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By Cory Doctorow on Jul 07, 2012 01:00 pm BitTorrent Labs have released the alpha version of their "OneClick Chrome Extension," a Javascript-based Web app that obviates the need for a separate BitTorrent client. Using their plugin, you can download BitTorrent files as though they were regular, server-hosted downloads. As Patrick Williams explains in a blog post on GitHub, I stumbled upon the Chrome ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Jul 07, 2012 11:43 am Megan, a cake designer, sports her wonderful zombie/T-Rex tattoo. It was inked by Jeff Addz at Generation X in Daytona Beach, Florida, who worked freehand. Zombie T-Rex Tattoo Shoulder Tattoo (via Geekologie)
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By Cory Doctorow on Jul 07, 2012 10:03 am I'm very taken with James Charlick's photo, "The Grand Library," shot in an abandoned house during an urban exploration expedition. The Grand Library
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By Cory Doctorow on Jul 07, 2012 08:48 am An internal memo from Scientology's "Office of Special Affairs" (notorious for being a dirty tricks bureau) asks adherents to the faith to find message-board comments on stories about Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes's divorce that criticize the church and try to have them censored by complaining about violations of online services' "codes of conduct," which ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Jul 06, 2012 07:46 pm From Sociological Images's Lisa Wade: Mitt Romney's campaign put out a set of graphics illustrating a "gap" between what Obama promised and what he has delivered. The graphic is in the form of a Venn diagram, a visual designed to show the overlap between two conditions... Unfortunately, Romney's overlapping circles are not Venn diagrams, making ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jul 06, 2012 07:05 pm I'm not very bright, so I can't think of a reason for a 0 ohm resistor. What are they for?
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By Xeni Jardin on Jul 06, 2012 06:32 pm Above, a NASA photo of astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 31 flight engineer, posing with some sweet-ass digital cameras in the Cupola of the International Space Station. ISS031-E-112469 (10 June 2012).I hereby propose that someone launch a tumblr with more photos like this, to be titled FUCK YEAH DON PETTIT. Larger sizes at OnOrbit, via PetaPixel, ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jul 06, 2012 06:19 pm In yesterday's Gweek podcast, Clive Thompson and I talked to Ed Piskor about his great new graphic Novel Wizzywig, about a young "dark side" hacker. I mentioned that I liked the scene featuring Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, who make an appearance as illegal blue box salesmen dressed in their Alice in Wonderland birthday party ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Jul 06, 2012 06:14 pm In this PBS NewsHour segment, science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on a contest launched by actor and author Alan Alda that challenges scientists to explain the science behind a flame, while flexing their communication muscles. The judges are thousands of 11-year-olds. Below, the winning video entry: "What is a Flame," by Ben Ames, a quantum ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Jul 06, 2012 05:50 pm [Video Link] Canada's Hospital for Sick Children (aka SickKids) and the Cundari creative agency are developing a iPhone app called "Pain Squad" to help monitor and report physical pain and emotional wellness in young cancer patients. Snip from a post on Springwise: Using the narrative of a police force hunting down pain, users are inducted ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Jul 06, 2012 05:38 pm Paul sez, "I'm the writer and presenter of the hit BBC3 show 'The Real Hustle', and I've just released a new video to promote my one-man show, 'Lie. Cheat. Steal. Confessions of a Real Hustler' at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 'Free Drinks Forever' teaches nine entertaining proposition bets for you to fool and fleece ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Jul 06, 2012 05:00 pm A report from Louis CK's no fees, no scalpers direct-sales concert tour: Mr CK is up more than $6 million, and scalping is down to less than one percent (compared with 25 percent for his other, traditional-sales events). CK has been approached by scalpers who defend their practice by saying it's legal. He replies to ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Jul 06, 2012 04:48 pm Benjamin Sickles, 21, was arrested Thursday after stealing snacks from a Subway restaurant near Pittsburgh, PA. To find their man. officers "followed a trail of chip bags". [WaPo]
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jul 06, 2012 04:25 pm Tony says: If you haven't heard of the Trivia Championships of North America, well, that's understandable. It's only the second year for TCONA, but this year's event, taking place from August 10-12 at Circus Circus in Las Vegas, will already be bigger, with more players, more pub quiz hosts from around the country, more medal ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Jul 06, 2012 04:00 pm Ernie made us a Jackhammer Jill automata from pinewood and paint: "She bounces up and down like the animated GIF." Ernie wins the whole goddamned Internet. Jackhammer Jill.wmv (Thanks, Ernie!)
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By David Pescovitz on Jul 06, 2012 03:50 pm Les Milton brags on his mom Judy Mascolo who makes fantastic "Nerd Glass." He writes, "She started doing stained glass, a common hobby amongst the adorably active elderly, and then she started making nerdier pieces for my brother (who designs video games) and my son." Nerd Glass
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By Xeni Jardin on Jul 06, 2012 03:39 pm Mark Memmott at NPR's "The Two Way" blog digs in to statistics and maps from the National Climatic Data Center to illustrate exactly how fucking hot it is in hundreds of cities around the US, as a record-setting heatwave continues. I found the data a little confusing, so I 'shooped up a "For Dummies" version ...
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By David Pescovitz on Jul 06, 2012 03:11 pm A. Pants's "That's Sew Spock" (36" tall, fabric and stuffing) and Allison Hoffman's "Playhouse Friends" (10" and 4" tall, yarn and stuffing) are just two of the dozens of fun creations in the Sew Nerdy geek craft exhibition at Bear and Bird Boutique & Gallery in Lauderhill, Florida. You can see all of the artwork ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Jul 06, 2012 03:05 pm Check out this beautiful poster for Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings," created by artist Aaron Horkey for Mondo, the collectible art boutique arm of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. The print kicks off a series that will include all LOTR films, with work by multiple artists. I really want one, but alas, the poster was ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Jul 06, 2012 03:00 pm Rand and Ron Paul have penned an Internet Freedom manifesto that is pretty terrible. It pans the idea of net neutrality, arguing that the phone companies who receive gigantic government handouts in the form of cheap (or free) rights of ways and hold natural monopolies over our connectivity should be able to use that government ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Jul 06, 2012 02:54 pm Video Link. Eric Nash, aka @onelovecandyman, is from Pasadena, CA, and works as a stuntman and actor in and around LA. You can see him stunt-busking sometimes along the Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade. He's incredible. Post more videos, Eric! (thanks, Joe Sabia)
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By Xeni Jardin on Jul 06, 2012 02:44 pm Today is the final day for voting in the USGS "Earth as Art" image project. To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Landsat Program on July 23, 2012, the federal agency seeks your help in selecting the 5 coolest images from more than 120 scenes. For 40 years Landsat satellites have been acquiring images of ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jul 06, 2012 02:40 pm [Video Link] Introducing Clutch Cargo-era technology to comic books.
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By Xeni Jardin on Jul 06, 2012 02:29 pm [Video Link]Robin Cooper is the phone-pranking, letter-pranking alter-ego of British writer/producer/funnyguy Robert Popper. I've blogged about his sillywork before ("Look Around You," "Friday Night Dinner," "Timewaster Letters"), but this new stunt is pretty great. I interviewed him last year for Jesse Thorn's podcast: Listen here. Robin Cooper (aka Robert Popper) vs. Telemarketers Twitters: Robin Cooper ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Jul 06, 2012 02:11 pm Malaysian blogger and paranormalist Syed Abdullah Syed Hussein Al-Attas (above), who publishes under the name "Uncle Seekers", was charged with insulting royalty after publishing "secret information" about the sultan of southern Johor. [Herald Sun] Uncle Seekers [Blogspot]
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jul 06, 2012 02:10 pm Choreography for Plastic Army Men from David Fain on Vimeo. Syd Garon says: My friend David Fain (former fish packer and Sponge Bob animator) made an incredible stop motion animation with dancing toy soldiers that I think you will dig. Choreography for Plastic Army Men
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By Rob Beschizza on Jul 06, 2012 02:06 pm South Africa's ruling party has expressed disgust at a cartoon which depicted President Jacob Zuma as a penis. [BBC]
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By David Pescovitz on Jul 06, 2012 01:44 pm Southern California's Slater's 50/50 has put the ham back into hamburger with its 100% ground bacon burger, topped with a bacon slice, egg, bacon cheddar, and "bacon island" sauce. It's called 'The 'merica." "Slater's 50/50 Debuts a 100% Ground Bacon Burger"
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By David Pescovitz on Jul 06, 2012 01:38 pm A 16-year-old was walking down a Corpus Christi, Texas street when he accidentally bumped into a man who responded by biting the boy on the neck. Then he flew ran off. (WOAI)
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