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mark90 posted a blog entry

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:35:55 -0800

Argentina: judge orders DNA test to determine if media heirs are orphans of "disappeared"
BBC News: "An Argentine judge has ordered the heirs to a powerful media empire to take DNA tests to establish if they are...
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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:41:33 -0800

Surrealistic cartoon by illustrator Jean-Philippe Masson
Muzorama from Muzorama Team on Vimeo. This fun video by illustrator Jean-Philippe Masson (aka Muzo) was produced in just 6...
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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:34:38 -0800

Snail with vanishing spots
The flamingo tongue snail Cyphoma gibbosum appears to have a shell decorated with bright spots (top of image). Amazingly...
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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:37:52 -0800

AbeBooks' Weird Book Room
AbeBooks has a fantastic virtual Weird Book Room. I was thrilled to discover that I only have three of the books on the page:...
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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:11:22 -0800

Collin Cunningham explains Ohm's Law
Here's MAKE's Collin Cunningham explaining Ohm's Law: Voltage = Current X Resistance. Previously:Collin Cunningham of MAKE...
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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:03:32 -0800

Baby in overhanging cage, London, 1934
1934 photo of a baby in a wooden and wire cage hanging out of a window a few stories up. It looks secure....
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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:38:08 -0800

Man throws his bike at purse snatchers riding a scooter
According to the YouTube description for this video, a guy threw his bicycle at a pair of purse-snatching thieves who were...
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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:34:11 -0800

Odds of being a terrorism victim on a flight
Nate Silver of fivethirtyeight.com collected the data for this handsome infographic designed Jesus Diaz of Gizmodo. It shows...
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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:07:11 -0800

Graph compares price of inkjet ink to other liquids
ReflectionOf.Me posted a graph that shows how much HP printer ink costs compared to human blood, vodka, crude oil and other...
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Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:57:35 -0800

HOWTO make an Instructables restaurant
How to make an entire restaurant (or dinner party) with Instructables.
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Michael Gray posted a blog entry

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:00:43 -0800

Google Local Suggest Nearly Broken and Mostly Useless
Chances are you’ve seen me complain about Google local suggest throwing local results in for queries that shouldn’t...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:10:59 -0800

Star Wars/A-Team intro mashup
It's giving me insane visions of a Star Wars starring Dirk Benedict and Mr. T. [via @mistercharlie] More: The creator's Star...
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Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:47:16 -0800

What storytelling risks could Avatar have taken?
Illustration: =Em-j-akahana Avatar doesn't have a bad story, but its unswerving direction does make it a predictable one....
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Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:54:40 -0800

Inside the kinda secret world of Facebook Community Council
Beta-testing Facebook Community Council gives the author a glimpse into the icky world of online moderation.
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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:34:09 -0800

Kim Peek, inspiration for Rain Man, RIP
Kim Peek, the savant who inspired the film Rain Man, died from a heart attack on December 19. He was 58. From the New York...
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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:45:28 -0800

Weekly World News on Google Books
Over at Orange Crate Art, Michael Leddy spotted old print issues of that bastion of great journalism, The Weekly World News,...
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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:00:43 -0800

Photos of standpipes with anti-sitting devices
My nephew Ari Pescovitz, a metal sculptor and architecture grad student, spent the fall living in New York City for an...
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charlnorman posted a blog entry

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:15:06 -0800

“Getting Away From the Cops” Maneuvers
Although we’re filing this under “don’t do this at home” here’s a guy trying to lose the cops in...
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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:58:36 -0800

Schumacher to race for Mercedes Until 2012
If earlier reports indicated that Michael Schumacher will be with riding under the Mercedes F1 team flag for only one year, we...
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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:41:53 -0800

Mercedes Benz CLS Shooting Brake Arriving in 2011!
The Audi A7 Sportback and the BMW 5 Series GT are just one reason why hatchbacks have sprung into popularity, again, and...
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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:11:41 -0800

Updated Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 heading to Geneva
The ultimate Gallardo successor is still a mystery and many predict that it will not happen before 2012 which means rumors...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:19:32 -0800

Time-lapse video of the Northern Lights
I've seen the northern lights once, at a cabin weekend in Wisconsin a couple of years ago. It's a strange thing to...
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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:02:15 -0800

Fun with Wikipedia: Click to Jesus
Wikipedia game: choose a random article, then see how few clicks it takes to get to an important historical figure. (...)
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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:32:05 -0800

Welcome to the Boing Boing guestblog, Andrea James!
I am very happy to introduce Boing Boing's latest guest blogger, Andrea James. She explains.... I'm a writer, activist and...
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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:31:12 -0800

Odd Victoria's Secret image analyzed with Photoshop forensics
Here's a forensic "hacker analysis" of a Victoria's Secret image which was featured on Photoshop Disasters. The analysis...
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