Nov 03, 2011 02:44 am This intimidating squirrel-like beastie with the impressive choppers lived 94 million years ago. Scientists from the University of Louisville recently discovered fossilized remains of the animal, named Cronopio dentiacutus, in Argentina. Apparently, it was about the size of a mouse. From CNN: (Paleontologist Guillermo Rougier believes Cronopio dentiacutus) was an insectivore, which is common for ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Nov 02, 2011 11:11 pm Kevin Kelly pointed to this great interview with William Gibson. Kevin says, "This long revealing interview with William Gibson is a gold mine. In addition to being a gifted writer, Gibson is one of the best conversationalists I've encountered. I could listen to him all day." GIBSON I was never much of a Raymond Chandler ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Nov 02, 2011 11:00 pm My latest Locus column is "It's Time to Stop Talking About Copyright," about the way that concentrating on "copyright" instead of "Internet policy" or "policy" causes us to miss the big picture: The disconnection laws that the entertainment industry has bought for itself in the UK, New Zealand and France provide for removing whole households ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Nov 02, 2011 09:54 pm A great 1965 ad from Fortune asks the burning question: who is responsible for misplacing the data-tape? the case of the disappearing data (Apr, 1965)
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Nov 02, 2011 09:44 pm I visited my little brother, a dedicated minimalist, last month. In general, I think of myself as not particularly consumerist-y. But hanging out with somebody who is sooo much better at not consuming pointlessly has left me with a lot to think about. Gadgets are one of the biggest things I've been pondering. This is ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Nov 02, 2011 09:24 pm In Michael Bay's next movie, the eighth explosion will also be the thousandth of his directorial career. [Frankenspace]
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Nov 02, 2011 08:16 pm The amazing TrustoCorp has published photos of its Phone Booth Takeover in lower Manhattan. TrustoCorp exhibition in LA, Oct. 23-24, 2010
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Nov 02, 2011 08:06 pm Here's a photo of a crosswalk light and a portion of a tattoo store sign. I wonder what's in the metal box behind the pole? (And the painting on the brick wall? It's by Dustin Spagnola.) (Via Reddit)
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By Cory Doctorow on Nov 02, 2011 07:56 pm From the annals of poorly considered marketing campaigns, this ad for Schick razors, which touts the fact that the product is so gentle it was used to keep the horribly burned flesh of the survivors of the Hindenburg nice and smooth. Great idea: get people to associate your product with hideous disasters, terrible loss of ...
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By David Pescovitz on Nov 02, 2011 07:39 pm No, this is not a still from the Radiers of the Lost Ark scene when the ark is opened, but an absolutely magnificent image of southern Chile's Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano spewing lightning-topped ash. Wow. Ricardo Mohr's photo was selected as one of National Geographic's "Pictures We Love: Best of October."
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By Cory Doctorow on Nov 02, 2011 07:03 pm Tunisian Facebook users have plastered Obama's Facebook page with thousands of messages in support of the Occupy movement: Among the comments, Tunisian Facebook users circulated "Arab Spring" jokes, such as: "Tunisia is the first country to recognize the American Transitional National Council," referring the revolutionary upheaval in Libya and the global recognition of the Libyan ...
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By John Baichtal on Nov 02, 2011 06:46 pm One of my favorite Lego genres -- and one for which the Lego Group will never release a set -- is that of ApocaLego. Whether it's a zombocalypse, bioplague, robot insurrection, or nuclear conflagration, builders who participate in this theme love detailing the end of days. Expect a lot of bikers, ruined buildings, and jackbooted ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Nov 02, 2011 06:30 pm Andy "Waxy" Baio writes about the "Supercut" phenomenon for Wired -- these being videos that edit together dozens (sometimes hundreds) of instances of some iconic cinematic moment, whether it's Sarah Palin's breathing, Obama's mentioning of "spending," Hollywood actors answering the phone (or saying "We've got company" or similar cliches), or every instance of "dude" from ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Nov 02, 2011 05:25 pm This concrete ladle, made from a Nazi army helmet, was apparently created by a demobilized German veteran who turned a tool of war into a tool of creation: THERE IS SOMETHING MAGNIFICENT and poetic about this humble object. Only great words can describe it and there, I fall short with things of such raw beauty. ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Nov 02, 2011 05:17 pm [Video Link] Last night my 8-year-old daughter and I played Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (we have a Wii and it is available on the other console platforms and the PC as well). We had a great time playing the game, which is geared for younger players but has sly humor that kids and adults will enjoy ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Nov 02, 2011 05:00 pm brightcove.createExperiences(); Boing Boing is proud to present an exclusive debut: the video for Björk's "Thunderbolt," from her new album, Biophilia. Björk tells us: Am playing live shows in reykjavik at the moment. Here comes a recording of thunderbolt live. Please please, do me a favour and use headphones or proper speakers when you listen. warmth, ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Nov 02, 2011 04:20 pm Righthaven, the copyright trolling organization that misrepresented its title to the copyrights of many of the newspaper articles at issue in its lawsuits against website operators, is now on the brink of bankruptcy. The US Marshals in Nevada have been authorized to seize $63,720.80 from it in cash or assets to pay the fines and ...
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By David Pescovitz on Nov 02, 2011 03:43 pm After Elizabeth Herrick and her boyfriend "euthanized" their 32-year-old horse with a rifle, they gutted it and Herrick climbed inside its carcass for a nude photo session. Then they posted the photos online resulting in some, er, "extreme emotional reactions" and a police investigation. I'll skip posting the photos, but you can see them on ...
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Nov 02, 2011 03:34 pm Someone stubs her toe. Where is the pain? In her mind ... or in the toe? In a recent study, laypeople indicated that they thought the pain was in the toe. (Via Scientific American Mind)
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By David Pescovitz on Nov 02, 2011 03:25 pm NASA researchers are exploring the possibility of tractor beams. The scientists are studying several methods for grabbing planetary or atmospheric particles in a laser beam for transfer to an instrument that would analyze their composition. "The original thought was that we could use tractor beams for cleaning up orbital debris," (principal investigator Paul) Stysley said. ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Nov 02, 2011 02:52 pm Ten more Occupy Portland demonstrators were arrested yesterday at 4AM. When they asked what the charge was, they were told they had "failed to comply with a lawful direction: "'The didn't give a Miranda warning, nor did they tell us why we were being arrested,' Former U.S. Marine Sgt. Micaiah Dutt recounted. 'They said, 'because ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Nov 02, 2011 02:49 pm [Video Link] "A resident in Llodio, Alava, got a shock when a snake came slithering out of the slot of a cash machine when he withdrew his money. Police report that this occurred at a Caja Madrid bank when the client went to get some money before going to work. The middle-aged man grabbed his ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Nov 02, 2011 02:36 pm [Video Link] JustDaveMusic made a song using Mike Tyson Quotes for the lyrics. (Via World's Best Ever)
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By Cory Doctorow on Nov 02, 2011 01:04 pm A YouTube video posted by a person who claims to be Hillary Adams, daughter of Aransas County Court-At-Law Judge William Adams shows a video of a man said to be Judge Williams viciously beating her as a teenager in 2004 (in the video, her age is given as 16). The accompanying text states: Aransas County ...
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