Boing Boing
setembre 19, 2011
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If today's broadcast schedule continues as planned, The PBS NewsHour will air a piece I helped Miles O'Brien shoot in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho about the return of wolf hunting for sport in the American West. Some of it, I … Continue reading →
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The latest episode of The Midnight Archive weird culture video series talks to my friend Mitch Horowitz, author of the excellent Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation, about his popular Occult New York Walking Tour. … Continue reading →
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Above are two incredible artifacts from the Fabienne & François Marchal Collection of Fairground Art to be auctioned off in Paris on September 28-29. From the press release: Among the historic and/or rare items will be some 80 wooden horses … Continue reading →
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Barn Owl -- the heavy, minimalist, trance-inducing collaboration between Bay Area guitarist Jon Porras and Evan Caminiti -- have released a stunning new LP, titled Lost in the Glare. On this release, the guitars are complemented by a Farfisa organ, … Continue reading →
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Welcome to America, the country with the 25th fastest Internet service in the world, just behind Romania, and falling fast. The culprit? Hard to say, but maybe it's got something to do with the FCC's abolition of any sort of … Continue reading →
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Filmmaker John Landis, director of the classic An American Werewolf in London and a slew of other great films, is a connoisseur of monster movies. In fact, he has just written a history book on the subject, titled Monsters In … Continue reading →
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A coup of tabloid headline writing, from the UK rag The Sunday Sport. The backstory, from BuzzFeed: Percy Foster was a 3-foot-6-inch dwarf who starred in the UK porno “Hi-Ho Hi-Ho, It's Up Your Arse We Go.” He bore an … Continue reading →
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The above photo shows dinosaur feathers found in amber. Discovered in Alberta, Canada, the preserved plumage likely came from dinosaurs and birds that lived 75 to 80 million years ago. The University of Alberta researchers published their findings in the … Continue reading →
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Last month, these gentlemen, Robert Young and Mark Rubison, took their pal Jeffrey Jarrett out for drinks in Denver. Jarrett stayed in the car though. Why? Because he was dead. Still, he was kind enough to treat the whole night, … Continue reading →
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[Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) talks with members of the parliament during a debate in the upper house of Parliament in Rome September 14, 2011. REUTERS/Max Ross] The foreign press is raving about Berlusconi's escort scandals and his unfortunate … Continue reading →
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It's worth watching the HD version in fullscreen mode. A time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night. This movie begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South … Continue reading →
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I wonder if the colors are really that vibrant. If so, I could use the red filling in place of the cadmium red acrylic paint I use. The cupcake filling would probably be just as toxic, but it would be … Continue reading →
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Housefish has a writeup on Kagen Schaefer's pipe-organ desk, which hides in its drawers a pipe organ that doubles as a fluidic computer, and which has stolen my heart: At first glance, it’s a relatively ordinary desk, albeit very finely … Continue reading →
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Lewis Shiner (one of my favorite writers!) sez, "My latest suspense novel, DARK TANGOS, is now available as a free PDF download from my Fiction Liberation Front website. The starred review from BOOKLIST said, 'Delivers its grim story line with … Continue reading →
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Kevin Rudd, the Australian foreign minister, reports that customs at New York's JFK airport tried to confiscate his supply of Vegemite, the Australian analogue to Marmite, a dark brown salty paste made from brewer's yeast and the sins of the … Continue reading →