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Video: HOWTO put a Rubik's Cube in a bottle / Boing Boing

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Jul 3, 2015. Video: HOWTO put a Rubik's Cube in a bottle. From the Boing Boing Shop. Shares his technique for reassembling a Rubik's Cube inside a glass container. He does an Erlenmeyer flask, a jar, and a giant novelty light bulb that is especially cool. GET THE BOING BOING NEWSLETTER. How to make an origami dollar bill guitar. This nifty tutorial from JustOrigami shows how to make a dollar origami guitar, a fun way to present a cash gift to someone, especially if they enjoy or play music. If you’...

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iBooks naughty word filter doesn't let you say "sperm" / Boing Boing

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Apr 4, 2010. IBooks naughty word filter doesn't let you say "sperm". From the Boing Boing Shop. Spotted that bowdlerization is afoot in the iPad's bookstore's selection of classic literature! This includes obvious candidates. Such as a certain Joseph Conrad classic. But . GET THE BOING BOING NEWSLETTER. 1 at Dollar Tree. [via Metafilter]. No Man's Sky: culture or cult? British punks then and now. The Guardian featured essays by UK punks who made the scene when it first emerged in the late 1970s. Abov...

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The characters of Wes Anderson, a tribute by illustrator Alejandro Giraldo / Boing Boing

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Apr 3, 2015. The characters of Wes Anderson, a tribute by illustrator Alejandro Giraldo. From the Boing Boing Shop. A wonderful, whimsical tribute to the characters of film director Wes Anderson by illustrator Alejandro Giraldo, who is based in Medellín, Colombia. Included in this series are figures from The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mister Fox, Darjeeling Limited, and The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou. GET THE BOING BOING NEWSLETTER. What if school was out, forever? Lament for the hard drive. Amélie ...

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Takin' a trip to Japan's kitty cat island: Aoshima, where cats outnumber humans six to one / Boing Boing

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Mar 3, 2015. Takin' a trip to Japan's kitty cat island: Aoshima, where cats outnumber humans six to one. From the Boing Boing Shop. Cats crowd the harbor on Aoshima Island in the Ehime prefecture of southern Japan on February 25, 2015. Thomas Peter/Reuters. Reuters today published a cool series of photographs taken at Aoshima, a Japanese 'Cat Island.'. Via this isn't happiness. The main part of the fishing village on Aoshima Island, photographed on February 25, 2015. Thomas Peter/Reuters. Today a future ...

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Chinese government photoshop disaster goes viral / Boing Boing

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Jun 28, 2011. Chinese government photoshop disaster goes viral. From the Boing Boing Shop. A crummy government photoshop propaganda disaster in China has turned into a meme among Chinese netizens, who are furiously remixing three enthusiastic government officials into all manner of situations:. Even a rank amateur like myself can tell that this was a PhotoShop job, and they had the nerve to put this on the home page! The Three Levitating Government Officials. GET THE BOING BOING NEWSLETTER. Today a futur...

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Glorious sf movie posters of the heroic age / Boing Boing

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May 6, 2014. Glorious sf movie posters of the heroic age. From the Boing Boing Shop. Obviously, many things are better now than they were in the 50s and 60s, but clearly science fiction movie posters have fallen from glory. Here's Dark Roasted Blend's gallery. Of amazing and gorgeous sf movie posters and lobby cards from the great, lost heroic age. Thrilling Vintage Movie Posters. GET THE BOING BOING NEWSLETTER. Wizard Dice: odd polygon random number generators for spellcasters. I discovered The 13 Clocks.

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Yuri’s Night Bay Area 2008 call for artists, scientists / Boing Boing

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Jan 16, 2008. Yuri’s Night Bay Area 2008 call for artists, scientists. From the Boing Boing Shop. Each year, a string of Yuri’s Night World Space Parties. Around the globe celebrate humankind’s first foray into space. That first human was Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, on April 12, 1961. The events are a lot of fun (I hosted one in Texas. And the 2008 Bay Area edition is calling for artists and scientists - deadline is February 8. We are looking for: New installations of all sizes and types, interactive...

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Swarovski-studded Bose headphones - Boing Boing

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At 12:25 am Mon, Feb 9, 2009. Bling Ice. Glitz. Glitter," declares Hohenthaner's pink and disorienting website- crafted, of course, in pure Adobe Flash, and laden with its "signature collection" of gadgets encrusted in fake gemstones. Amid the synthetic treasure, however, is synchronicity: Swarovski and Bose, united at last. What worthier companions could marry? This ceremonial wedding of crushed glass and electronic mediocrity will cost $409. Hohenthaner custom crystal design via Chip Chick. Boing Boing...

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Naked man tasered at Coachella for refusing to wear wizard's robe / Boing Boing

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Apr 23, 2009. Naked man tasered at Coachella for refusing to wear wizard's robe. From the Boing Boing Shop. A naked man at the Coachella festival didn't want to put on his clothes, so the police wrestled him to the ground and tasered him multiple times. The crowd, who didn't seem to mind the naked wizard, booed the police, and called them names. Thanks to Tracy Anderson for videotaping the event. ( Video. GET THE BOING BOING NEWSLETTER. French Parliament votes to imprison tech execs for refusal to decrypt.

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HOWTO cite blogs in formal academic medical papers / Boing Boing

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Oct 12, 2007. HOWTO cite blogs in formal academic medical papers. From the Boing Boing Shop. Kidney Notes sez, "For anyone who's wondered how (or even whether. To cite blogs in formal academic medical papers, the National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health provides a style guide. (They used Kidney Notes as one of the examples - I'm honored.)". Thanks, Kidney Notes. GET THE BOING BOING NEWSLETTER. Halt and Catch Fire: The Most Relevant Show on Television- And Set in the 80s. Brian Hayes tak...