Not the greatest audio but a lot of fun to watch! from Boing Boing http://ift.tt/2olh1cy via IFTTT
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Profile of Anthony Papa, the only person to have received clemency and a pardon in New York state
Socialist Worker has a profile of Anthony Papa of the Drug Policy Alliance. He has a book out about his experiences after being released f...
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Steve Wozniak on how he became passionate about computers
https://youtu.be/deITLnM73uo Apple computers was founded on April 1, 1976. In this commercial for the Japanese human resources brand PERSOL...
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I made my own ink for the apocalypse
Meg Elison is a high school dropout and a graduate of UC Berkeley. Her debut novel, The Book of the Unnamed Midwife , won the 2014 Philip K...
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Great electronic soundtrack for award winning short documentary film "Little Potato"
My friend Robyn Miller (co-creator of the Myst series of computer games) is an accomplished musician. His soundtrack for the award winnin...
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5-pack of Wayfarer-style reading glasses for $7
I have a paid of +2.50 reading glasses, but they are not good for computer work. I needed some +1.00 glasses. I fund this 5-pack of 80s Rea...
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The Sounds of the Junk Yard, a 1964 vinyl record
Last week, I posted about The Sounds of the Office , a 1964 vinyl record released by Folkways Records of field recordings by Michael Siegel...
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Video of failed bank break-in in France
A gang of masked thieves attempted a late-night heist at a bank (or some other building) in Pernes-les-Fontaines (southeastern France). The...
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Burt Ward's "Boy Wonder" song, a collaboration with Frank Zappa
In 1966, Burt "Robin" Ward recorded with the Mothers of Invention under the direction of Frank Zappa. The result is really someth...
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How to make a coin sorting machine from cardboard
The Q made this nifty coin sorting machine from cardboard. from Boing Boing http://ift.tt/2opB3iV via IFTTT
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Idiot instantly regrets trying to kick a dog
This guy tried to kick a dog on the beach and failed. It gets even better from there. [ via ] from Boing Boing http://ift.tt/2ohYz4b v...
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William Powell, author of The Anarchist Cookbook, RIP
William Powell, author of the iconic counterculture how-to guide The Anarchist Cookbook , died last year of a heart attack. His death was j...
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Twitter replaces egg with genderless head and shoulders icon
The thinking behind Twitter's replacement for the troll-favorite egg profile photo is a vaguely human placeholder that is unpleasant en...
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Notice sticker on a van: nothing "worth selling for heroin " in here
I hope this is effective. Full photo by flopiyt here . from Boing Boing http://ift.tt/2nSTbEe via IFTTT
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Quiz: Was this painting made by a human artist or ape?
Which of the paintings above is by a respected abstract painter who is human and which was painted by an ape in the Congo? The answer is i...
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Penis seat on Mexico City subway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RWWLbg8tuE A seat on the Mexico City subway has a protruding molded torso and cock . Part art project and ...
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Animations showing the population of every U.S. county from the 18th century until now
Len Keifer created a series of visualizations that depict the relentless growth and westward expansion of the U.S. Census Bureau. from B...
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The Death of the Exorcist
With the death of author William Peter Blatty on January 13 at 88, I could not help but be reminded that, exactly 43 years ago on that date...
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Tentaclebots have finally arrived
Biomimicry continues to make amazing strides. Festo just released footage of their OctopusGripper being put through the paces. (more…) ...
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Watch a guy toss log chunks with a giant John Deere log loader
Tim O'Bryant, aka Cotontop3, is a logger in Mississippi who vlogs daily. In this episode, he uses the pincers on his log loader to toss...
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Astonishing book tunnel entrance to bookstore
Chinese bookstore Yangzhou Zhongshuge has arguably the most breathtaking bookstore entrance in the world. (more…) from Boing Boing http:...
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Check out this trippy stop-motion papercraft music video
This video for " Explosions in the Sky " by the Ecstatics perfectly captures the trippy electronica vibe by using thousands of pa...
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Patrick Bateman would totally carry his laptop in this bag
When you hear “laptop bag”, you probably think of a worn-out black padded pleather abomination carried by the world’s grumpiest IT guy. Sin...
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Water-cooled 72,000 lumen LED flashlight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vgNh3fLxJc Last spring, Samm Sheperd created this amazing overclocked, water-cooled LED flashlight that p...
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The basic opsec failures that unmasked James Comey's Twitter show how hard this stuff is
Gizmodo's Ashley Feinberg (almost certainly) figured out that James Comey's secret Twitter handle was @ReinholdNiebuhr , because A...
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I have always assumed the "dinosaur" was a dance
I don't think this video got nearly enough play time. from Boing Boing http://ift.tt/2nEQkxO via IFTTT
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How to make a gigantic Arduino
My friend John Edgar Park made a huge Arduino for demo purposes. He brought it to Maker Faire a few years ago and it was a big hit. He fin...
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DJI proposing "electronic license plates" for drones
Drone manufacturer DJI published a white paper proposing a kind of license plate for drones in the form of a wireless identifier that the b...
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With two weeks until the final vote, the Free Software Foundation wants you to call the W3C and say no to DRM
There's only two weeks left until members of the World Wide Web Consortium vote on whether the web's premier open standards organiz...
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How new emojis are born, a comic
Over at The Nib, excellent historical cartoonist Andy Warner, author of the wonderful Brief Histories of Everyday Objects , tells the story...
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The man who literally sniffed out the problems in NYC's subway
In the early 20th century, James "Smelly" Kelly used his legendary sense of smell and DIY inventions to find hazards, leaks, elep...
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Penn State trustee "running out of sympathy" for "so-called" victims raped by the college's coach
Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted of multiple counts of raping the children in his care . He's spending the rest of his lif...
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Mosquito bite relief for your keychain
I've been using one of these $10 mosquito bite zappers for years. It's like a little stun gun - you hold the business end against ...
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High-heeled shoes for your baby
Pee Wee Pumps dot com is a site where you can supposedly order high-heeled shoes for your baby. They are all quite trashy. The site is con...
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Top 1000 asked questions in Google and their cost per click value
This list of the most-frequently asked questions on Google reveals what people are curious about, and how much advertisers are willing to ...
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North Carolina set to pass "compromise" bathroom bill that still leaves trans people without a pot to piss in
NC Republicans and Democrats have collaborated on a "compromise" version of HB2, the state's notorious job-killing, boycott-r...
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What is the fastest music that humans can play and appreciate?
Bass player/instructor Adam Neely explores the fastest "useful" music that humans can play. It's a fascinating topic, really...
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