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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:11:40 -0800

Original blueprints of the Eiffel Tower
At the Eiffel Tower's official web site, you can check out scans of the original blueprints created by Gustave Eiffel in...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:50:18 -0800

Christmas tree made out of bicycle parts
This Christmas tree in London is made out of recycled bicycle wheels, donated by a non-profit that ships bike parts to Africa...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:28:47 -0800

Tokyoflash watch winners
We'd like to extend our thanks to those of you who have given generously to charity this year; three of those who did so, and...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:17:07 -0800

Watchismo competition winner
Congratulations to Boing Boing reader David Glicksman, who won the draw for a spectacular timepiece from Watchismo....
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:18:18 -0800

TED 2010 program guide
The program guide for TED 2010 is up and, as usual, the speakers as interesting. Highlights, for me, include ukulele player...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:15:45 -0800

The most awesome end-of-the-year top 10
From swarms of ginormous trilobites to Ida-the-over-hyped-ancient-lemur, National Geographic counts down the Top 10 Dinosaur...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:58:53 -0800

USB Hourglass random number generator
USB Hourglass from alwynallan on Vimeo. Over at Make: Online, John Park posted this video of a gadget that generates random...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:57:11 -0800

Creepy old print ad for cleanser
A disturbing ad from days of yore. (Via Vintage Ads)...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:55:43 -0800

Micro-Fluff: "Truly the most amazing material you ever saw"
This man owes his livelihood to Micro-Fluff. Shouldn't you consider a career in Micro-Fluff, too? (Via Mostly Forbidden...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:53:24 -0800

Stir natural peanut butter easily
You know how a jar of natural peanut butter separates into two layers: a rock hard layer of solid peanut particles on the...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:30:59 -0800

Pragmatism not idealism: Molleindustria's Every Day The Same Dream
Like a mostly monochromatic mix of Jason Rohrer's momento mori game Passage and Nintendo's Zelda entry Majora's Mask, Every...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:16:24 -0800

Mom calls 911 over son's video game habit
A desperate Boston mom called 911 late Saturday night because she couldn't get her 14-year old son to stop playing video...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:39:43 -0800

Forty-year-old air sample found
A man in Beaumaris, Australia provided scientists with the oldest sample of air from the southern hemisphere. John Allport, 76,...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:38:03 -0800

Forty-year-old air sample found
A man in Beaumaris, Australia provided scientists with the oldest sample of air from the southern hemisphere. John Allport, 76,...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:33:26 -0800

Man jailed for eating near-extinct tiger in China
A villager in Yunnan, China was sentenced to 12 years in jail and fined $70k for killing and eating what may have been the last...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:30:08 -0800

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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:28:50 -0800

Merry Christmas from Japan's favorite teen beatboxer
[via Kotoripiyopiyo (Japanese) via TokyoMango]...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:28:25 -0800

Top 10 Cryptozoology Stories of 2009
Over at Cryptomundo, Loren Coleman presents his picks for "The Top 10 Cryptozoology Stories of 2009." Several bits previously...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:26:53 -0800

Merry Christmas from Japan's favorite teen beatboxer
[via Kotoripiyopiyo (Japanese) via TokyoMango]... (...)
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:14:46 -0800

Photos of a day-glo, underwater world
The Dyche Natural History Museum at the University of Kansas has this almost hidden little room in the basement where you can...
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Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:09:44 -0800

Tattoo in Japan
Fans of Japanese culture and of tattoo art will find much to enjoy in this large format photobook exploring the diversity of...
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Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:18:40 -0800

Two-thirds of cocaine in US is cut with veterinary deworming drug
"Cocaine's a hell of a drug, and even more so when laced with another drug that's commonly used to deworm opossums." DEA...
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Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:18:16 -0800

Eliot Spitzer proposes open-source investigation of AIG emails
Former New York AG Eliot Spitzer, in a NYT op-ed on what should be done with the emails backlogged on AIG's servers: "Before...
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Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:00:45 -0800

Times Square snowball fight: #snOMG 2009
Photo of people having a massive snowball fight last night in NYC's Times Square, by James Sims. #snOMG!...
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Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:40:42 -0800

EFF lawsuit reveals US improperly collected data on citizens
This week, the US Homeland Security department, Department of State, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and...
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