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Boing Boing will go dark on Jan 18 to fight SOPA & PIPA / Boing Boing
http://boingboing.net/2012/01/14/boing-boing-will-go-dark-on-ja.html
Jan 14, 2012. Boing Boing will go dark on Jan 18 to fight SOPA & PIPA. From the Boing Boing Shop. On January 18, Boing Boing will join Reddit. And other sites around the Internet in "going dark" to oppose SOPA and PIPA. This is the part of the post where I'm supposed to say something reasonable like, "Everyone agrees that piracy is wrong, but this is the wrong way to fight it.". But you know what? Even though a substantial portion of my living comes from the entertainment industry, I don't think that.
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TARDIS dress is bigger on the inside / Boing Boing
http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/tardis-dress-is-bigger-on-the.html
Jan 22, 2013. TARDIS dress is bigger on the inside. From the Boing Boing Shop. Jere7my sez, "This lovely young woman brought the house down at Arisia this year with her stunning "TARDIS Princess" dress. A "door" on the skirt opened to show the TARDIS control room, giving it the illusion of being "bigger on the inside". I believe the creator/model is Sasha Trabane.". GET THE BOING BOING NEWSLETTER. Protips: chefs explain how they dress up frozen pizza. The Xbox Onesie is a kigurumi for gamer astronauts.
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Valve employee manual describes the greatest workplace I've ever heard of / Boing Boing
http://boingboing.net/2012/04/22/valve-employee-manual-describe.html
Apr 22, 2012. Valve employee manual describes the greatest workplace I've ever heard of. From the Boing Boing Shop. Valve's employee manual may just be the single best workplace manifesto I've ever read. Seriously: it describes a utopian Shangri-La of a workplace that makes me wish - for the first time in my life - that I had a "real" job. It is so goddamned good that I couldn't pick just one (or two) passages to quote. Why do I need to pick my own projects? If you’re working here, that means you’re good...
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Mitt Romney: I believe in basic science, and by "basic science" I mean "cold fusion" / Boing Boing
http://boingboing.net/2012/09/06/179832.html
Sep 6, 2012. Mitt Romney: I believe in basic science, and by "basic science" I mean "cold fusion". From the Boing Boing Shop. I'm not entirely sure what to say about this excerpt from a. Other than, "*headdesk*". Wikipedia has a pretty good breakdown of this history. Another good place to read about Fleischmann and Pons is in Charles Seife's book Sun in a Bottle. CARNEY: What role should government have in promoting certain industries or economic activities such as homeownership, or manufacturing, renewa...
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Officer Vader suit for your riot-control needs / Boing Boing
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Mar 14, 2012. Officer Vader suit for your riot-control needs. From the Boing Boing Shop. If you're feeling alone and vulnerable in a big, troubled world, Amazon has this "Damascus FX1 FlexForce Modular Hard Shell Full Body Crowd Control System," which will provide you with the physical protection and the emotional distance necessary to beat, gas, and detain your fellow human beings. All for a mere $545.95! Damascus FX1 FlexForce Modular Hard Shell Full Body Crowd Control System, Medium. Next time you for...
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