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Do-it-with-squabs Brassy, tassled electric candle fixture Introducing the Hollywood Cigarette Finger Ring Lumpy kids on a 1913 sportswear catalog Hark! A Vagrant: the book Bruce Schneier and former TSA boss Kip Hawley debate air security on The Economist US loosens limits on how data from spying on citizens can be used, stored, shared HOWTO turn a loved one's head into a laser-cut 3D model with a secret compartment Zombie sleep mask The GOP's War on Women Heatgate or Hype? Thermal imaging of new iPad vs. iPad 2 (photo) The most disgusting trading cards ever made: exclusive Boing Boing preview! Australia's government won't disclose its secret copyright meetings because knowing what went on isn't in the public interest Happy Birthday, William Shatner Adam and Jamie's fun new show: Unchained Reaction Landmark ruling for LGBT rights in Chile Gay cruise not so gay after two arrested on "buggery" in Caribbean We Are All Radioactive, a documentary series Cock rock ambient Crazed giant beast hand-cranked automaton in action Racist pants Monstrous, grotesque and awesome sculptures of Thomas Kuebler Tim Ferriss explains how to hyperdecant wine Pond - "Moth Wings" (MP3 download) Tim Leary's floatation tank for sale "Unseen Titanic" in NatGeo magazine: first ever complete views of wreck 11 days until the release of "The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist"! (…plus your chance to win an autographed copy today) The Beyond: 1981 Italian horror film soundtrack reissued Video: Diana Gameros, live at Yoshi's Do-it-with-squabs
By Mark Frauenfelder on Mar 23, 2012 12:30 pm Apparently, there's big money in human-squab hybrids! Includes an "eye-opening free picture book." (Via Phil-Are-Go)
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 23, 2012 12:00 pm Art Donovan writes, "I've created a current collection of illuminated designs that take cues from just about every global, antique influence I can find. My latest work, 'The Most Excellent Rumi Redux' stretches my sources just about as far as I've gone yet." We've featured a lot of Art's excellent work before. Mr. Donovan's newest ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Mar 23, 2012 11:09 am The final word in understated sophistication! Comes with instruction manual. (Via Mitch O'Connell)
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 23, 2012 11:02 am This 1913 athleticwear catalog cover illo sure makes their customers look like a bunch of swell kids -- like Hal Roach/Our Gang stars who've got the mumps. Cue the creepy kids! (Image: 1913 ... Lumpy and Lousey, a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike (2.0) image from x-ray_delta_one's photostream)
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 23, 2012 10:09 am Somehow, I missed last year's publication of the long-overdue Hark! A Vagrant collection, which puts Kate Beaton's fantastic webcomic between covers. Beaton is a Canadian who studied history but plumped for the glamorous life of a cartoonist instead. We're all richer for it, as she captures the true spirit of history with her mixture of ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 23, 2012 09:54 am The Economist is hosting a debate between Bruce Schneier and former TSA honcho Kip Hawley, on the proposition "This house believes that changes made to airport security since 9/11 have done more harm than good." I'm admittedly biased for Bruce's position (he's for the proposition), but it seems to me that no matter what your ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Mar 23, 2012 09:37 am An NSA agent reacts to the new rules governing information acquired through domestic surveillance. At the New York Times, a story by Charlie Savage on new guidelines signed into law Thursday by US Attorney General Eric H. Holder for the National Counterterrorism Center, created in 2004 to "improve intelligence sharing and serve as a terrorism ...
Read in browser HOWTO turn a loved one's head into a laser-cut 3D model with a secret compartment
By Cory Doctorow on Mar 23, 2012 09:00 am CarlBass on Instructables (who's also the CEO of Autodesk) created a 3D modelled, laser-cut version of his son's head, designed to have a secret compartment instead of brains. We made a box in the shape of my son's head. We laser cut pieces of taskboard (corrugated cardboard works well, too) and laminated them together. The ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 22, 2012 09:01 pm In the Boing Boing store: Zombie Sleep Masks. One of these is going in my "most comfortable man in the sky" airplane kit -- a carry-all with a tiny two-temperature sleeping bag, hot water bottle, fuzzy sleep socks, freshly pressed cotton pyjamas, and a sleep mask. Zombie Sleep Mask
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Mar 22, 2012 07:58 pm [Video Link] MoveOn's new ad spot features women repeating brain-curdlingly misogynistic comments made by prominent members of the Republican party. The GOP's War on Women
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By Xeni Jardin on Mar 22, 2012 07:08 pm Apple's newest iPad, (R) and its predecessor, the iPad 2, are pictured with a thermal camera in Berlin March 22, 2012. Consumer Reports effectively launched "heatgate" hysteria this week, when it reported test results showing that the new iPad reached temperatures of 116 degrees Fahrenheit (47 degrees Celsius) after 45 minutes of running an intense ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Mar 22, 2012 06:43 pm (All images copyright 2012 The Topps Company, Inc., used by permission.) My kids and I have become deeply engrossed with the book Garbage Pail Kids, a fond look at the Topps bubblegum trading cards that were art directed by Art Spiegelman 25 years ago. This book, published by Abrams ComicArts, has all 206 images from ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 22, 2012 06:06 pm On TechDirt, Glyn Moody reports the outrageous news that the Australian government refuses to release any substantive information on the secret copyright enforcement meetings it held, redacting nearly the entirety of the documents before releasing them to a Freedom of Information request. The government also claims that it can't release a list of attendees because ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Mar 22, 2012 06:00 pm Actor William Shatner celebrates his 81st birthday today. He is best known for his role in the Star Trek television series and films, but has had a long and wildly varied career that... continues to... boldly go where no man has gone before, one might say. Captain James T. Kirk was a constant presence in ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Mar 22, 2012 05:38 pm [Video Link] Our MythBusting pals, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, have a new series on the Discovery Channel called Unchained Reaction. It airs Sundays at 10PM (the new season of MythBusters is on Sundays, too). Here's an exclusive peek at the upcoming episode, which features a team of engineers from NASA vs. a team of ...
Read in browser Landmark ruling for LGBT rights in Chile
By Xeni Jardin on Mar 22, 2012 05:35 pm Via the New York Times: In Chile, a judge who lost custody of her daughters in 2004 because she is a lesbian will now receive damages, after an Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruling. Karen Atala will get $50,000, and $12,000 to reimburse court costs. Not much comfort after being separated from your kids by ...
Read in browser Gay cruise not so gay after two arrested on "buggery" in Caribbean
By Xeni Jardin on Mar 22, 2012 05:25 pm Via The Associated Press, news that two men on a cruise from Palm Springs through the Virgin Islands were arrested Wednesday in Dominica, where sex between two men—"buggery"— is a crime. According to their lawyer, the couple was enjoying the cruise, had downed a few cocktails, and were swept up by the beautiful scenery... so ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Mar 22, 2012 04:51 pm Lisa Katayama says: Last summer, TED film director Jason Wishnow and I went to Japan to visit a small fishing village destroyed by the tsunami. We'd heard from a friend that something unique was happening there -- in the absence of official aid from the government and NGOs, a team of young surfers was spearheading ...
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By David Pescovitz on Mar 22, 2012 04:10 pm Willoughby, Ohio's StPaulAtTheEndOfTheWorld slows down FM radio classics like Boston's "More Than A Feeling" and Alan Parsons Project's "Eye In The Sky" into lush, orchestral drone. He calls it "Cock Rock Ambient." You can join the fun too by using the open source Paul's Extreme Sound Stretch software. StPaulAtTheEndOfTheWorld (via Dangerous Minds, thanks Patrick Kelly!)
Read in browser Crazed giant beast hand-cranked automaton in action
By Cory Doctorow on Mar 22, 2012 04:07 pm Dug sez, "This video profile of automata-maker Dug North includes a better view of the 'Crazed giant beast hand-cranked automaton prototype' featured on Boing Boing back on August 2nd, 2011." Automata (Thanks, Dug North!)
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Mar 22, 2012 03:38 pm Abercrombie & Fitch (It's a rogue reseller!) should think of a better name for these pants. UPDATE: Xeni says "Network Solutions Whois reveals that the abercrombie-and-fitchoutlet.com domain is owned by bizcn.com, a Chinese company. Abercrombie & Fitch Inc doesn't control any of the content." Here's a similar case reported in The Consumerist.
Read in browser Monstrous, grotesque and awesome sculptures of Thomas Kuebler
By Cory Doctorow on Mar 22, 2012 03:27 pm Thomas Kuebler's sculptures are a little bit Bosch, a little bit Jaffee, a little bit Wolverton, and a little bit EC Comics -- and a whole lot of awesome. After two and a half decades of working in the corporate world of toy design prototypes and bringing robots to life in the animatronics field, Thomas ...
Read in browser Tim Ferriss explains how to hyperdecant wine
By David Pescovitz on Mar 22, 2012 03:12 pm I don't know anything about wine, but I love the audacious idea of using an immersion blender to hyperdecant wine in 20 seconds. Tim Ferriss explains how in the video above. I'm really looking forward to Tim's new book, The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the ...
Read in browser Pond - "Moth Wings" (MP3 download)
By Amy Seidenwurm on Mar 22, 2012 02:55 pm Sound it Out # 22: Pond - "Moth Wings" I've been thinking about getting a medical marijuana prescription for my insomnia, and it occurs to me that that's probably also the only thing that would make Pond sound even better to me than they already do. I'm confident that no bud was spared during the two ...
Read in browser Tim Leary's floatation tank for sale
By David Pescovitz on Mar 22, 2012 02:52 pm You can own Timothy Leary's sensory deprivation tank! The Samadhi Tank Company delivered the tank to Tim the month before he died. I don't know how often Tim used it, but I remember seeing it in the corner of his bedroom. Tim's tank is on eBay for a Buy It Now price of $20,000 with ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Mar 22, 2012 02:33 pm COPYRIGHT© 2012 RMS TITANIC, INC; Sonar mosaic developed by Remus Operations Group (WHOI) and Waitt Institute. Visible for the first time through sonar imaging, the remains of the ship and its contents sprawl across a thousand acres of gently sloping seafloor. Combined with optical mosaics of individual artifacts, this map of the main wreck area ...
Read in browser 11 days until the release of "The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist"! (…plus your chance to win an autographed copy today)
By Mark Frauenfelder on Mar 22, 2012 02:23 pm …and the countdown continues. Clowes Juvenilia Alvin says: "For today we have artwork by young Daniel Clowes. He created these drawings between the ages of 6 and 18. What kinda kid draws Spiro Agnew and Gerald Ford with his crayons anyway?" The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist will be available April 1st. Order a ...
Read in browser The Beyond: 1981 Italian horror film soundtrack reissued
By David Pescovitz on Mar 22, 2012 02:23 pm The Beyond is Lucio Fulci's 1981 Italian horror film about a hotel that just happens to be built on top of a gate to… Hell! Fabio Frizzi's soundtrack is a classic of Italian horror scores and is now being reissued by the Mondo label. More info over at OMG Vinyl: "Announcing "The Beyond: Original Motion ...
Read in browser Video: Diana Gameros, live at Yoshi's
By David Pescovitz on Mar 22, 2012 01:11 pm Diana Gameros, my favorite singer/songwriter in San Francisco, performs soulful, passionate, and modern music infused with her Latin heritage. Born in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Gameros creates authentic, inspiring music that reflects the 21st century experiences of a young indie artist at the borderlands between cultures, languages, and genres. Diana recently performed with a full band ...
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