Underground press history event in San Francisco this Saturday

Rina writes, "Join SF in SF and PM Press for an evening with ON THE GROUND: An Illustrated Anecdotal History of the Sixties Underground Press in the U.S. with Trina Robbins, Billy X. Jennings, Judy Gumbo Albert and Terry Bisson. Join contributors to the original underground press movement in discussion, reading, and what's bound to [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/29/underground-press-history-even.html

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John Shirley's seminal "Song Called Youth" back in print

BB pal Gareth Branwyn sez, "Just wanted to alert you, in case you were unaware, that my old cyberpal John Shirley's seminal series A Song Called Youth just came out in a new omnibus edition with a new introduction by Richard Kadrey and a biographical note by Chairman Bruce Sterling." In a near-future dystopia, a [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/31/john-shirleys-seminal-song.html

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Gendered toy-ad remixer

Zarkonnen sez, "The Gender Remixer lets you set the video of one toy ad to the audio of another aimed at the opposite gender, with hilarious/disturbing results." It's true. The heavily gendered world of toy ads are as formalized as a legal proceeding. Hearing the audio for one and seeing the video for another is [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/30/gendered-toy-ad-remixer.html

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Tom Angleberger?s Middle School Hijinks

Tom Angleberger, a former GeekDad contributor, has a couple of books for middle schoolers that are quite funny and work in a lot of fun geeky references. You may have heard of the first two: The Strange Case of Origami Yoda and its sequel Darth Paper Strikes Back were published in 2010 and 2011. Coming [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/tom-anglebergers-middle-school-hijinks/

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Bruce Schneier hands former TSA boss his ass

As the Economist's debate between Bruce Schneier and former TSA boss Kip Hawley draws to a close, it's clear that Schneier has crushed Hawley. All of Hawley's best arguments sum up to "Someone somewhere did something bad, and if he'd tried it on us, we would have caught him." His closing clincher? They heard a [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/29/bruce-schneier-hands-former-ts.html

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Motorized kazoo-equipped Hall and Oates cover

Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers cover Hall and Oates's "I Can't Go For That" while crammed into a van, with Bluhm driving, singing, and playing a kazoo, and seeming to do a rather good job at all three. Talent! Hall and Oates - I Can't Go For That - Cover by Nicki Bluhm and The [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/29/motorized-kazoo-equipped-hall.html

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Introducing NASA G.I.R.L.S.: A New Mentoring Program for Girls

I recently got wind of a new mentoring program called NASA G.I.R.L.S., organized by Women@NASA. The program is so new that they are still building their website, but I knew I just had to contact them to find out more! I was able to reach the NASA official responsible for this new project, Mamta Patel [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/introducing-nasa-g-i-r-l-s-a-new-mentoring-program-for-girls/

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Ticket to Ride Is First Board Game to Take Advantage of iPad Retina Display

Much has been made about the Retina display on the new iPad, so much so that it’s easy to dismiss all of the talk as hyperbole. But looking at these new screens from Ticket to Ride, perhaps the new display is as good, if not better, than what people are saying. The updated maps for [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/ticket-to-ride-ipad-retina/

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This Badass .30 Caliber Ammo Case Puts Your Lunch Box to Shame

This .30 caliber ammo can makes a badass retro lunch box.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/03/badass-gadget-ammo-lunch-box/

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Invisible Robota: the robots who ate our jobs

Joe Posner sez, "A month ago Marketplace told me they're doing a weeklong special called "Robots Ate My Job" this week and asked if I could make videos to go with it. Where to start? "Even though we don't see them with anthropomorphic features and two arms and legs walking down the streets, there are [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/29/invisible-robota-the-robots-w.html

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This Badass .30 Caliber Ammo Case Puts Your Lunch Box to Shame

This .30 caliber ammo can makes a badass retro lunch box.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/03/badass-gadget-ammo-lunch-box/

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A Scrabble Champ?s Primer on Crushing Words With Friends

One tile-master's tips to help casual players elevate their game.

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/words-with-friends/

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Open source "tricorders": handheld sensor packages for everyone

For the past five years, Peter Jansen, a Canadian scientist whose PhD is in neural computation and cognitive modelling, has been developing a series of open source hardware "tricorders" -- handheld sensor packages running GNU/Linux that can be used by everyday people to make and record observations about the world around them. There are several [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/29/open-source-tricorders-ha.html

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GeekDad Book Review: The Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey

Here is a pop quiz for you: In early 2012, what author owned six of the top ten spots on the science fiction best sellers lists at Amazon.com? Would you believe it if I told you that author was an indie author who hasn’t sought out a traditional publisher for their work? Hugh Howey’s dystopian [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/geekdad-book-review-the-wool-omnibus-by-hugh-howey/

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Apple CEO Tim Cook visits Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, China

Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook speaks to employees during a visit to the iPhone production line at the newly built Foxconn Zhengzhou Technology Park, in Henan province, China. Photo taken March 28, 2012 (REUTERS). Reports and analysis on the significance of the visit: Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Wired News, IBT, Christian Science [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/29/apple-ceo-tim-cook-visits-foxc.html

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Apple?s Newsstand Brings in $70K a Day from Top Titles

iPad owners love to read, and both digital publishers and Apple are reaping the lucrative benefits. Apple’s hub for digital media subscriptions, Newsstand, pulls in $70,000 a day on average from its top 100 titles on the iPad, according to a study published Tuesday by market research company Distimo. Newsstand is an iOS feature modeled [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/03/apples-newsstand-70k/

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Geek My Ride: A Geekdad Lego Car

You are back to when you were 10 years old, it is 5PM on a school day and your dad comes to pick you up in this 1997 Volvo 850, fully Lego customized, from paint job to stud-like hood. Most likely, during those “dark ages” for geekiness, this event would not have raised your popularity [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/lego-car/

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UK tories embroiled in Cornish Pasty row

UK chancellor George Osborne was confronted on his government's decision to charge value-added tax (VAT) on hot take-away food like pasties. Labour MP John Mann asked Osborne when he'd last had a pasty from Gregg's, a chain of bakeries. Osborne couldn't recall. But PM David Cameron was ready for the question when it next arose [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/28/uk-tories-embroiled-in-cornish.html

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Deepwater Horizon-related court filing in which an injured oil rig worker seeks justice through wit and metaphor

This motion, filed on Mardi Gras in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, is a "metaphorical request for a ride on the streetcar named remand." Its author, Lance Lubel of Lubel Voyles LLP (on behalf of Buddy Trahan, who was aboard the Deepwater Horizon at the time of its catastrophe), produced [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/28/deepwater-horizon-related-cour.html

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Geek My Ride: A Geekdad Lego Car

You are back to when you were 10 years old, it is 5PM on a school day and your dad comes to pick you up in this 1997 Volvo 850, fully Lego customized, from paint job to stud-like hood. Most likely, during those “dark ages” for geekiness, this event would not have raised your popularity [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/lego-car/

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Why BioWare Needs Gamers to Make True Art

I’ve had plenty of time to play through Mass Effect 3. This game has hit the gamer community like a storm with massive sales and some very contentious issues that hit the forums of gamers all around the world regarding paying extra for DLC the first day of release (and whether it was on the [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/bioware-gamers-art/

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Bathos in Sealand

At Ars Technica, James Grimmelmann charts the failure of offshore datacenter HavenCo. Supposedly beyond the reach of national laws, HavenCo was located on Sealand, a tiny naval fort six miles off the English coast. Occupied since 1967 by a pirate radio DJ and touting itself as the world's smallest nation, Sealand's monarchical trappings are ever-mingled [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/28/bathos-in-sealand.html

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Wanna Make It In The Valley? Better Eat Your Kale

Gone are the days when entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley were gulping coffee, slamming down pizza from dawn to dusk, and staying awake for days on end in a competitive game of self destruction. Kevin Hartz The reality today is that entrepreneurs are required to be high performers and intelligent decision-makers under extreme conditions of stress [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/03/opinion-hartz-entrepreneurs/

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Java Rings from 1998

At the JavaOne 1998 conference, Sun gave out rings like this one. It's embedded with an iButton chip containing a Java Virtual Machine. Based on the 1-Wire device communications bus system, IButtons can act as a token for access control, e-cash, data logging etc. 1-Wire systems are still in common use and someone is selling [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/28/java-rings-from-1998.html

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Apple?s New Fraud Problem: Cracked Walls and Broken Promises

Apple?s announcement of a dividend and stock buyback was a welcomed boon to already well rewarded shareholders. Yet to be addressed, however, is a critical issue that affects even more vital stakeholders ? its customers and developers. The rising chorus of complaints about fraud perpetrated through the App Store is a major risk for Apple?s golden status.

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/03/opinion-adner-app-fraud/

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Turning on a 100-year-old light bulb

Incandescent lights work by turning heat into light. You run an electric current through a filament, the filament heats up, and as it does, it starts to glow. The basic element has been around since 1809. The trick is finding material for a filament that will get hot enough to glow, but won't destroy itself [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/28/turning-on-a-100-year-old-ligh.html

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Sony takes down game downloads to prevent homebrew

Kyle Orland writes that Sony is preventing customers from re-downloading games they've already paid for, because code flaws in them may be used to run unsigned code on the portable console. The hack is reportedly useful only for homebrew, not for piracy. [Ars]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/27/sony.html

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Computers in the Living Room: Xbox Has Never Been A Game System

The living room is not a game center, but an experiment in a redefinition of personal computing.

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/03/xbox-never-a-game-system/

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Get Your Invitation to the New GeekDad Community

We are so happy with the early reaction to our new Community Site! Over 1,000 people have joined up in the last 2 weeks, and the energy continues to build. But there’s plenty of room for more! So please, accept this invitation to join, and become an active member of the Community! We have forums, [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/get-your-invitation-to-the-new-geekdad-community/

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Tim Cook is in China, and So is Apple

Apple CEO Tim Cook is in China, his first visit to Apple’s second-biggest market since taking over for Steve Jobs last August. Apple’s influence and presence in China have increased considerably, and its importance to the company is clear: China has the potential to become Apple’s largest market, and is also Apple’s biggest manufacturing hub. [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/03/tim-cook-is-in-china-and-so-is-apple/

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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Mar. 27

Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/geekdad_agad032712/

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Gadget Lab Podcast: The New iPad and a Host of Badass Gadgets

On this week's Gadget Lab Podcast, the gang shows off Apple's newest iPad and takes a look at some seriously hardcore gadgets as part of our Month of Badass Gadgets.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/03/podcast-ipad-badass-gadgets/

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On sci-fi and technology

Dr. Joline Zepcevski, a sci/tech history researcher, quoted by Jeremy Hsu on why much science fiction is as interesting for the technologies abandoned as those newly invented: "Technology is not pre-determined as 'better'—it becomes better when a society deems it to be better or more advanced. With respect to "The Hunger Games," there is no [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/26/on-sci-fi-and-technology.html

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Liminal States: tour-de-force horror novel is also a bleak western, a noir detective story, and a dystopian sf story

Liminal States is the debut novel from SomethingAwful editor Zack Parsons, and it's extraordinary. It begins as a grim, relentless western novel that describes a doomed love triangle between a simple lawman, the twisted scion of an land-baron, and a woman who has married one but thinks she might belong with the other. After a [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/27/liminal-states-tour-de-force.html

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Photos of Wernher von Braun

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Wernher von Braun, arguably the most important rocket scientist ever, Space.com posted a gallery of images of the man and his work. And yes, von Braun developed rockets for the Nazis before being "recruited" by the US after the war as part of "Operation Paperclip." The [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/26/photos-of-wernher-von-braun.html

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eBook Review: Child of Fire

Sorry to have disappeared; work got a hold of me and I spent a week living on planes. It did give me time to read a lot of Kindle Singles... I really enjoyed Harry Connolly's Child of Fire: a Twenty Palaces Novel -- it is a witty and fast-paced urban fantasy in the genre of [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/26/ebook-review-child-of-fire.html

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eBook Review: Child of Fire

Sorry to have disappeared; work got a hold of me and I spent a week living on planes. It did give me time to read a lot of Kindle Singles... I really enjoyed Harry Connolly's Child of Fire: a Twenty Palaces Novel -- it is a witty and fast-paced urban fantasy in the genre of [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/26/ebook-review-child-of-fire.html

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The Hunger Games Is Well Worth Seeing, Even if You Haven?t Read the Book

As the premiere of The Hunger Games movie closed in on me last weekend, I decided to make a virtue out of necessity and instead of trying to cram the book into one late-night session, I decided to see the movie first to judge it without any preconceptions. My eldest daughter (18) and my youngest [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/hunger-games-worth-seeing/

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10 Arrrguably Awesome Things About Aardman?s The Pirates!

Posted by Simon Kisner View original post » On Sunday morning my family and I were lucky enough to get hold of some charity preview tickets for Aardman’s latest stop-motion extravaganza “The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!“, courtesy of the�Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund. I’ll start by saying that we all loved it and, [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/10-things-about-the-pirates/

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For High Tech Companies, Going Public Sucks

Facebook will survive its IPO, but most companies aren't Facebook. Here's why Wall Street is the tech industry's worst enemy.

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/03/ff_facebookipo/

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Disability insurance

To avoid a return to work, an unemployed Austrian man apparently sawed his own foot off. [Reuters]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/26/disability-insurance.html

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Voting Is for the Girls!

It may seem strange to count civic participation among the apparatus required for the care and protection of women's bodies, but it may be the most important tool in our kit.

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/voting-is-for-the-girls/

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I have no idea what you're doing

At a dog show in Shenyang, China, a Tibetan Mastiff has no idea whatsoever what this man is trying to achieve. Photo: REUTERS/Sheng Li

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/24/i-have-no-idea-what-youre-do.html

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Epic Mickey 2 to Extend the Original in a Cooperative and Musical Direction

Disney has just announced the follow up to the much-overlooked Epic Mickey.�Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two returns us to the play mechanics of the original. This time, though, we are joined by Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Walt Disney?s first cartoon character, who we get to hear for the first time ever in [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/epic-mickey-2/

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Epic Mickey 2 to Extend the Original in a Cooperative and Musical Direction

Disney has just announced the follow up to the much-overlooked Epic Mickey.�Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two returns us to the play mechanics of the original. This time, though, we are joined by Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Walt Disney?s first cartoon character, who we get to hear for the first time ever in [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/epic-mickey-2/

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Tacocopter: The Coolest Airborne Taco Delivery System That?s Completely Fake

We Wired reporters love our tacos. We're also obsessed with robotics and flying machines, just like many other members of the San Francisco tech community. So when a new local startup -- Tacocopter -- announced that it could deliver tacos straight to office workers via flying quadricopters, you can imagine our tizzy. We got a chance to talk to the brains behind Tacocopter, which doesn't actually exist quite yet.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/03/qa-with-tacocopter/

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Artistic and functional replicas of Tesla's equipment

Bob sez, "Nemanja Jevremovic has replicated some of Nikola Tesla's equipment. There are lots of dials, switches, knobs, and meters. The guts of the equipment are beautifully crafted and on proud display. He calls it 'Technical Art'. These creations would be equally appropriate in a gallery or on the set of an old science fiction [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/24/artistic-and-functional-replic.html

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Narnia-themed kid's playroom with through-the-wardrobe entrance

On Reddit, KelseyPolo describes a friend's awesome gift for her (presumably Narnia-obsessed) 9-year-old-daughter, which features a through-the-wardrobe entrance leading to a playroom annexed off of the bedroom sporting lovely floor-to-ceiling Narnia murals. My friend got her 9 yr old daughter a wardrobe for her bedroom, but it's not just any old wardrobe... (imgur.com)

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/24/narnia-themed-kids-playroom.html

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Prolific Instructables maker creates robotic claw business cards, spaghetti yetis, and more

Instructables user PenfoldPlant creates fascinating projects! I love the robotic-claw business card (video above), but I'm also extremely partial to the Spaghetti Yeti (right), and who could say no to a giant papercraft Trojan Horse (below)?. PenfoldPlant

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/23/prolific-instructables-maker-c.html

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The war at home: Energy crisis and risk in America

Here are two myths you need to let go of: The solution to high gas prices is more oil. Climate change is something that happens to polar bears and people from Kiribati. The truth is that fossil fuels are extremely useful and valuable. And, by their very nature, the supplies are limited. Likewise, climate change [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/23/the-war-at-home-energy-crisis.html

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Congress Queries App Developers on Their Data Privacy Practices

In the wake of a high-profile privacy scare involving the Path social networking app, Congress is advancing efforts to crack down on developers with rogue privacy and information storage policies.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/03/congress-app-data-storage/

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Historic photos of female scientists at work

I'm sure there are a lot of people reading this who will have a hard time understanding why I love this collection of historic photos of female scientists. "Why female scientists?" I can already hear them asking. "Aren't you doing a disservice to female scientists by singling them out as something special?" But here's the [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/23/historic-photos-of-female-scie.html

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Great Geek Debates: Legend versus Labyrinth

Ahh, the eighties! A formative time for many of us GeekDads, and a time of energetic, if not always excellent, experimentation when it came to fantasy and science fiction in film. Take for example the topics of our current GGD: two mid-eighties U.S./U.K. fantasy films about young women coming-of-age through quests resulting grave, impulsive mistakes [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/legend-versus-labyrinth-2/

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Geek and Sundry: All Our Favorite Geeks In One Place

It appears that a lot of my favorite geeks have been busy scheming behind our backs. Geek and Sundry is a new website and Youtube channel for a totally awesome lineup of indie geek culture. The channel is launching on April 2nd and will show seven different shows. First up on Monday, April 2nd is [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/geek-and-sundry/

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Wikipedia Didn?t Kill Britannica. Windows Did

Print will survive. Books will survive even longer. It's print as a marker of prestige that's dying.

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/03/wikipedia-didnt-kill-brittanica-windows-did/

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Nested layers of temp agencies allow WalMart's supply chain to shave pennies through terrible, illegal working conditions

Dave Jamieson has a long investigative feature in the Huffington Post about the lives of subcontracted temps in the American warehouse supply-chain. Jamieson describes a world of nested layers of temps -- "temp agencies that supervise temp agencies that deal with temp agencies" -- providing layers of plausible deniability for the titanic corporations on whose [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/24/nested-layers-of-temp-agencies.html

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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Mar. 24

Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/agad032412/

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LED Lenser X21: A Whole Bunch of Badass In Brilliant, Blinding Light

The LED Lenser X21 flashlight is Gadget Lab's badass gadget of the day. Stunning brightness and gold-plated circuits light up the night with more than 1,000 lumens.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/03/led-lenser-x21-a-whole-bunch-of-badass-in-brilliant-blinding-light/

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The war at home: Energy crisis and risk in America

Here are two myths you need to let go of: The solution to high gas prices is more oil. Climate change is something that happens to polar bears and people from Kiribati. The truth is that fossil fuels are extremely useful and valuable. And, by their very nature, the supplies are limited. Likewise, climate change [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/23/the-war-at-home-energy-crisis.html

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GameStorm 14: Here We Go

Hey, board gamers! This is just a reminder that GameStorm 14 is happening now in Vancouver, Washington. It kicked off at 2pm yesterday, and goes until Sunday evening, with some rooms open for 24-hour gaming the entire weekend. There is a huge board game library to check things out, lots of tables dedicated to particular [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/gamestorm-14/

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Dork Tower Friday

Read all the Dork Towers that have run on GeekDad. Find the Dork Tower webcomic archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website.

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/dork-tower-friday-84/

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Historic photos of female scientists at work

I'm sure there are a lot of people reading this who will have a hard time understanding why I love this collection of historic photos of female scientists. "Why female scientists?" I can already hear them asking. "Aren't you doing a disservice to female scientists by singling them out as something special?" But here's the [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/23/historic-photos-of-female-scie.html

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Cat walks away from a 19-story fall

This kitty, named Sugar, fell 19 floors out of a high-rise window in Boston and landed on her feet with only minor injuries - a scratch and bruised lungs. From Time: The height of Sugar?s dive might have worked in her favor. According to a 1987 study on the so-called High-Rise Syndrome, published in the [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/23/cat-walks-away-from-a-19-story.html

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Zombie sleep mask

In the Boing Boing store: Zombie Sleep Masks. One of these is going in my "most comfortable man in the sky" airplane kit -- a carry-all with a tiny two-temperature sleeping bag, hot water bottle, fuzzy sleep socks, freshly pressed cotton pyjamas, and a sleep mask. Zombie Sleep Mask

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/22/zombie-sleep-mask.html

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Giants Beware! -�A Fantastic All-Ages Comic Book

There’s a fearless warrior on the prowl, ready to free her town Mont Petit Pierre of the scourge of the dreaded baby-feet-eating giant. Her name is Claudette, and she’s accompanied by her timid pastry-making brother Gaston and her princess-on-the-brain friend Marie. Oh, and her dog, Valiant. Giants Beware! Giants Beware! is an upcoming comic book [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/giants-beware/

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Exclusive: Mobile Payments Heat Up with Intuit?s Donation App Updates

Not to be outdone by mobile payments competitors Square and PayPal, financial services software company Intuit will release enhancements to its GoPayment mobile application on Monday, allowing U.S.-based fundraisers to accept credit card donations directly from smartphones or tablets. The announcement comes on the heels of a similar offering from Square, Twitter co-creator Jack Dorsey’s [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/03/intuit-gopayment-mobile-donations/

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Crazed giant beast hand-cranked automaton in action

Dug sez, "This video profile of automata-maker Dug North includes a better view of the 'Crazed giant beast hand-cranked automaton prototype' featured on Boing Boing back on August 2nd, 2011." Automata (Thanks, Dug North!)

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/22/crazed-giant-beast-hand-cranke.html

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Giants Beware! -�A Fantastic All-Ages Comic Book

There’s a fearless warrior on the prowl, ready to free her town Mont Petit Pierre of the scourge of the dreaded baby-feet-eating giant. Her name is Claudette, and she’s accompanied by her timid pastry-making brother Gaston and her princess-on-the-brain friend Marie. Oh, and her dog, Valiant. Giants Beware! Giants Beware! is an upcoming comic book [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/giants-beware/

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Australia's government won't disclose its secret copyright meetings because knowing what went on isn't in the public interest

On TechDirt, Glyn Moody reports the outrageous news that the Australian government refuses to release any substantive information on the secret copyright enforcement meetings it held, redacting nearly the entirety of the documents before releasing them to a Freedom of Information request. The government also claims that it can't release a list of attendees because [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/22/australias-government-wont.html

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A Bad Week for Space Opera

For two very different reasons, this has not been a great week if you’re a fan of science fiction books and media, particularly space opera. Let me explain: first, I wonder whether or not studio executives will still green-light new high budget space opera projects after Disney takes a $200,000,000 loss on John Carter? As [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/a-bad-week-for-space-opera/

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Fun Beats Fugly: Why Square Is Still Better Than PayPal

PayPal is basically just porting its utilitarian model for online payments into meatspace. With Register and Card Case, Square strikes me as having rethought shopping for both customer and merchant in a much more fundamental way.

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/03/fun-beats-fugly-why-square-is-still-better-than-paypal/

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With Square in Its Sights, PayPal Debuts Mobile-Payment Hardware

E-payments service PayPal unveiled new hardware for its payments system on Thursday, signaling in no uncertain terms the company?s intent to fight Square ? Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey?s up-and-coming mobile payments company ? for the hearts of customers and retailers everywhere.

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/03/paypal-here-mobile-square/

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Scientific calculator in Minecraft

SgtGodswordBerserker has implemented a multi-function scientific calculator using Minecraft, a project that echoes the earlier projects to build a CPU and a 3D printer using the game engine and its primitives. Specs: 6 digit addition and subtraction, 3 digit multiplication, division and trigonometric/scientific functions. (The reason these are only 3 digits is because multiplication and [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/22/scientific-calculator-in-minec.html

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Gross and tantalizing menu from the Explorer's Club dinner

Last week's 108th annual Explorer's Club dinner at NYC's Waldorf-Astoria featured the customary assortment of weird, gross and tantalizing food, starting with cow eyeball martinis (see Paul Adams's photo, below, of the eyeballs). Popular Science has the whole menu. Here's what the canapes were like: Pineapple towers with scorpion, pea pods, strawberry slices, melon balls [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/gross-and-tantalizing-menu-fro.html

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Commuting illustrator draws his fellow riders, publishes a newspaper for them containing his sketches

Newspaper Club is a service in London that lets people publish super-limited-edition newspapers. They're always finding surprising and sweet niches for newspapers. One recent example is Steve Wilkin, an illustrator who rides the 7:38 train from Hebden Bridge to the University of Central Lancashire, where he teaches illustration. For ten years, he's been sketching the [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/commuting-illustrator-draws-hi.html

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Smith & Wesson Proves the Pen is Mightier Than the Pen

When searching for the world's most badass pen to help celebrate Gadget Lab's Month of Badass Gadgets, we checked out a few models but eventually landed on the pen you see here made by Smith & Wesson.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/03/smith-wesson-tactical-pen/

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GeekDad Interview: Kermit and Walter From The Muppets

I recently had the extraordinary good fortune to interview Kermit and Walter in honor of Disney’s release of The Muppets on DVD and Blu-ray. GeekDad: Any plans for a sequel? If so, any plans on what its focus may be? Kermit: A sequel? To The Muppets? That’s a great idea. Walter: Yeah? and it could [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/interview-kermit-and-walter-muppets/

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Beyond the Instruction Manual

This weekend my oldest son finally got around to building the�tin can robot kit�he received for Christmas. While calling it a robot might be a little generous ? tin can electric vehicle is probably more accurate, it was a fun project that offered a few lessons in mechanics, battery polarity, deciphering an exploded view, and [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/beyond-the-instruction-manual/

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The engine that will drive the next version of SimCity looks amazing

"SimCity Gameplay Lead Dan Moskowitz describes the concepts of Resources, Units, Maps, and Agents and how they affect the complex simulation behind SimCity." SimCity Insider's Look GlassBox Game Engine

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/the-engine-that-will-drive-the.html

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Don't let Mitt Romney's anti-gay billionaire backer whitewash his intimidation of critics

Billionaire anti-gay campaigner and Mitt Romney campaign co-finance chair Frank VanderSloot is whitewashing his tarnished image with a public relations campaign. After years of trying to silence journalists critical of him and his record, all that's left to do is dodge the difficult questions. After a recent scathing commentary from Salon's Glenn Greenwald, echoed nationwide [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/how-mitt-romneys-anti-gay-bi.html

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Congrats to Young Women Artists

Womanthology: Heroic — described in a GeekMom post last week — is a compilation of graphic art by women. It can now be found at your local art, gaming, and book stores. It is an exciting time for all who are involved in the project, including Summer Hemingray, a 10-year-old artist. She contributed an illustration [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/congrats-to-young-women-artists/

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Skylanders Costumes, Cases and Styluses Create New Play Possibilities

The trickle down effect of Skylanders success seems to be unstoppable at the moment. The recent announcement of Skylanders books has been followed by other spin-off merchandise. As intriguing as it is to hear about even loosely connected Skylanders products selling out, how my kids use them in their Skylanders games is the real appeal [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/skylanders-accessories/

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Wikipedia Didn?t Kill Britannica. Windows Did

Print will survive. Books will survive even longer. It's print as a marker of prestige that's dying.

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/03/wikipedia-didnt-kill-brittanica-windows-did/

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If you are traveling 80 miles an hour, how long does it take to go 80 miles?

"If you are traveling 80 miles an hour, how long does it take to go 80 miles?" (Thanks, Lew!)

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/20/if-you-are-traveling-80-miles.html

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Reason TV: Mark Frauenfelder on DIY Super-Humanism, Unschooling and the Future of Print Journalism

[Video Link] Tim Cavanaugh, managing editor of Reason.com, recently came by my house for a video chat. It was a lot of fun! "You know, I studied mechanical engineering in school and I ended up becoming a journalist. I can name a dozen people right now that I think are amazing people who didn't go [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/20/reason-tv-mark-frauenfelder-o.html

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Reason TV: Mark Frauenfelder on DIY Super-Humanism, Unschooling and the Future of Print Journalism

[Video Link] Tim Cavanaugh, managing editor of Reason.com, recently came by my house for a video chat. It was a lot of fun! "You know, I studied mechanical engineering in school and I ended up becoming a journalist. I can name a dozen people right now that I think are amazing people who didn't go [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/20/reason-tv-mark-frauenfelder-o.html

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Guitarist sought for Metal Band

A Craigslist of Greatness: ** READ THIS ** Take a few seconds and read what I am into. Now imagine you contacting me and eventually calling me, and asking if I would like to play some blues. Or some 60s Rock. Or some Stone Temple Pilots. Or some Nickleback. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME, AUSTIN? [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/guitarist-sought-for-metal-ban.html

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Skylanders Costumes, Cases and Styluses Create New Play Possibilities

The trickle down effect of Skylanders success seems to be unstoppable at the moment. The recent announcement of Skylanders books has been followed by other spin-off merchandise. As intriguing as it is to hear about even loosely connected Skylanders products selling out, how my kids use them in their Skylanders games is the real appeal [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/skylanders-accessories/

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The Case for Buying iPads for Your Kids

Sure, iPads are expensive, but when you consider them as a replacement for some of the other gaming hand-helds they beg for, the economics might just make sense.

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/buying-ipads-for-your-kids/

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iPad Goes on Sale; Launch Barely Bruised by Anti-Apple Protest

The third iteration of the iPad went on sale Friday morning in the U.S., greeted by the usual throngs of early adopters. Yet this time it also attracted protesters who have been campaigning for Apple to improve working conditions for the people who actually assemble the company's iconic mobile devices.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/03/ipad-launch-bruised/

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Liberating America's secret, for-pay laws

[Editor's note: This morning, I found a an enormous, 30Lb box waiting for me at my post-office box. Affixed to it was a sticker warning me that by accepting this box into my possession, I was making myself liable for nearly $11 million in damages. The box was full of paper, and printed on the [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/liberating-americas-secret.html

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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Mar. 19

Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/agad031912/

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Coming Soon: A Lego R2-D2 Set! (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)

This is the Lego set you’re looking for! Everyone’s favorite astromech droid is always popping up at shops and events, built life-sized from thousands of bricks by Lego’s master builders, and now we’ll all get the chance to build a — admittedly slightly smaller — version of him, too. Artoo is the latest entry into [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/lego-r2-d2-set-rewind/

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Make: Magazine Wants You for Their Beta Team

I have been a subscriber to Make Magazine since its inception. Every three months they bring me hours of reading enjoyment, inspiration and cool projects. Make has been committed to growing the community of makers through their magazine, blogs and of course the Maker Faire. Make is now expanding that commitment with the formation of [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/make-magazine-beta-team/

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Interview Time: GeekDad Talks With Adventure Time?s Pen Ward (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)

Since its 1992 debut, Cartoon Network has meant many things to many people. It’s been the basic cable home of classic animation, a launching pad for American anime enthusiasts, the land of Adult Swim and more. But perhaps most importantly it’s become a veritable bastion of quality original content. Currently at the top of that [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/adventure-time-pen-ward-rewind/

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A Patent Lie: How Yahoo Weaponized My Work

While most of the tech world was partying at South by Southwest in Austin yesterday, Yahoo announced it was filing a lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly infringing on 10 patents from their 1,000+ patent warehouse. I'm no fan of Facebook, but this is a deplorable move. It's nothing less than extortion, expertly timed during the SEC-mandated quiet period before Facebook's IPO. It?s an attack on invention and the hacker ethic. I have a small supporting role in this story, and I'm not happy about that, either.

Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/03/opinion-baio-yahoo-patent-lie/

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Armor Up With the N7 Elite Hoodie

It’s a genuine testament to my self-control that I’m not playing Mass Effect 3 at this very moment. I mean, the game is right there. Sitting tight in my Xbox 360. My controller is properly charged and everything. Hell, there’s a krogan genophage that only I can cure, but here I am just typing away! [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/n7-hoodie/

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Pogo Volume 1: Through the Wild Blue Yonder

When I was a kid the only part of the newspaper (kids, ask your parents) I read regularly was the comics. Actually, that persisted even long after I was a kid, but that’s another story. At the time, I didn’t know how syndication worked, I didn’t know how far in advance cartoonists had to write [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/pogo-volume-1/

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POV ride-through: Model train replica of Disneyland's Mine Train through Nature's Wonderland

STNautilus created a detailed model-train replica of the long-gone, dearly missed Disneyland Mine Train through Nature's Wonderland. Dan sez, "I nearly plotzed from this scene being so charming." (Warning: contains animated varmints). Nature's Wonderland Model: Very First POV

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/16/pov-ride-through-model-train.html

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Midnight Climax: CIA's MK-ULTRA LSD experiments in San Francisco

Newly released documents shed light on the San Francisco edition of the CIA's notorious MK-ULTRA program (through which people were unwittingly given massive doses of LSD to see if the drug would be useful for brainwashing), which ran from 1953-1964. There's lots of detail about MK-ULTRA's work in NYC and Montreal, but the San Francisco [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/17/midnight-climax-cias-mk-ult.html

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Preliminary analysis of Anonymosus-OS: lame, but no obvious malware

On Ars Technica, Sean Gallagher delves into the Anonymosus-OS, an Ubuntu Linux derivative I wrote about yesterday that billed itself as an OS for Anonymous, with a number of security/hacking tools pre-installed. Sean's conclusions is that, contrary to rumor, there's not any malware visible in the package, but there's plenty of dubious "security" tools like [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/15/preliminary-analysis-of-anonym.html

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10 Great Irish Geeks For St. Patrick?s Day (GeekDad Wayback Machine)

L� Fh�ile P�draig Shona Dhaoibh!* Today?s the day when Irish people around the world celebrate our heritage and indulge a few national stereotypes. The self-respecting among us will be shying away from the green beer (the writer Flann O?Brien said it best ? a pint of plain is your only man), there are parades, parties, [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/10-great-irish-geeks-for-st-patricks-day/

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Helmetcam video of 9-year-old psyching herself up for a ski-jump

Here's a POV video of a fourth grade girl psyching herself up for her first run down an intimidating ski-jump. The tension mounts as she narrates her anxieties and checks in with her instructor for comfort, and the payoff -- a successful run and delighted cheering -- is all the better for it. Girls first [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/17/helmetcam-video-of-9-year-old.html

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The triumphant return of Dr. Steve Brule

A new season of my favorite lifestyle improvement edu-tainment program, Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule, airs tonight at 1230am on Adult Swim.

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/18/the-triumphant-return-of-dr-s.html

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Preliminary analysis of Anonymosus-OS: lame, but no obvious malware

On Ars Technica, Sean Gallagher delves into the Anonymosus-OS, an Ubuntu Linux derivative I wrote about yesterday that billed itself as an OS for Anonymous, with a number of security/hacking tools pre-installed. Sean's conclusions is that, contrary to rumor, there's not any malware visible in the package, but there's plenty of dubious "security" tools like [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/15/preliminary-analysis-of-anonym.html

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Interview Time: GeekDad Talks With Adventure Time?s Pen Ward (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)

Since its 1992 debut, Cartoon Network has meant many things to many people. It’s been the basic cable home of classic animation, a launching pad for American anime enthusiasts, the land of Adult Swim and more. But perhaps most importantly it’s become a veritable bastion of quality original content. Currently at the top of that [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/adventure-time-pen-ward-rewind/

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Retro rocket ring

Noah Scalin sez, "Just look at this awesome steampunky rocket ring created by Herbert Hoover (not the former president) for his Ring-A-Day project. He also has a laser-cut miniature wooden version for sale on his Etsy page as well." I'm partial to Hoover's espresso ring, too. Ring-A-Day: Rocket Ring

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/17/retro-rocket-ring.html

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RIAA prez twirls mustache in anticipation of taking on his role of Internet Witchfinder General

Cary Sherman, CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America, has reminded the nation that at his instigation, the largest ISPs in the USA are set to disconnect their customers, and their customers' families, if the companies that Sherman represents makes a series of unsubstantiated accusations of copyright infringement against them. The ISPs came to [...]

Source: http://boingboing.net/2012/03/16/riaa-prez-twirls-mustache-in-a.html

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