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John Shirley's seminal "Song Called Youth" back in print Kevin Smith on why you, too can be an indie success HOWTO get rich from carny rides, 1945 Sociopathic Superman comics Security companies and governments conspire to discover and hide software vulnerabilities that can be used as spyware vectors Spiders made from TSA-confiscated scissors Bubblegum label-writer 130 Simpsons episodes at once Make: Talk 011 - Yury Gitman, Toy Inventor How a high roller took millions off three Atlantic City casinos without cheating Sponsor shout-out: ShanaLogic Regina Spektor: new video for "All the Rowboats" Building spilling books John Shirley's seminal "Song Called Youth" back in print
By Cory Doctorow on Mar 31, 2012 11:10 am BB pal Gareth Branwyn sez, "Just wanted to alert you, in case you were unaware, that my old cyberpal John Shirley's seminal series A Song Called Youth just came out in a new omnibus edition with a new introduction by Richard Kadrey and a biographical note by Chairman Bruce Sterling." In a near-future dystopia, a ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 31, 2012 09:03 am Here's Kevin Smith discussing his success as an independent, and rebutting critics who say that his go-it-alone strategy for his Red State (which is, by the way, excellent) was only possible because he'd made a name for himself: Anyone that tells you "oh he could do it because he's Kevin Smith"—tell 'em horseshit, man. That's ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 31, 2012 03:35 am In this 1945 Mechanix Illustrated article, Harold S. Kahm sets out the facts for any would-be ride-designers looking to hit the jackpot with a new high-speed thrill. Starting with the origin story of the bumper car (a WWI munitions plant worker built a miniature truck for hauling parts, the plant workers went crazy riding it, ...
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By David Pescovitz on Mar 31, 2012 12:47 am Superman can be a real jerk! "Comics Showing Superman Crazy Sociopath WTF Funny" (Happy Place) UPDATE: Ah! Turns out, this is a dupe of Cory's 2006 dupe of Mark's 2005 post pointing us to Superdickery where it seems this gallery first appeared! A natural classic!
Read in browser Security companies and governments conspire to discover and hide software vulnerabilities that can be used as spyware vectors
By Cory Doctorow on Mar 30, 2012 06:42 pm The Electronic Frontier Foundation's Marcia Hoffman writes about security research companies that work to discover "zero day" vulnerabilities in software and operating systems, then sell them to governments and corporations that want to use them as a vector for installing spyware. France's VUPEN is one such firm, and it claims that it only sells to ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 30, 2012 06:05 pm Sculptor Christopher Locke makes the most amazing spiders out of scissors -- but not just any scissors. Scissors that the TSA confiscated and auctioned off. Although the TSA website says scissors with blades less than four inches are allowed on airplanes, the individual officers conducting the screening have the authority to confiscate anything they think ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 30, 2012 05:31 pm In the Boing Boing store, a bubblegum-based label-writer. Feed it with any standard bubblegum tape, and stamp your message into it before you begin your chewy chewing for choosy chewers. Bubble Roll Message Maker
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 30, 2012 04:10 pm Romssonson created a single YouTube video displaying a grid of 130 miniature Simpsons episodes: About the video: -Top to bottom: each row shows a season (from season 1 to season 10) -Left to right: each column shows an episode (from episode 1 to episode 13) A total of 130 episodes is displayed, framerate is 25fps, ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Mar 30, 2012 03:30 pm Here's the 11th episode of MAKE's podcast, Make: Talk! In each episode, I interview one of the makers featured in the magazine. Our maker this week is Yury Gitman. Yury's a toy inventor and a product designer who teaches physical computing and toy design at Parsons The New School for Design in New York. In ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 30, 2012 03:26 pm Mark Bowden's Atlantic article tells the story of Don Johnson, a high-rolling gambler who broke the bank at three Atlantic City casinos without card-counting or other "cheats." Years ago, I was mildly obsessed with understanding casino economics and cheats, and read a bunch of books on how to win (or at least lose slowly) at ...
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By David Pescovitz on Mar 30, 2012 02:47 pm Thank you to our sponsor ShanaLogic, sellers of handmade and independently designed durable goods, apparel, delightful gifts, and other fine kit. Check out this clever unisex "
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By David Pescovitz on Mar 30, 2012 02:06 pm Regina Spektor is a Russian-born, classically-trained pianist who started making the downtown NYC avant-folk scene as a singer-songwriter in the late 1990s. She eventually rose to international prominence with her exquisite fourth album, "Begin to Hope" (2006), featuring the popular single "Fidelity." My whole family has enjoyed her music for years and so I was ...
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By David Pescovitz on Mar 30, 2012 01:33 pm "Biografias," an installation by Alicia Martin at Casa de America, Madrid. "5,000 Books Pour Out of a Building in Spain" (via Imaginary Foundation)
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