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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:23:45 -0800

On the claimed prices of cellphones
Cellular carriers claim that their contracts offset heavy subsidies on handsets. They claim they'd love to sell phones...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:52:39 -0800

Thanksgiving Maskers
A photograph from the Library of Congress collection in the Flickr Commons. Thanksgiving Maskers, what the heck's that, you...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:15:18 -0800

William S. Burroughs: A Thanksgiving Prayer

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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:36:50 -0800

Boing Boing Gift Guide 2009: media! (part 2/6)
Mark and I have rounded up some of our favorite items from our 2009 Boing Boing reviews for the second-annual Boing Boing gift...
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Elke Von Freudenberg posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:06:38 -0800

REVIEW: L’Oreal Telescopic Explosion
A breakthrough mascara it says on the packaging. And if you’re looking at the cute little bally thing on the end of the...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:49:51 -0800

FedEx's cellular sensor-package for your important shipments
Senseaware is FedEx's cellular-connected sensor-package. Drop it in your super-important packages (they're targeting it at...
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Chiastine Faye posted a tweet

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:15:47 -0800

Laura Prepon - Sexy Poker Player http://twittley.com/r/xnf #jessicabiel
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:03:25 -0800

Famous portraits as mice
Alan F Beck paints watercolors of mice posed and modelled on classic and famous portraits -- including wonderful versions of...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:01:40 -0800

Wooden orrery
I love this simple wooden orrery from Muji's gift lineup. Sadly, their ecommerce-fu is about as terrible as it gets, but if...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:26:14 -0800

Freelancer vs cheap client: please design me a logo, with pie charts, for free
From the very, very funny 27b/6 blog, an imaginary (I hope) correspondence between a guy who wants a free logo designed and the...
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Elke Von Freudenberg posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:14:11 -0800

Think Holiday Hollywood Glamour
It used to be that with the holidays, long hair was trendy and in with the updo, or pretty much, any style that had hair styled...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:54:02 -0800

Obey CDC, or Thomas R. Frieden Has a Posse
In the future, everything will be Shepard Fairey-fied. (Thanks, Jason DeFillippo!)...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:18:21 -0800

The Matrix in LEGO
The Matrix is 10-years-old, and to celebrate Trevor Boyd and Steve Ilett recreated the iconic "Bullet Time" sequence out of...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:58:11 -0800

Liveblogging the Mecca pilgrimage
Liveblogging Hajj. Al Jazeera has live coverage of the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, including notes on how swine flu and...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:04:42 -0800

Fancy thermochromic swine flu masks
A Swedish textile design student has created this beautiful series of surgical masks for flu season. The patterns are printed...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:26:03 -0800

Paulina Sinaga plays "Don't Bogart Me" on Ukulele
Paulina Sinaga was born in Poland and lives in California. She has a ton of ukulele videos on her MySpace page. (Thanks,...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:03:57 -0800

Boing Boing Gift Guide 2009: media! (part 2/6)
Mark and I have rounded up some of our favorite items from our 2009 Boing Boing reviews for the second-annual Boing Boing gift...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:02:34 -0800

Diamond optical illusion
Antonio at Fogonazos writes about this interesting optical illusion. The four rows of diamonds appear to be colored with...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:33:26 -0800

Obama on Skynet
Quote of the day: "As president, I believe that robotics can inspire young people to pursue science and engineering. And I...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:11:19 -0800

HOWTO roll your own pumpkin pie spices

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mark90 posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:16:16 -0800

What's Your Christmas Card List Got to Do With the Development of the Human Brain?
It is safe to say that our primate ancestors and the early humans they begot never picked out sparkly snowflake paper, wrote up...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:12:53 -0800

Void Watch
Something about Watchismo's latest timepiece makes me want a gold iMac. The steel edition also goes great with Deloreans....
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:02:38 -0800

Video game wedding: a letter and photos from the bride and groom
I received an e-mail from Sal9000, the man who married his video game girlfriend on Sunday. Here's a translation of the letter...
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Chiastine Faye posted a tweet

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:57:47 -0800

Jessica Biel - Sexy Poker Player http://twittley.com/r/5pz #jessicabiel
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:02:56 -0800

New Disney princess movie sounds pretty good
I wasn't going to both going to see the new Disney cartoon, "The Princess on the Frog," first because Disney's campaign to...
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