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By Cory Doctorow on May 23, 2012 01:00 pm A Redditor posts photos of a jar of American gods, hole-punched out of the US dollar bills that an atheist friend receives as tips in his job as a valet. My atheist friend has worked as a Valet for over a decade. He uses a hole-punch to take out the "god" on US dollars. Here ...
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By David Pescovitz on May 23, 2012 12:10 pm Generally I think QR codes are a lame stopgap technology. But this application by the Korean retailer Emart is fairly clever. They deployed 3D "Shadow QR codes" that only work during certain sunlight hours, lunchtime specifically. I could imagine this kinda thing being a fun clue in an alternate reality game. "In Seoul, retailer uses ...
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By Cory Doctorow on May 23, 2012 12:07 pm Tiffiniy from Fight for the Future (standard-bearers in the fight against SOPA) sez, Congressional hero of the SOPA wars, Senator Wyden, said about cyber security legislation (CISPA and Lieberman-Collins) that is expected to be taken up and passed in early June: "I believe these bills will encourage the development of an industry that profits from ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on May 23, 2012 11:54 am Artist Bruce Lowell recreated Limor Fried's Adafruit workshop in Lego and submitted it to LEGO CUUSOO. I hope it gets the 10,000 votes needed for Lego to manufacture it as a set! Ladyada's workshop is a place where you explore all the cool things you build and use when you're an engineer! Computers, pick-and-place machine, ...
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By Ruben Bolling on May 23, 2012 11:45 am Support Tom the Dancing Bug and receive untold BENEFITS and PRIVILEGES by joining the brand new INNER HIVE right now! "I signed up the second I read about it. It's a lot of fun. I enjoy hearing Ruben tell the story behind each of his comics. Good luck, Ruben!" -Mark Frauenfelder, INNER HIVE member since ...
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By Cory Doctorow on May 23, 2012 11:41 am Hank Chapot sez, "You've published two links to my research about the 1937 police corruption scandals in San Francisco, November and February, 'the long lost Atherton Report.' After all the research, I wrote a novel. 'Bordello Politique'. Its an e-book available in most formats on most sites. Dolly Fine was the first profit sharing madam, ...
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By Cory Doctorow on May 23, 2012 11:00 am Jason K has reimagined a series of Studio Ghibli movie posters as covers of vintage Penguin paperbacks. He sells them as posters, postcards, and assorted other etsybits. Studio Ghibli 4x6" postcard set of nine (via Wil Wheaton)
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By Cory Doctorow on May 23, 2012 10:19 am AKMA Adam sez, "After three years of living in Glasgow, we couldn't miss the opportunity to return to Cozy Noodle in Evanston -- our favourite restaurant here, where we used to live. We love the food and service, but the thing that sets Cozy apart is its vertiginously happy-mutant decor. The dining room was busy ...
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By Cory Doctorow on May 23, 2012 09:00 am In case the Epic Poop post has you reaching for a unicorn chaser, I bring you...unicorn poop. Specifically, DIY unicorn poop from Instructables user kristylynn84. The secret ingredient is love. And poop. And "sugar cookies, rainbow dragees, rainbow star sprinkles, white sparkle gel, and rainbow disco dust." Unicorn Poop!
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By Cory Doctorow on May 23, 2012 01:36 am A stapler with a USB hub in it? Why not? USB ALL THE OFFICE SUPPLIES. Usb hub auto Stapler (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)
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By David Pescovitz on May 23, 2012 12:34 am Kusa makes flip flops with a footbed of faux grass. They seem like an imaginary product in the background at an invention fair on The Simpsons. KUSA Grass Flip Flops
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By Cory Doctorow on May 23, 2012 12:03 am The RedPower Minecraft project, which has built a programmable 8-bit computer for Minecraft, has done a new release. Engadget's Mat Smith sums up the new features: "The system is made from three separate cubes, representing the CPU, monitor and disk drive, respectively, all connected by ribbon cables. Part of pre-release 5 of the RedPower 2 ...
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By Cory Doctorow on May 22, 2012 10:56 pm A Reddit thread called "Did you ever think you were going to die from a shit?" sparked a lyrical/scatological series of reminisces of epic dumps, including a two part series by ErikPDX recalling a storied moment of colonic glory following a period of post-surgical bedrest during which he consumed enormous amounts of painkillers and protein ...
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By Jason Weisberger on May 22, 2012 10:43 pm The NY Daily News reports that Actor Michael McKean, of Spinal Tap fame, has been struck by a car on Manhattan today. NY Daily News: McKean, 64, who played Lenny on the hit television show (Laverne and Shirley,) was seen bleeding from the head after a car barreled into him at W. 86th St. and ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on May 22, 2012 10:38 pm Bits & Pieces has a fun collection of "double take" photos. Each one caused a fun moment of "huh?" in my mind, until reality snapped into place.
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By Cory Doctorow on May 22, 2012 09:50 pm A Zimbabwean senator named Morgan Femai from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change has given a bizarre, misogynist speech at an African HIV/AIDS conference in which he proposes that his county's AIDS health emergency can be solved by mandating that women must be ugly and unbathed, and be subject to genital mutilation. He also gave ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on May 22, 2012 09:10 pm A dad says: "My son has a long to do list today!"
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By Cory Doctorow on May 22, 2012 09:00 pm A creative agency called Murmure is kitting out its employees with concrete business cards that come with their own miniature shipping palettes. There's a scene in a William Gibson novel (I could swear it was Idoru, but I can't find it) where a Hollywood studio exec passes out business-cards screened on wafer-thin slices of marble, ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on May 22, 2012 08:25 pm [Video Link] Follow the instructions on this video and prepare to be freaked out. (Via Doobybrain)
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By Mark Frauenfelder on May 22, 2012 08:06 pm Tadao Cern's portrait series is called "Blow Job."
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By Cory Doctorow on May 22, 2012 08:00 pm Instructables user Jetpack5 created a series of Star Wars space vehicles out of floppy-disk parts and office supplies. There's even a rubber-band-ball Death Star! Also in the set: a Millennium Falcon and a truly spiffy X-Wing fighter. This is a potentially productive way of using up the 5-billion-odd 3.5" floppies kicking around, slowly decaying. Better ...
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By Xeni Jardin on May 22, 2012 07:44 pm The late actor James Doohan, best known for his role as "Scotty" on the original Star Trek series, left instructions in his will that he wished to be buried in space. His family worked hard to fulfill that wish, and made arrangements with Celestis, Inc., a subdivision of the Houston-based company Space Services that offers ...
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By David Pescovitz on May 22, 2012 07:40 pm Australia is in the future, where it is already Robert Moog's birthday and you can play this fantastic Moog Google Doodle, complete with four-track recording. Google Australia
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By Mark Frauenfelder on May 22, 2012 07:21 pm [Video Link] I saw these glasses in action at the Maker Faire 2012 wrap dinner. The gents from macetech LLC who were wearing them were the life of the party. We at macetech LLC are proud of our existence as an intra-spacetime provider of technology. Our goal is to insert technological developments into the time ...
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By Cory Doctorow on May 22, 2012 07:19 pm Netherlands artist Suzanne Jongmans has created a series of portraits in the style of the Dutch Masters, creating the costumes out of soft packing foam sheets. She needs to team up with the artist who creates 15th century Flemish self-portraits using airplane toilet tissue and seat-covers. Together, they will rule the atemporal world. Referring to ...
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By Cory Doctorow on May 22, 2012 06:08 pm Objectivist C: a programming language wherein each object "must live for its own sake, neither sacrificing itself to others nor sacrificing others to itself." @implementation HelloWorld - (void)printHelloWorld { NSString *hello = @"I am. I think. I will."; Printer *printer = [[Printer alloc] init]; if (printer) { [printer print:hello inExchangeForUSDollars:2.00]; [printer release]; } else { ...
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By Cory Doctorow on May 22, 2012 06:01 pm Artist Annie Vought produces remarkable pieces by carefully handwriting texts on huge sheets of paper and then painstakingly carving away all the non-inked parts with a very, very sharp knife. I work primarily with cut paper and communication through writing. I believe handwritten records are fragments of individual histories– expressions of self that very much ...
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By David Pescovitz on May 22, 2012 05:40 pm Today is World Goth Day. Celebrate with the Sisters of Mercy.
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By Mark Frauenfelder on May 22, 2012 05:25 pm Here's a visual treat: photos that kids have taken of their projects on DIY.org. Explore Projects on DIY.org
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By Cory Doctorow on May 22, 2012 04:54 pm Just in case you were wondering, the Battleship movie is as stupid as it seems: "I was floored by just what new levels of stupidity in cinema the film achieves. The premise is insultingly stupid, the dialogue more so, and I'm torn over what is more cartoonish, the cliché character stereotypes or the godawful CGI. ...
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