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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Jul 17, 2012 12:54 pm Remember the nocebo effect? It's the flip side of placebos. Placebos can make people feel better or even relieve pain (to a certain extent). Nocebo happens when a placebo causes negative side-effects—nausea, racing heart, dizziness, etc. And here's one more weird thing to add to this veritable bonfire of weirdness: When we tell people about ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Jul 17, 2012 12:49 pm Seen enough video of auto insurance fraudsters being exposed by front-facing dashboard cameras? One fellow in Russia thought up a clever way to get the police in trouble, but didn't count for the fact that dashcams can be turned around. [Video Link]
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By Rob Beschizza on Jul 17, 2012 12:29 pm In this video recorded on a dashboard-mounted camera, Raguruban Yogarajah stops his car in the middle of the highway—then lets it roll back into following traffic. Herman Sham, the other driver, claims to have been subjected to a shakedown as the two motorists examined the damage: $500 cash, or the cops get called. Thanks to ...
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By David Pescovitz on Jul 17, 2012 12:05 pm [Mobile? Click here.] Inventory is a new series in which characters in the Boing Boing Universe reveal their favorite apparel, gadgets, weapons, and spells. This time, it's the turn of designer/artist Jonathan Koshi. Regular BB readers may recall that Koshi recently created a fantastic series of Dia de los Muertos skulls of Pac-man, Alien, Kermit ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Jul 17, 2012 12:04 pm [Video Link] Filmmaker Casimir Nozkowski, whose work we regularly feature on the Boing Boing in-flight TV channel on Virgin America, tells Boing Boing: I just made a new short movie about me trying to sell ALL of my childhood comics... IN AN EPIC STOOP SALE. Here are some of the emotional states I went thru ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Jul 17, 2012 11:48 am Photo: Cape Royds Adélie Penguin Rookery. (Google Street View) Today, Google is launching access to a new collection of hi-res imagery from the Antarctic. In this post are some examples of those stunning vistas, shared with Boing Boing courtesy of Google. Alex Starns, Technical Program Manager for the Street View team, writes: Back in September ...
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By David Pescovitz on Jul 17, 2012 11:25 am The Sydney Morning Herald published a fascinating investigation into the global trade in human remains for medical purposes, from surgical glue made from ground-up bone to cadaver skin used in nose enhancements. From SMH: Despite its growth, the tissue trade has largely escaped public scrutiny. This is thanks in part to less-than-aggressive official oversight — ...
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By Jason Weisberger on Jul 17, 2012 11:20 am Popular children's author Donald J. Sobol has passed away at the age of 87. His 'Encyclopedia Brown' series was incredibly important to many, many children (including this one.) (Washington Post)
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Jul 17, 2012 11:18 am TIL that Thin Mints are not the most popular Girl Scout cookie. Yesterday, in Cincinnati, President Obama was booed when he mentioned that he preferred Thin Mints to all other Girl Scout cookies. This surprised me. For several reasons. First, I didn't realized they took cookies that seriously in Cincinnati. Maybe it's time to visit ...
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By David Pescovitz on Jul 17, 2012 11:07 am Our friends at Collectors Weekly interviewed Dita Von Teese about her penchant for vintage lingerie, antique hats, classic cars, burlesque memorabilia, and a lifetime of flea market finds. Collectors Weekly: What are the most unusual items in your collection? Von Teese: I have a corset that Betty Grable wore in a film called "The Farmer ...
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By David Pescovitz on Jul 17, 2012 11:04 am Police near Cincinnati, Ohio cracked a $3 million pot growing and selling operation. Apparently, the mastermind was a 17-year-old high school student who they think was grossing $20,000/month. "Clearly he is a very intelligent individual and he was somebody who was operating a major drug organization as a 15-, 16-year-old student," said (Warren County prosecutor ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Jul 17, 2012 09:17 am Ian Tregillis's The Coldest War is the long-awaited sequel to his 2010 novel alternate WWII novel Bitter Seeds, a secret history that pitted a mad Nazi scientist who'd made a cadree of twisted, dieselpunk X-Men against the hidden warlocks of the British Isles, men who conferred with ancient, vast forces and traded the blood of ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Jul 17, 2012 08:57 am Innovative leisure courtesy of the Arcade Museum. The reverse side explains the coolness for contemporary business operators; the arcade distributor it was addressed to appears to still be in business! Clearly, they bought ten of these babies and knew what to do with 'em. [Thanks, #8384!]
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By Rob Beschizza on Jul 16, 2012 09:55 pm Attention Williamsburg! This fabulous brown polyster three-piece suit, a deadstock McDonalds management uniform from 1976, could be yours for $999.95. [eBay]
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jul 16, 2012 08:57 pm [Video Link] Watch Episode 1. First episode of crowdfunded post-apocalyptic web series: The Silent CityTrailer for crowd funded zombie web series : The Silent CityPost-Apocalyptic web series, shot in the real life abandoned spaces of New York
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By Rob Beschizza on Jul 16, 2012 08:36 pm This text file purports to be a transcript of David House's grand jury testimony. House is a friend and supporter of Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army private accused of sending secret documents to Wikileaks, and hence to the press. [via @Glinner and @azzamckazza]
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By Rob Beschizza on Jul 16, 2012 08:20 pm A couple of days ago, the Obama campaign released this surprisingly effective attack ad: Mitt's dreadful singing of America The Beautiful played over stock visuals of empty factories. But Romney's counter—an ad ridiculing Obama's singing of Al Green's Let Stay Together at a campaign stop—isn't working out. Why? Because BMG, the song's intellectual proprietor, issued ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jul 16, 2012 08:20 pm "One way to think about it is to see how this is real for those who devote themselves to Mary, and what that means to them as a kind of prayerful way to contemplate the role of Mary in their lives, or Jesus in their lives. And, for many people, it's empowering and it's a ...
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By Jamie Frevele on Jul 16, 2012 05:46 pm Karl Urban, who plays Leonard McCoy in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek movies, promised Comic Con attendees that he'd show them new footage from the set of the wrapped sequel. But first: surfing. And a Judge Dredd teaser poster. Sorry, Cumberbitches. No Urban-spoilers today. (via Geeks of Doom)
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By Jamie Frevele on Jul 16, 2012 05:42 pm There is going to be a new "take" on Sleeping Beauty from producer Neal Moritz (Fast & Furious, 21 Jump Street), because these re-tellings of fairy tales are going so well lately. But while some adaptations have been underwhelming, Moritz has a project that is sure to hold on to our attention: he would like ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jul 16, 2012 05:38 pm I've become an instant fan of Dominique Pruitt's songs, which have a great 50s and 60s vibe.
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By Xeni Jardin on Jul 16, 2012 04:05 pm [Breaking Bad: Season 5, Ep. 1: "Live Free or Die". This blog post and video contain spoilers.] [Video Link: Our episode recap and review, with a room full of ABQ locals.] My aviator boyfriend Miles O'Brien and I are flying in his plane from California to the east coast this week, before I start 6 ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Jul 16, 2012 03:33 pm [Video Link] Joe Sabia directed the 3rd annual Queer of the Year in Montreal. Basically a two week competition in Montreal to promote Montreal as the most tolerant, accepting place on earth. (which it just might be). "Queer of the Year" in Montreal. "Basically a two week competition to promote Montreal as the most tolerant, ...
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By Jamie Frevele on Jul 16, 2012 03:02 pm While the DC filmmaking universe languishes and prepares to go into hibernation after Man of Steel is released next year, Marvel is doubling down on every movie it's made already. Can you really blame them? I mean, they're kind of on a roll here. Marvel execs -- such as Kevin Feige -- might also might ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Jul 16, 2012 02:46 pm My friend Jeff Simmermon points us to a Tumblr of the "death-pages" from Choose Your Own Adventure books, popular in the 1980s. "I recognized some of the Interplanetary Spy ones from my own childhood, too," Jeff says.
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Jul 16, 2012 01:40 pm Maker Camp on Google+ will be a blast! I'll be conducting a polymer clay workshop on Thursday. [Video Link] MakerCamp is a new online “summer camp” on Google+. Over the course of six weeks, 13- to 18-year-olds (as well as their parents and teachers) will have the opportunity to collaborate with popular maker personalities -- ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Jul 16, 2012 01:25 pm In his bizzarre 1976 short film, Girl Chewing Gum (above), John Smith aimed a camera at a busy East London street corner and "directed" the living scene, as if the passers-by, vehicles and birds were waiting out of shot for instructions. Heather and I recently found ourselves at the same corner in Dalston and decided ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Jul 16, 2012 01:04 pm Gareth Branwyn spotted an interesting ad placed in TSA screening trays—for a futuristic TV show where Americans violently defy their legitimate government. Apparently aliens are in charge, but, well ... never mind. [AnimalNY]
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