Boing Boing
setembre 16, 2011
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Laurie Anderson's "O Superman (For Massenet)," recorded in 1981 for her epic United States performance piece and also released on the stunning Big Science LP. Anderson will perform at the Other Voices NYC music and lit festival taking place October … Continue reading →
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Today is Mexican Independence Day. Let out a grito, pour some mezcal on the ground for the ancestors, then kick off your celebrations by watching this late-'90s rap-en-Español track by Tres Delincuentes [link to buy], then by digging the groovy … Continue reading →
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[Video Link] The 20th anniversary of Nirvana's "Nevermind" is an excellent occasion on which to recall an epic prank played on the New York Times by Megan Jasper, the receptionist for Sub Pop records at the time. When an over-eager … Continue reading →
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“If it exists, it has to be there. And if it’s not there, it will be known to be science fiction by December." — Vivek Sharma, a physics professor at UC San Diego, talking about the as-yet elusive Higgs boson … Continue reading →
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Police in a small town near Little Rock, Arkansas "have received two complaints in the past week about a man who seems desperate to suck women's toes — whether they want him to or not." This same town was previously … Continue reading →
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The AP reports that the FBI says a lecture at the bureau's training academy which portrayed moderate American Muslims as inherently violent and prone to terrorist tendencies "has been discontinued." Spencer Ackerman at Wired.com first broke the story yesterday. AP: … Continue reading →
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Missouri resident George F. Blackburn had a moment of inspiration one day when he went to the local courthouse to finalize his divorce from his third wife. The 64-year-old gentleman seized the opportunity to file papers with the clerk's office … Continue reading →
00:11
In the Boing Boing Flickr Pool, reader Chris Arnade shared another great photo of a kitten in Bushwick, Brooklyn, just in time for CAT-THURS-DAY. In the same grimy stairwell as this guy, Bushwick Kitten, was this little tortoiseshell-tabby playing on … Continue reading →
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If you see something (awesome), say something. Crónicas de Héroes is a mapping project to document and pay tribute to the honorable actions of normal people in cities like Juarez and Monterrey, held captive by a worsening climate of terror … Continue reading →
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The wooden crates for these Eames Office wire frame tables -- which House Industries designed for Herman Miller in Japan -- are as cool as the contents. House Industries and Herman Miller Japan announce a conceptually elegant collaboration that combines … Continue reading →
setembre 15, 2011
21:59
Artist Jonathan Brand is working his way through a papercraft 1:1 model of a 1969 Mustang coupe, beginning with the engine, and (eventually), making his way through the rest of it. It's fabulous all in one piece, as shown here, … Continue reading →
21:56
Sean Hartter does a great line in "Alternate Universe Movie Posters," prints of which he sells from his site; the latest edition is this "She-Ra Princess of Power" golden age pulpy sci-fi flick, written by Andre Norton, whom, I sure, … Continue reading →
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My friend and fellow coffee-lover Tony Konecny, aka @tonx, has launched a cool new business with co-founder Nikolaus Bauman at tonx.org. For $35 a month, they'll ship you a 12-oz bag every two weeks of their favorite beans fresh-roasted (like, … Continue reading →
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"I apologise to anyone who bought my on-sale ebook of Baby, I'm Yours and read on pg 293: 'He stiffened for a moment but then she felt his muscles loosen as he shitted on the ground'," writes Susan Andersen. "Shifted … Continue reading →
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Really interesting new study of 20,000 women suggests that the use of IUDs might reduce the risk of both major types of cervical cancer, even in women who contracted cancer-causing HPV. The researchers speculate that the IUD's presence—it is, after … Continue reading →