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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jun 05, 2012 01:00 pm From Think Progress: Cardinal Timothy Dolan has led the charge against same-sex marriage, describing gay and lesbian unions as “unjust,” “immoral,” and unnatural. “This is a very violation of what we consider natural law that’s embedded in every man and woman and we’re really worried as Americans that it’s going to be detrimental to the ...
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By David Pescovitz on Jun 05, 2012 12:51 pm For about a month, I've been repeatedly listening to Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974-1984, a fantastic new compilation of tracks by R&B and soul artists like Jeff Phelps (above), The Makers, and Albert Washington who were early adopters of then-new home recording technology and (relatively) inexpensive synthesizers that ultimately transformed the music industry. I was ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jun 05, 2012 12:43 pm [Video Link] "I wish I could talk in Technicolor."
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jun 05, 2012 12:16 pm [Video Link] The upcoming SimCity looks cool. It uses something called the GlassBox Simulation Engine to run the simulation. I won't pretend to understand how it works, but here's Maxis' Andrew Willmott's GDG 2012 "Inside Glassbox" presentation that goes into detail about it. Inside GlassBox
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By Ed Piskor on Jun 05, 2012 12:00 pm Read the rest of the Hip Hop Family Tree comics!
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By Rob Beschizza on Jun 05, 2012 11:43 am It is the dumbest week of the year to buy a new Mac. [Ars]
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By Rob Beschizza on Jun 05, 2012 11:36 am Enjoy a gorgeous 5-minute lampooning of RPG grind courtesy by Jordan Wilson. [via Indie Games]
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By Rob Beschizza on Jun 05, 2012 11:19 am A public info campaign in Japan compared radiation to a nagging wife. Apologies have been made. Reuters' Miki Kayaoka: The Japanese Atomic Energy Agency devoted a page on its website to an effort to "make the hard words used in the nuclear power industry" more easy to understand, particularly for women. The page, which included ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Jun 05, 2012 11:11 am The E3 trade show already has one winner—Ubisoft's upcoming Watch Dogs—but resentment at Microsoft and Sony's inane press events, light on new titles, was the order of the day. John Walker at RPS sums it up: "I wonder how long it will be until the reality of the industry will be represented in these events. ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Jun 05, 2012 11:03 am Erik "Possum Man" Stewart was one of my oldest, dearest friends. He died last week, of a sudden and freak cerebral hemorrhage. It happened while he slept, and his housemates found him the next day, appearing peaceful and not distressed. The coroner believes that his death was instant. Possum was the epitome of happy mutanthood. ...
Read in browser Laptop thief nabbed by webcam photo
By Rob Beschizza on Jun 05, 2012 10:57 am Theft protection software snapped a photo of a would-be burglar, helping police send him to jail and the laptop back into its owner's hands. The as-yet unnamed robber, 19, took games, checks, office equipment and the laptop Sunday from a home in Ann Arbor, Mi. Emailed instantly to the owner as soon as the laptop ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Jun 05, 2012 10:10 am John Scalzi's new novel Redshirts starts from a a well-worn, but clever premise: what if the characters in a hackneyed genre story realized that they were trapped by the poor imagination of a hack writer? In Redshirts' case, the prisoners of destiny are the red-shirted ensigns assigned to the flagship of a galactic federation in ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jun 05, 2012 10:10 am Click here to play this episode. In this episode of Gweek our special guest is Ready Player One author Ernest Cline. He breaks the news that the print editions of his novel contain an easter egg. The first person to solve the easter egg puzzles will win a fully restored DeLorean car! (see Ernie's announcement ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Jun 05, 2012 08:57 am JCPenney's new "everday low prices" policy—no coupons, no ads covered in fine print, no deceptive "sales"—is off to a bad start: the company posted a loss and its sales have dwindled. The campaign, which launched on Feb. 1, appears to be a disaster. Revenue dropped 20 percent for the first quarter compared to last year. ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Jun 05, 2012 08:44 am Long-term unemployed workers say they were bussed to London to act as stewards for the Queen's Jubilee, told they would be paid for the work and cared for while in town. When they arrived, they were told they wouldn't get paid (this was "work experience" not a job), and were made to strip down and ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jun 04, 2012 08:19 pm Here's the latest comic from Robert Arthur, author of a book that I read years ago and think about often, called You Will Die: The Burden of Modern Taboos. David Macdonald argues in his 2007 book, Drugs in Afghanistan, that Afghanistan’s increased drug usage is driven by an impoverished battle-scarred population trying desperately to relieve ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jun 04, 2012 08:12 pm [Video Link] Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, the talented fellows who made Catfish and the Paranormal Activity sequels, made a fantastically fun video about artist John Baldessari. Tom Waits narrates.
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By Bruce Sterling on Jun 04, 2012 08:00 pm This week, Boing Boing is presenting a series of essays about movies that have had a profound effect on our invited essayists. See all the essays in the Mind Blowing Movies series here. -- Mark Dunne and Raby, "Technological Dream Series No. 1: Robots," 2007, By Bruce Sterling [Video Link] I first witnessed this strange ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jun 04, 2012 07:39 pm I try not to buy cheap junk that clutters my house, because my kids already take care of that job. But I enjoy looking at the stuff that Cliff finds on his website, Five $ Finds. This Hide-a-Key Fake Sprinker Head looks pretty useful, actually! Five $ Finds
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jun 04, 2012 07:27 pm James Gill of Trick Coin says: "A month before Harvey Pekar died, Frank Young did a Skype interview with him for a series of articles Frank was writing about the creative processes of comic book creators. We think this may be the last interview that Harvey ever gave." Harvey Pekar's Last Interview?
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jun 04, 2012 07:22 pm Guido Mina di Sospiro and Joscelyn Godwin, authors of The Forbidden Book, wrote about five novels and their occult inspirations for Boing Boing: How do you find works of occult fiction that are not just fantasies? We have just published one of them: The Forbidden Book, released as an e-book by The Disinformation Company. It ...
Read in browser "Chinese Giant Salamander," by Michael Hearst
By Mark Frauenfelder on Jun 04, 2012 06:49 pm [Video Link] A fine song, from the album Songs for Unusual Creatures, by Michael Hearst. He has another music video, called "Jesus Christ Lizard," which was recorded on a glass armonica. By remarkable coincidence, in October Chronicle Books will release Michael's book titled Unusual Creatures. Unusual Creatures
Read in browser John Scalzi, Charlie Stross and I explain why Tor Books went DRM-free
By Cory Doctorow on Jun 04, 2012 06:18 pm Today I appeared in a group presentation of Tor Books authors -- Charlie Stross, John Scalzi and me -- and Macmillan USA's Executive Vice President for Digital Publishing and Technology -- Fritz Foy -- at Book Expo America in New York City. We were there to explain to the publishing world why Tor Books is ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Jun 04, 2012 06:14 pm Just look at it. This Is A Banana (Thanks, Brian!)
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By Rob Beschizza on Jun 04, 2012 02:22 pm Rocco Luka Magnotta, also known as Eric Clinton Newman, was arrested this morning in Berlin. The Canadian porn actor is a suspect in the murder of Lin Jun, a 33-year-old student from China, whose body parts were subsequently mailed to political parties. Megan Gibson writes: Though the discovery of the body parts already made for ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Jun 04, 2012 01:58 pm Spotted by Screenshots of Despair and Joseph Kugelmass.
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