[Sponsor] Much like the iconic double decker buses in the UK, this British-designed limited edition Storm Trilogy Watch has two levels. The top floor is a traditional three-handed clock bolted onto the bottom floor, where two totally different one handed displays display two other timezones. On the right, one features a simple single hand for hours (if it lies in the middle of the 8 and 9, it's showing 8:30). To the bottom left, an obscured viewing area offers a unique way of displaying the time: a single double-sided hand points to the hours in two rows, with the shorter side pointing to the hours after 3 o'clock and the longer side pointing to the hours after 9.
Cat and Ram are pals (photo) "Old people smell" is real Florida is center of coming zombie apocalypse It's shopped, this new app will be able to tell by the pixels The history of pigeon camera photography Kid's guide to Minecraft ACTA falters in Europe Super-size soda to be banned in New York under obesity plan Clarion Write-a-Thon: the home-game edition of the Clarion writing workshop Lightning rainbow Sun god appeased in Manhattan Hypercard at 25 SpaceX Dragon takes fiery ride from ISS back to Earth today Canadian border guards demand inbound journalist's mobile phone contacts, prohibit writing while in-country New York City mapped by rappers' origins Click watches look like light-switches Toronto cop who arrested drunk-driving off-duty officer harassed by co-workers Cats with flowers on their heads, in baskets, resting in a tree (video) Gay porn actor in Canada wanted for killing friend, publishing dismembering videos, mailing body parts First-person horror game from a two-year-old's PoV In Tibet, a mother of 3 burns herself alive in protest of Chinese rule SpaceX Dragon scheduled to return to Earth Thu. May 31, 11:44 AM ET After news of an Obama "Kill List," a petition for a "Do Not Kill" list Why "ethical" people commit fraud Virgin Galactic spaceship gets FAA's OK for test flights Orangutan rescued from poaching, returned to wild, then shot 62 times by thrill-seeking villagers Scarf-wearing pig chased by cops on Pittsburgh highway Turning out the streetlights in "distressed" parts of Detroit Apps for Kids 023: Geared Apps for Kids 023: Geared Cat and Ram are pals (photo)
By Xeni Jardin on May 31, 2012 12:46 pm A reader photography contest at National Geographic yields this photograph by Sarah Deutsch, of "a magical moment of love between a cat and a ram." If interspecies love is not your thing, try this trio of dancing ostriches. (thanks, Marilyn Terrell)
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By David Pescovitz on May 31, 2012 12:44 pm You know the odor of retirement homes, synagogues on high holidays, churches on crowded Sundays, and, perhaps, your grandmother's house? Turns out that "old people smell" seems to be a real thing, according to a new scientific study. Neuroscientist Johan Lundström of the Monell Chemical Senses Center led the study that involved people of various ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on May 31, 2012 12:44 pm From ihopericksantorum: 5/16: McArthur High School HazMat SituationStudents, Teachers Decontaminated After Breaking Out In Rash http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/mcarthur-high-school-contamination_n_1521764.html5/19: No confirmation on chemical at Fort Lauderdale International Airporthttp://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/terminal-2-evacuated-at-fort-lauderdale-airport-in-hazmat-scare5/21: Police: Man bites woman in Westchester http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/westchester/newsnow/x639948018/Police-Man-bites-woman-in-Westchester5/23: I-285 reopens after hazmat incident http://www.wesh.com/r/31112110/detail.html5/23: Man Bites Cousin’s Nose Off http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Man-Bites-Cousins-Nose-Off-153100125.html5/24: Second Broward school reports mystery rash http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/24/2815003/second-broward-school-reports.html5/25: Hazmat Called After Kids ...
Read in browser It's shopped, this new app will be able to tell by the pixels
By Xeni Jardin on May 31, 2012 12:32 pm At Poynter, Craig Silverman writes about FourAndSix, a new photo forensics tool now in beta. The idea is to create tools that "sniff out digitally altered images." Two of the people behind it: Kevin Connor, former VP of product management for Adobe Photoshop, and digital image forensics expert Dr. Hany Farid. (via Erin Siegal)
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By Mark Frauenfelder on May 31, 2012 12:27 pm I bought this tiny video camera because my kids and I want to strap it to our cat and see where she goes when she wanders around outside. We are trying to design a safe and comfortable harness for her. That's why I was interested to see this article about the history of pigeon camera ...
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By Cory Doctorow on May 31, 2012 12:19 pm On Something Awful, Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka's seven-year-old daughter Lauren has a guide to Minecraft for budding players and pros alike: A Seven-Year Old's Guide to Minecraft (Mindcraft 3?)
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By Rob Beschizza on May 31, 2012 11:48 am Three EU committees rejected ACTA this week; good news for a bad treaty. Previously. [Ars]
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By Rob Beschizza on May 31, 2012 11:28 am At the NYT, Michael M. Grynbaum reports on Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to abolish sales of large bottles or cups of soda outside of grocery stores. The proposed ban would affect virtually the entire menu of popular sugary drinks found in delis, fast-food franchises and even sports arenas, from energy drinks to pre-sweetened iced teas. ...
Read in browser Clarion Write-a-Thon: the home-game edition of the Clarion writing workshop
By Cory Doctorow on May 31, 2012 11:15 am The Clarion Foundation has announced its annual write-a-thon, which is a sort of "home-game" edition of the famous Clarion science fiction and fantasy writing workshop, a boot-camp for budding writers held annually at the La Jolla campus of UC San Diego: What is a write-a-thon, anyway? It's just like a walk-a-thon. But instead of walking, ...
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By Rob Beschizza on May 31, 2012 11:11 am A rainbow during storms in Haikou, the capital of China's Hainan province. Photo: China Daily/Reuters
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By Rob Beschizza on May 31, 2012 11:03 am To this marvelous photo of something odd going on in Manhattan, Jane-Claire Quigley appends an explanation (of sorts). [Animal NY]
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By Rob Beschizza on May 31, 2012 10:53 am Matthew Lasar at Ars: "Where does HyperCard fit in the narrative of innovation? It's always tempting to go the condescending route and compare the program to, say, the optical telegraph, which was the magnetic telegraph's largely forgotten predecessor; or to John Logie Baird's mechanical television set, a forerunner to electronic TV; or to the cable/satellite ...
Read in browser SpaceX Dragon takes fiery ride from ISS back to Earth today
By Xeni Jardin on May 31, 2012 10:14 am Watch live streaming video from spaceflightnow at livestream.com UPDATE: The SpaceX Dragon successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 1042AM ET/1142AM PT. History made, with the first commercially-built and operated space flight to the International Space Station now successfully completed. Six days after it berthed with the International Space Station on an historic mission ...
Read in browser Canadian border guards demand inbound journalist's mobile phone contacts, prohibit writing while in-country
By Cory Doctorow on May 31, 2012 10:10 am Henry sez, "Jacobin editor and In These Times correspondent Bhaskar Sunkara got a going over from Canadian border cops who accused him of being 'political' for knowing about health insurance, and of being a 'bigtime journalist embedded in the student movement,' then demanded his phone and details of his contacts." The other agent, now done ...
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By Xeni Jardin on May 31, 2012 10:03 am Click through to A Very Small Array for full size. You may also enjoy The Rap Map.
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By Cory Doctorow on May 31, 2012 09:00 am Click's latest watches are the "Wall Switches." As the name implies, they look like wide, flat, blank wall-switches, but have a hidden illuminated time-display that lights up when the switch is flicked. Click Wall Switch Watches
Read in browser Toronto cop who arrested drunk-driving off-duty officer harassed by co-workers
By Cory Doctorow on May 30, 2012 10:54 pm A Toronto internal police disciplinary ruling found that Constable Andrew Vanderburgh was "harassed and berated" by other cops because he insisted on booking an off-duty cop whom he'd caught driving drunk. Vanderburgh, a rookie, brought in Breton Berthiaume based on a phoned-in tip about an erratic highway driver. Berthiaume, an off-duty cop, failed a breathalyzer. ...
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By Xeni Jardin on May 30, 2012 09:31 pm Video link (shironekoshiro)
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By Xeni Jardin on May 30, 2012 08:57 pm Authorities in Canada are searching for 29-year-old Luka Rocco Magnotta, an adult film actor who appears on various websites featuring hardcore gay male porn. Magnotta is beleived to be the man responsible for killing a friend, videotaping and then publishing online video of the man's dismemberment, then mailing body parts to various addresses in Ottawa, ...
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By Cory Doctorow on May 30, 2012 08:46 pm Krillbrite Studio offers a preview of "Among the Sleep," a first-person horror game viewed from the point of view of a toddling two-year-old: Among The Sleep invites you into the mind and body of a two year old child. After being put to bed one evening, mysterious things start to happen. Being played in first ...
Read in browser In Tibet, a mother of 3 burns herself alive in protest of Chinese rule
By Xeni Jardin on May 30, 2012 08:27 pm A woman identified as Rikyo, said to be 33 years old and the mother of three young children, burned herself to death today in what is believed to have been another desperate act of protest against China's repressive policies in Tibet. According to the Tibetan pro-sovereignty website Phayul, she set herself on fire near the ...
Read in browser SpaceX Dragon scheduled to return to Earth Thu. May 31, 11:44 AM ET
By Xeni Jardin on May 30, 2012 08:02 pm The SpaceX Dragon, having successfully berthed with the International Space Station, is on its way back home. Last week the space vehicle became the first privately-built and operated spacecraft to reach the ISS. Dragon is targeted to land in the Pacific Ocean, about 500 miles west-southwest of Los Angeles, at approximately 8:44 AM PT/11:44 AM ...
Read in browser After news of an Obama "Kill List," a petition for a "Do Not Kill" list
By Xeni Jardin on May 30, 2012 07:46 pm There's a new petition drive on the White House website, inspired by the New York Times story about a so-called "kill list" the President uses to decide which war on terror enemy should be taken out by drones or air strikes: The Do Not Kill List. If it reaches 25,000 signatures, the White House must ...
Read in browser Why "ethical" people commit fraud
By Cory Doctorow on May 30, 2012 07:43 pm An All Things Considered segment (MP3) with Chana Joffe-Walt and Alix Spiegel looks at the circumstances that lead to people cheating and committing other frauds. They frame it with the true story of Toby Groves, whose brother had been convicted of fraud, and whose father made him swear a solemn oath to be upstanding in ...
Read in browser Virgin Galactic spaceship gets FAA's OK for test flights
By Xeni Jardin on May 30, 2012 07:27 pm The Federal Aviation Administration today cleared SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic's six-passenger commercial space vehicle, to begin rocket-powered suborbital test flights. More on the experimental launch permit from Virgin Galactic: Already, SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo have made significant progress in their flight test program. With 80 test flights completed, WhiteKnightTwo is substantially through its test plan, while the ...
Read in browser Orangutan rescued from poaching, returned to wild, then shot 62 times by thrill-seeking villagers
By Xeni Jardin on May 30, 2012 07:13 pm A blind Sumatran orangutan named Leuser was poached, sold as a gift, rescueed by the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program, and returned to the wild. Then, villagers seeking entertainment shot him 62 times. He has been rescued again, and his story is told in photos here.
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By Xeni Jardin on May 30, 2012 06:46 pm Today, the best news story of the entire day was surely this unlikely report of a "sharp-dressed pig running loose on a highway" outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Police chased the little porker, believed to be a juvenile, but "failed to catch it before it scurried off into the woods." Police say the pig appeared to ...
Read in browser Turning out the streetlights in "distressed" parts of Detroit
By Cory Doctorow on May 30, 2012 06:38 pm In Bloomberg, Chris Christoff reports on the city of Detroit's plan to switch off up to half of its municipal streetlights, reducing or eliminating public lighting in "distressed" areas, noting that other cities, including neighboring Highland Park, as well as Colorado Springs, have already done this: A single, broken streetlight on the northeast side brings ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on May 30, 2012 05:45 pm Click here to play episode. Apps for Kids is Boing Boing's podcast about cool smartphone apps for kids and parents. My co-host is my 9-year-old daughter, Jane Frauenfelder. In this week's episode Jane's older sister Sarina tells us about Geared, a puzzle game where you have to connect gears together. It's free in the iTunes ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on May 30, 2012 05:44 pm Click here to play episode. Apps for Kids is Boing Boing's podcast about cool smartphone apps for kids and parents. My co-host is my 9-year-old daughter, Jane Frauenfelder. In this week's episode Jane's older sister Sarina tells us about Geared, a puzzle game where you have to connect gears together. It's free in the iTunes ...
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