Blake Fall-Conroy's "Minimum Wage Machine" is a penny-dispensing Rube Goldberg machine that "allows anybody to work for minimum wage." Custom electronics, change sorter, wood, plexiglas, motor, misc. hardware, pennies (approx. 15..
Topics: art, commentary, maker, scultpure

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Here's Japanese mixologist Kazuo Uyeda demonstrating his "hard shake" technique. Whatever he's mixing looks delicious. ginza hard shake (via Kottke) Previously:The Sweet Delirium of the Perfect Eggnog - Boing Boing Rube Goldberg...
Topics: cocktail, Entertainment, japan, mixologist, shake, video

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Author Ellen Kushner writes in on behalf of the lovely Interstitial Arts Foundation, saying To celebrate the release of Interfictions 2, their (our?) second original anthology of interstitial writing (edited by Delia Sherman & Christopher Barzak), the...
Topics: auction, charity, Culture, interstitialarts, jewelry, maker

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"He really messed up. He could have done nine months out of a year sentence, and not even in lock up for killing someone. Now he is going to do the remainder of that time in county jail." Ventura County Sheriff's spokesman Ross Bonfiglio on.
Topics: alcohol, alcoholism, crime, entertainment, movies, News, twitter

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Good stuff out of President Obama's speech on the importance of science education. Govt. will be working with media to help kids get science literate and, more importantly, help them get that science is fun. What I'm really excited about, though,.
Topics: community, education, kids, News, science, volunteer

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