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feeds.boingboing.net - 6 days ago
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Do you think the TSA would let you
past security with this USB memory stick in the
shape of an itsy-bitsy grenade ?
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USB grenade flash drive
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feeds.boingboing.net - 7 days ago
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"Designed exclusively for paranormal investigators, this incredible tool
has everything you need to track and detect the
presence of ghosts."
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All-in-one ectoplasm measurement device
feeds.boingboing.net - 7 days ago
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Microsoft permanently banned about a million hacked Xbox
360s from its online gaming network. Amid uncertainty--you can
still play offline-- the price of a used 360 collapses . Ebay's warning people not to buy them at all. But so far, some sellers are being honest: is $40 not a great deal for ...
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How to destroy the market for used gadgets
feeds.boingboing.net - 7 days ago
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The prize is a $700 HP MediaSmart EX495
PC, set up as a Windows home server, with
1.5TB of storage and Mac/Time Machine support. The winner shall be chosen at arbitrary whim. Runners-up get something random from the gadget dungeon. The theme is "Found in Space." 100 words long. Go!
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100-word fiction competition — win an HP ...
feeds.boingboing.net - 8 days ago
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Brian Lam showed me this amazing short video
yesterday. It chronicles an encounter that National Geographic photographer
Paul Nicklen had with a giant leopard seal in Antarctica who, over the course of four days, fed penguins to his camera and tried to teach him how to catch prey.
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Leopard seal teaches photographer how to catch penguins
feeds.boingboing.net - 8 days ago
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Hey, Bostonites! I'll see you tonight at the
Harvard Bookstore (1256 Mass Ave) at 7PM for the
US launch of my new novel, Makers ! (New Yorkers, and Philadelphians -- see you later this week!) US/Canada tour
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MAKERS US launch at Harvard Bookstore tonight, 7PM
feeds.boingboing.net - 8 days ago
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Ed sez, "Here's an article from 1985 in
the Association for Recorded Sound Collections Journal about record
piracy in the 19th century. Includes illustrations of three duplicators from the 19th century." Record Piracy: The Attempts of the Sound Recording Industry to Protect Itself against ...
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Sound-copying technology and countermeasures, 1890-1978
feeds.boingboing.net - 9 days ago
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Apple's filed a patent on a design for
a device that won't let its owner use it
unless that person demonstrates that she has complied with an advertiser's demands by paying attention to an ad and taking some action indicating her dutiful attention. It's amazing how many of these vendors fail ...
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Apple patents anti-user attention-complianceware
feeds.boingboing.net - 9 days ago
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Saul Hansell suggests that hated U.S. cellular carrier
practices such as text message markups and fee-packed contracts
ultimately give American consumers what they really want: predictable bills. In pursuit of this we learn of the psychological "nuances" of pricing and the "supersized logic" ...
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Cellphone contracts getting even better!
feeds.boingboing.net - 9 days ago
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I owe the Hacklab.to people an apology. Last
spring I ran this post about how they'd tuned
the motor on their laser cutter to play the Super Mario Theme as it repositioned itself , and I mentioned that it was too perfect, and wondered "if it's not just some video of a laser cutter with ...
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Hacklab.to's laser-cutter really *does* play the Mario ...
feeds.boingboing.net - 10 days ago
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Davesbit made his own globe using maps from
the Generic Mapping Tools project; he used a beachball
for a mold and cast the sphere with fiberglass and foam. here is the plastic beach ball covered in paint for the inside of the sphere-half mold... the stand was made from scraps of red oak ...
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Homemade globe
feeds.boingboing.net - 11 days ago
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So this is apparently real (?!): an eyeball
removal tool for "Reborn" baby-dolls. Holy creepy. BEST REBORN
EYEBALL-REMOVING TOOL I'VE FOUND! ( Thanks, Fipi Lele! ) Previously: Eyeball matrioshke - Boing Boing Electronic eyeball - Boing Boing Eyeball accidentally delivered ...
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Eyeball removal tool
feeds.boingboing.net - 11 days ago
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I recently talked to Sony's Steve Haber, President
of Digital Reading, about its flagship ebook reader. Named
the "Daily Edition," it hits stores next month. Notwithstanding differences between each manufacturer's respective libraries, it offers all the best features of its main rival, the ...
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Sony, B&N promise to rekindle rights for book owners
feeds.boingboing.net - 11 days ago
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The Roomba Pac Man uses indoor location sensors
and Unmanned Aerial System software to create a playable
(albeit slow) PacMan built on repurposed autonomous vacuum cleaners. Roomba Pac-Man ( via Wonderland )
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Roomba Pacman
feeds.boingboing.net - 12 days ago
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Take a look at this crazy home water
purification system created by a 68-year-old retired engineer. Above:
"magnetic bottle. Plastic bottle with a magnet (I used magnets for the refrigerator). Here are removed from the water surplus of some metals." Below: "Fig.6 Capacitance ...
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Home made Russian water purifier
