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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 18, 2012 12:49 am Pussy Riot, the Russian feminist punk trio who've been on trial for singing an anti-Putin song in an Orthodox cathedral, have been sentenced to two years' hard labor in a penal colony. The band released a new single to coincide with the verdict, for which the Guardian has created an accompanying video, above. Below, an ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 17, 2012 11:02 pm Mr Tom Willett, a man of many years and great experience, gives us the benefit of his long experimentation and refinement in watermelon-eating techniques. There are some surprises here, but he had me from his first words: "Hello, watermelon students!" How to Eat a Watermelon Tutorial Tom Willett (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)
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By David Hughes on Aug 17, 2012 08:53 pm Destination: Development Hell David Hughes, longtime Empire contributor and author of the new book Tales from Development Hell, reveals the secrets of the darkest place in Hollywood These days, Hollywood studios don’t waste much time exploiting their intellectual properties: it seemed that no sooner had Sony finished counting the box office receipts from the last ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 17, 2012 06:41 pm The highest court in Moscow has upheld a 100 year ban on gay pride parades.
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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 17, 2012 05:57 pm A pair of most excellent copyfighter tees are now available from Techdirt's store. They've revived their classic DMCA notice/YouTube shirt, and added a fab "THIS T-SHIRT HAS BEEN SEIZED" ICE tee that has to be sen at full size to be fully appreciated. $29 each. (Thanks, Mike!)
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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 17, 2012 04:40 pm Gizmodo's Brent Rose reviews the TheraPik, a $13, ugly, plasticky bug-bite zapper that actually works really well. It heats up your mosquito (and other critter) bites until the venom's proteins break down, and the itching and swelling disappear. Using It You put the tip of the Therapik onto your bug bite, then you press and ...
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By Jamie Frevele on Aug 17, 2012 03:26 pm Marvel superheroes are going on summer vacation with Phineas and Ferb, and Archer is going to Bob's Burgers. When you consider what it would mean stylistically and comedically, cartoon mashups can be a pretty beautiful (and beautifully weird) thing. As a fervent supporter of them, as well as someone who has written her fair share ...
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Aug 17, 2012 03:14 pm Not that there can't be more than one museum for something, but it's worth noting that there already is a Nikola Tesla Museum. It houses more than 100,000 of his original documents, plans, and drawings, as well as some of Tesla's personal belongings. (Including a needlepoint his mom made for him!) The museum covers the ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 17, 2012 02:51 pm Get WISE is a sold-out science camp for girls running in Halifax, NS, on the campus of Mount St. Vincent University. It's part of the Women In Science Education Atlantic initiative, and combines kinetic learning with hands-on exercises as well as more traditional classroom work. The kids really look like they're having a great time, ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Aug 17, 2012 02:37 pm This photo of John Smith (Ka-Be-Nah-Gwey-Wence), a Chippewa Indian from Cass Lake, Minnesota, was taken when he was supposedly at 129 years old. Sold on eBay for $29.95. Ka-Be-Nah-Gwey-Wence at 129 years old
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By David Pescovitz on Aug 17, 2012 02:00 pm Jake Potts made an ambrotype photo, using a wet plate collodion process, on the back glass of his iPhone. Fantastic. From Potts's blog: A few weeks ago, my inner tech geek and camera nerd merged and a new project was created. I wanted to try to create a truly one-of-a-kind iPhone. With well over 100 ...
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Aug 17, 2012 01:55 pm Rare genetic mutations turn out to not be quite as rare as we previously thought.
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By David Pescovitz on Aug 17, 2012 01:24 pm MIT researchers used micro-manufacturing technologies to build ion thrusters smaller than a penny that could propel CubeSats in space. Smaller than a milk carton, CubSats are relatively inexpensive and several can be delivered into orbit on a single rocket. From MIT News: Engineering propulsion systems for small satellites could solve the problem of space junk: ...
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By David Pescovitz on Aug 17, 2012 01:08 pm My 6-year-old and I love playing with our Stylophone, half-broken Casio keyboards, cheap-o effects pedals, and other tools for creating weird music. My young'n also goes deep into beginner DIY electronics with Snap Circuits, sets of modular components that can be combined in various ways to make neat noisemakers, games, water sensors, etc. Travis Feldman's ...
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