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03/14/2010 11:22 AM

New Keyboard Cat is pretty great

It's Caturday. Watch: Charlie Schmidt's Keyboard Cat REINCARNATED! (via Sean Bonner)...br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=248dbed8468b05e620f6c67c4507a38bp=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=248dbed8468b05e620f6c67c4507a38bp=1"//a !-- foo --

03/14/2010 07:24 AM

Add your name to "Save the Net" FB page, help the LibDems do the right thing!

I'm delighted to report that the UK Liberal Democrats' Spring Convention have accepted the emergency motion on internet freedom, and will be debating it tomorrow morning. The LibDems were plunged into controversy last week when two of the LibDem Lords introduced a pro-web-censorship amendment to the Digital Economy Bill (this amendment was later shown to have been written by record industry lobby group BPI). Outraged party members (including dozens of prospective parliamentary candidates) rallied to fight this shift in party direction toward curtailment of freedom on behalf of corporate lobbyists. The outcome of that outrage is the emergency motion on internet freedom, called the "Save the Net" memo. It calls for net neutrality, proportionality and due process in copyright enforcement, an absolute rejection of web-blocking and disconnection to solve copyright problems, and other good, principled stands that I'm proud to see my party get behind. Organisers worked around the clock all week to get the emergency motion accepted for debate. Tomorrow morning, party delegates at the Spring Convention will debate the Save the Net motion from 0915 to 0945. If you are attending the Birmingham convention (or know someone who is!), please help support this motion and get it passed -- let's send a signal to corporate schemers that British law isn't for sale. If you're not attending the convention, you can still help by joining the Facebook fan page for the motion. If thousands -- tens of thousands! -- of people from around the country and the world show their support for this motion, it will help conference delegates understand how important and far-reaching Internet freedom is. Laws about copyright and the Internet don't just affect how we get and use cultural works: they affect everything we do with the Internet, whether it's earning a living or staying in touch with family or reporting the news or organising your neighbours around important political issues. UK Lib Dems: Save the Net! Previously:LibDem rank-and-file make emergency motion for net freedom - Boing ... Brits: tell the LibDem Peers not to bring web-censorship to ... Guardian column on LibDem proposal to block web-lockers Brits: tell the LibDem Peers not to bring web-censorship to ... Speaking on privacy at Hackney LibDems event, London, Oct 19 ... LibDem Lords seek to ban web-lockers (YouSendIt, etc) in the UK ......br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=d78f79de67cd903d73bf6dba50335becp=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=d78f79de67cd903d73bf6dba50335becp=1"//a !-- foo --

03/14/2010 07:20 AM

Most beautiful bookstore - Buenos Aires's Librería El Ateneo Grand Splendid

Bueno Aires's Librería El Ateneo Grand Splendid used to be a beautiful movie palace. Saved from the wrecker's ball, it is now one of the most majestic bookstores I've ever clapped eyes upon, a veritable temple to books. Marilyn sez, "El Ateneo Grand Splendid in downtown Buenos Aires is a spectacular bookstore that retains all the glamour of its former life as a 1920s movie palace, with a original balconies, painted ceiling, ornate carvings and crimson stage curtains. Photo by Bob Krist for National Geographic Traveler. The Guardian named El Ateneo as one of the top ten bookshops in the world (along with Secret Headquarters):'Where else can you sit in a theater box and leisurely read a volume of Neruda, or sip a cortado where Carlos Gardel once performed?'" Librería El Ateneo Grand Splendid (Thanks, Marilyn!) Previously:Church converted into magnificent bookstore Best Bookstore Ever: Powell's Technical Young adult sections in bookstore -- a parallel universe of little ... Infinite bookstore video Pages Books in Toronto to close Joe Hill -- Stephen King's son -- promotes indie bookstores ... Photo of honor system at bookstore in Ojai, CA...br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=1f0da0aaeb71b647763a44132fe8fd80p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=1f0da0aaeb71b647763a44132fe8fd80p=1"//a !-- foo --

03/14/2010 04:23 AM

Saturday Morning Science Experiment: Alka-seltzer lava lamp

Intermolecular polarity is a fancy way of saying "oil and water don't mix". Here, Science Bob explains why, and shows off a fun trick you can do over and over with oil, water, food coloring and alka-seltzer. Thumbnail courtesy Flickr user ncfc0721, via CC Previously:Saturday Morning Science Experiment: The Gummi Bear Gets It Boing ... Saturday Morning Science Experiment: Science Party Tricks Saturday Morning Science Experiment: Traffic lights Saturday Morning Science Experiment: Secretaries vs. Magnesium ... Saturday Morning Science Experiment: Practicing safe earthquake ... Saturday Morning Science Experiment: Floating on Sound Saturday Morning Science Experiment: Ice cold outside, quot;hot ice ... Saturday Morning Science Experiment: Microwave Lava Saturday Morning Science Experiment: Gravity Is For Suckers Boing ... Saturday Morning Science Experiment: Pachyderm Dental Care - Boing ... Saturday Morning Science Experiment: Visualizing Sound Waves (Now ......br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=0ff200e614396778a15ceea2f82d9891p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=0ff200e614396778a15ceea2f82d9891p=1"//a !-- foo --

03/14/2010 10:04 AM

Patagonia M10 jacket weighs only 10 ounces

In my household, we have an almost unhealthy obsession with all things Patagonia. The environmentally conscious surf-and-climb brand from California has just released its lightest fabric ever via the new M10 jacket mdash; it has three layers of waterproof material, air vents for your armpits, a giant hoodie, and weighs only 10 ounces....br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=2cc82310af2550ab937a75ab4eb27c15p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=2cc82310af2550ab937a75ab4eb27c15p=1"//a !-- foo --

03/14/2010 02:22 AM

Hanging Out with Kim Jong-il

Like many in the insulated west, I've long been fascinated by North Korea, what life is like in there, and what will happen to the peninsula after the walls come down. (Of course, I'm half a world away, so I have the luxury of being fascinated with North Korea. Life inside the country, I suspect, is beyond rough and might get even worse in the first years of inevitable reunification.) I've read extensively on the country, enough so that I almost understand the concept of juche. And I've explored the country a bit in my fiction. My novel-in-progress has a sequence in which an over-the-hill rocker is invited to perform a goodwill concert in Pyongyang, although I'm not sure the subplot it's part of will earn space in the final draft. My hometown website boston.com (disclosure: I used to consult for 'em) has a terrific feature called The Big Picture that tells news stories in photographs. A year and change ago, the section ran a gripping Recent scenes from North Korea, a collection of 32 photos, all taken in 2008, some from wire services, some from freelancer Eric Lafforgue's then-recent trip, some shot inside the nation, some shot across the border. And now you can see On the Spot with Kim Jong-il, 31 photos from North Korea's state-run "news" agency, showing Dear Leader, usually in a parka, inspecting various industrial facilities. It's an astonishing series of portraits of a man and a culture disconnected from reality, surveying an empire that does not exist....br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=0432f152f39882cb706f20284bdabd64p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=0432f152f39882cb706f20284bdabd64p=1"//a !-- foo --

03/14/2010 11:57 AM

Son House, "Death Letter" (Greatest Song of All Time of the Day)

I could go on all weekend about Son House, one of the top and longest-lasting country bluesman, but I'll be kind to you and get to the music quickly. His original recordings are messages from a foreign land, his sessions and concerts after rediscovery rival Skip James' (hear an interview with John Fahey and the future Dr. Demento from that period), and both his lyrical and guitar styles are slashing and unforgettable. "Death Letter" is as deep as country blues gets. National resonator guitar!...br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=2577b13e12e93351a0651db47f82324ap=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=2577b13e12e93351a0651db47f82324ap=1"//a !-- foo --

03/14/2010 07:22 AM

Leaked UK record industry memo sets out plans for breaking copyright

In this leaked, six-page email, Richard Mollet, the Director of Public Affairs for the British Phonographic Institute (the UK's record-industry lobbyists), sets out the BPI's strategy for ramming through the Digital Economy Bill, a sweeping, backwards reform to UK copyright law that will further sacrifice privacy and due process in the name of preserving copyright, without actually preserving copyright. Mollet's memo, entitled "Digital Economy Bill weekly update 11 March 2010," appears to be a weekly status report on the DEB's progress. On the CC list are executives from major record labels, staff at IFPI (the international record industry lobby), PR agents from The Open Road, and others I don't recognise (if you can identify others on the CC list, please post to the comments). In the memo, Mollet identifies Britain's top spies as being a stumbling block to the bill's passage -- worried, apparently, that creating a Great Firewall of Britain will make it harder for spies to spy on naughty sites (someone should tell MI5 about Ipredator, the excellent proxy service from the Pirate Bay; after all, that's the same proxy that everyone else in Britain is likely to use to get at the blocked sites if the BPI gets its way). Mollet also implies that Britain's spy agencies might have paid for a Talk Talk survey in which 71% of 18-34 year olds said that they would simply evade the DEB and go on infringing. Mollet claims that Britain's ISPs have already caved into their duties to spy on and censor network connections, claiming that there is a sense of "settled will" in the "ISP community." On the other hand, he identifies Members of Parliament as being "resigned" to the fact that they will not be allowed to debate the bill or give it "detailed scrutiny" (heck of a job, MPs!). He cites an expert on legislation as saying that the bill will likely die if MPs insist on their right and responsibility to examine this legislation in detail before voting on it. BPI Digital Economy Bill weekly minutes (PDF) Mirror Previously:Leaked documents: UK record industry wrote web-censorship ... Britain#39;s new Internet law -- as bad as everyone#39;s been saying ... UK Digital Economy Bill will wipe out indie WiFi hotspots in ... Britain#39;s Digital Economy Bill will cost ISPs £500M, knock 40K ... Liberty#39;s briefing on Britain#39;s Digital Economy Bill Digital companies object strenuously to UK Digital Economy bill ... BREAKING: Leaked UK government plan to create quot;Pirate Finder ... HOWTO talk to your MP about the UK Digital Economy Bill ......br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=7bf2a02a108755eb56a2b96d8641ec9ap=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=7bf2a02a108755eb56a2b96d8641ec9ap=1"//a !-- foo --

03/13/2010 05:44 PM

Boba Fett accordion-busks the Zelda theme on a NYC subway platform

Sweet busking pitch: Boba Fett costume, accordion, Zelda theme. This is what makes the NYC subway great. Boba Fett shows off his artistic side (via Digg) Previously:Dead Plants: kick-ass shoutin' hillbilly blues busker music from ... Man playing a hand-made, electrified, one-stringed musical ......br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=3a3b5f44a069dce4f995c69ea588db92p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=3a3b5f44a069dce4f995c69ea588db92p=1"//a !-- foo --

03/13/2010 05:40 PM

Luc Besson's steampunk movie

Here's the latest trailer for Luc Besson's forthcoming steampunk movie, "Les Aventures Extraordinaires d'Adele Blanc-Sec." That's some heady stuff. Les Aventures Extraordinaires d'Adele Blanc-Sec - 2nd teaser (Thanks, Xeni!)...br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=762f978902c89d4681a093e266229838p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=762f978902c89d4681a093e266229838p=1"//a !-- foo --

03/13/2010 05:31 PM

Sci-fi: a Jesusfish raygun parody

Looking for an automobile decor element that proudly proclaims your devotion to the earliest, persecuted science fiction fans who huddled in catacombs, scratching crude rayguns into the walls? Look no further. WHITE vinyl SCI-FI RAY GUN decal jesus fish parody 3x5 (Thanks, Travis!) Previously:DIY Flying Spaghetti Monster bumper sticker Teach the Controversy tees illustrate other important quot;scientific ......br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=df88fd9726258fc90f203482127c1bdbp=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=df88fd9726258fc90f203482127c1bdbp=1"//a !-- foo --

03/13/2010 05:22 PM

Hugo nominating deadline looms

Kate from Aussiecon, the upcoming World Science Fiction convention in Melbourne, sez, "The deadline for sending in your Hugo Awards nomination ballot is fast approaching! The Hugo Awards are awards for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy. The nomination deadline is Saturday, March 13, 2010 23:59 PST. To submit a ballot you must either be a member of Anticipation, the 2009 Worldcon, or have registered for Aussiecon 4, the 2010 Worldcon, by January 31st." For the record, my novel Makers is eligible for nomination....br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=9e19f148685b564b3a07c4a092f77f2ap=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=9e19f148685b564b3a07c4a092f77f2ap=1"//a !-- foo --

03/13/2010 05:21 PM

US census infographics from 1870

The census is one of America's great institutions, the way the country knows itself. Here then is the 1870 statistical atlas of the ninth census, scanned at high rez. Your one-stop shop for 1870's best infographics: "Presented here are all of the maps and charts from the first statistical atlas of the US Census, widely praised in its time and still a wonderful example of sophisticated graphics, the out-of-date racial/psychological nomenclature notwithstanding. The atlas is available page-by-page from the Library of Congress, but you can download it in bulk here." STATISTICAL ATLAS OF THE NINTH CENSUS (1870) (Thanks, Marilyn!) Previously:Census of the dead, in infographic form UK govt charges taxpayers to view 1911 census, conducted with tax ... Chunky crapgadget used to conduct the US census (kind of) - Boing ... Combining US census and Google Maps...br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=c28ac034f267798b92292bad727719a2p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=c28ac034f267798b92292bad727719a2p=1"//a !-- foo --

03/13/2010 05:18 PM

Die Antwoord to sign with Interscope, Neill Blomkamp to direct next video

Photos: Xeni Jardin (top) and Sean Bonner The South African rap-rave internet star known as The Ninja grabs my face by the cheeks. He leans forward and stares into my eyes, like a large savannah predator about to inhale a hamster. "And that's what I did to Jimmy Iovine," he says. "He didn't seem to like it, but nobody told me it wasn't cool to do that. And then I kissed him on each cheek, because we were making a deal like you do with the mafia. Die Antwoord is in business with Interscope now." It's been just over a month since a friend emailed me a link to their music, and I blogged here on Boing Boing. They had fans before, but what exploded in these past four weeks is the stuff labels and artists dream of: Die Antwoord became a living meme of unprecedented velocity, propelled into global megawebstardom faster than any act I've ever seen. Ninja tells me that in addition to shaking hands with Interscope, District 9 helmer Neill Blomkamp plans to direct Antwoord's next music video, they'll likely be performing at the Coachella festival, and a film is in the works....br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=b4371ec66cc7b41a690e4795b314e0c5p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=b4371ec66cc7b41a690e4795b314e0c5p=1"//a !-- foo --

03/13/2010 09:48 AM

Marque Cornblatt retrospective art opening in Baltimore

Harbor East is hosting an art opening called "Tools, Trash and Technology - A 25-year retrospective of the Art and Design of Marque Cornblatt." Marque's whimsical, clever creations have been featured on BB and MAKE. The event runs March 10-April 4, 2010 and is open Wednesday - Saturday 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Opening reception for the artist Friday March 12, 5-8 PM Cornblatt will personally be in the gallery each afternoon, offering hands-on demos and opportunities to operate the robots. San Francisco-based and Baltimore native artist Marque Cornblatt will be presenting a 25-year retrospective of his work in Harbor East in Retail Suite 102 of The Legg Mason Tower. The exhibition will include self portraits, interactive sculptures, web-based robots, and video, as well as examples of Cornblatt furniture and interior design. This 25-year retrospective represents Cornblatt's return to exhibiting on the East Coast and his first major exhibition in Baltimore. From the very first Sony Watchman to portable DVD players, no technology is off-limits to Cornblatt's creative eye. Using found objects, broken toys and re-purposed electronics, Cornblatt creates sculptures that challenge ideas about technology and the self. His recent use of videogames and virtual reality to create self-portraits offers a glimpse into the future of digital identity. Cornblatt's will also be presenting the Sparky project, his pioneering interactive videochat robot. First shown in 1996, Sparky has evolved from an assemblage of mixed parts into a worldwide network of telepresence robots capable of connecting people face-to-face in real time over the internet. The gallery will be furnished with examples of Cornblatt's handmade design and housewares, including cardboard furniture, metal and glass tables, candleholders, chess sets and object d'art made from scrap metal and other recycled materials. Tools, Trash and Technology - A 25-year retrospective of the Art and Design of Marque Cornblatt Previously:Sparky the Robot visits a museum, on PRI's Studio360 cool 1993-96 sculptures by marque cornblatt...br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=ec02e152aa7be66705269470fd6a1344p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=ec02e152aa7be66705269470fd6a1344p=1"//a !-- foo --

03/13/2010 06:59 AM

Collect whale snot using a remote control helicopter

Scientists want to study whale diseases, but collecting blood is difficult and dangerous to the scientists and the whales. But whale snot is also good for analyzing whale health, and whales shoot it out of their blowholes freely and frequently. The trick is in collecting it. Dr. Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse of the Zoological Society of London things remote control helicopters are the answer. Her recent paper in Animal Conservation (abstract), irresistibly entitled "A novel non-invasive tool for disease surveillance of free-ranging whales and its relevance to conservation programs," introduces the ground-breaking methodology of strapping a petri dish to a toy RC helicopter and flying it into the spout. Collect whale snot using an RC helicopter (Via Make: Online) Previously:Curiosity shop in a whale's belly Ancient weapon discovered in whale Whale attacks trainer at SeaWorld Whale meat sold by the can in Japan Sperm whale video Some whales double their weight when straining sea-water Stealthy anti-whaling powerboat what is it like to cut up a whale?...br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=71a788f60968c0f7b65534c91b265969p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=71a788f60968c0f7b65534c91b265969p=1"//a !-- foo --

03/13/2010 06:34 AM

Just look at this awesome steampunk bananagun.

Just look at it. It Shoots Monkeys (Thanks, Jessemoya!) Previously: Just look at this awesome underwear made from banana fibers. Just look at this awesome slow-moving performance artist whose face has been covered with exploding bananas. Boing Boing Just look at this awesome EU banana curvature regulation. Boing Boing Just look at this awesome anti-banana-ripening bag. Boing Boing Just look at this awesome Korean banana-ripening facility. Boing Boing Just look at this awesome banana peeler. Boing Boing Just look at this awesome banana peeling simulator. Boing Boing Just look at this awesome banana slicer. Boing Boing Just look at this awesome banana saver clip. Boing Boing Just look at this awesome banana bunker. Boing Boing HOWTO disassemble a banana - Boing Boing Robber uses banana as "gun" - Boing Boing Hemant "The Friendly Atheist" Mehta Interviews Ray "The Banana Man ... Peeling bananas from the other end is easier - Boing Boing Forlorn bananas of London - Boing Boing 11 students suspended for banana prank - Boing Boing...br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=44751e31acbe5a11ffec227fbff4064fp=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=44751e31acbe5a11ffec227fbff4064fp=1"//a !-- foo --

03/13/2010 05:32 AM

An alternative to the atomic bomb?

A geologist proposed bombing Japan's volcanoes to win the war in a January 1944 issue of Popular Science. [via Google Books via Pink Tentacle]...br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=39d79cb7f2f8d526b4dc983780f2eaf4p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=39d79cb7f2f8d526b4dc983780f2eaf4p=1"//a !-- foo --

03/13/2010 05:41 AM

Thanks, advertising, for ruining another cherished movie cliché

(Today's post inspired by the ghost of Andy Rooney.) Don't we get to have our cheap movie clichés anymore? The well-shod feet walking away in the rain... the lonely figure in silhouette, illuminated by headlights at the mouth of a dark alley... the mirrored medicine cabinet that swings shut to reveal the knife-wielding maniac? These are movie inventions, and every one carries with it the emotional aura of a thousand iterations in a thousand films, and all those images add up to a part of cultural memory. Which is where they should stay. Who needs them here in the real world with us, where it's raining and the neighbors are blasting death metal and I really don't like the looks of that mole on my shoulder? What I'm saying is, do we really need a calendar in which the pages automatically sever themselves and fall to the ground? This is, of course, a venerable movie device to signal the passage of time. Here in the actual world, however, it's an advertising gimmick cooked up by a German agency. Parenthetically, it seems worth noting that the pages don't fall as much as they do plummet, which sends a subliminal message that is perhaps even more dark than intended. (Message: Time is passing, and it is passing really really fast.) Also, the connection to the advertised product (leaf blowers?) is tenuous at best. So here's a plea to advertisers: Let our movie clichés stay in the cineplex where they belong. On the big screen they're iconography, weighted with memory and meaning. Out here in the everyday world, they're just weird. (This just in: Apparently Andy Rooney is still alive.)...br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=cfdacecb47577a26454f288c9b6b60c7p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=cfdacecb47577a26454f288c9b6b60c7p=1"//a !-- foo --

03/13/2010 05:03 AM

Laptop sleeve made out of recycled wetsuits

As a relative newcomer to the craft of sewing, I just recently started to realize the value of fabric scraps. That's why I was intrigued when I heard of Looptworks, a new apparel company mdash; started by three guys who worked together on product design and management at Adidas mdash; that claims to make all their products out of excess materials. This MacBook laptop sleeve, for example, is made from scrap neoprene found in wetsuit factories in China and Thailand. I love the simple design; it also has two exterior pockets that fit a power adapter and a couple of thumb drives perfectly. Because their materials aren't mass-produced, most of their designs are available for a limited time only. Looptworks rolls out new items every month on their web site and in selected specialty apparel stores in most major cities. Product page...br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=eb7ba2ff53968071c2f19f8607db9098p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=eb7ba2ff53968071c2f19f8607db9098p=1"//a !-- foo --

03/13/2010 04:06 AM

Taste Test: Kumquat

Kumquat marmalade Thinly slice 24 kumquats and 2 oranges. Measure how many cups they add up to, then put them in a large pot. Add 3 cups of water for each cup of fruit, and let it sit overnight. The next morning, bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce heat simmer until the rind is tender. Measure the cooked fruit. Add 1 cup of sugar for every cup of fruit mix. Add the juice of 2 lemons, and boil again, stirring occasionally. The mix should eventually turn into gel at about 220F; when it does, remove it from the heat and take the foam off of the surface. You're done! Just put the mixture into jars, seal, refrigerate, and enjoy. Source: AllRecipes.com A kumquat is one of those things that I always admire at the produce section of the supermarket but never buy. I love the burst of sweet-and-sour-with-a-spicy-kick goodness that this tiny citrus fruit with the beautiful shiny orange skin adds to almost anything. But a part of me doesn't want to cook with it mdash; maybe I'm afraid the novelty will wear off. If you do decide to bring kumquats into your kitchen, you'll find that they're pretty versatile. You can eat them raw, cooked, candied, pickled, or as a marmalade. Even just tossing a few peels of the rind can add a ton of flavor to anything. They also last a few weeks in the fridge, so you'll have some time to contemplate and experiment mdash; but you better get them quick because they're a mid-winter fruit, and spring is just around the corner. My favorite rendition of kumquat was on white fish, sea bass it might have been, at some fancy restaurant in San Francisco. So tasty. Kumquats are full of vitamin C and potassium; in Japan, it is called kinkan, also the name of a popular over-the-counter drug brand that makes remedies for sore muscles, sore throat, and mosquito bites. Kumquats were originally found in China, but have made their way to Japan, Europe, and North America; Dade City, Florida even has a Kumquat Festival every winter to celebrate its harvest. Image via Miss Meister's Flickr Previously: Taste Test: Cherimoya Taste Test: Umeboshi Taste Test: dragon fruit Taste Test: Raw eggs Taste Test: Ginkgo nuts Taste Test: Togarashi Taste Test: Persimmon Taste Test: Watermelon daikon...br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=a3a05fdccacbe72001a2540f24f1f202p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=a3a05fdccacbe72001a2540f24f1f202p=1"//a !-- foo --

03/13/2010 03:42 AM

Mini-documentary on the British war on public photos and videos

WorldBytes, a charity that trains people to make their own journalism got sick and tired of British policemen, bureaucrats and officials telling them that they don't have the right to shoot motion pictures in public places. There's no law against making movies or taking pictures in public in Britain -- and indeed, you can hardly turn around without a CCTV recording you -- but officials and cops enforce this imaginary no-camera law as though it were the law of the land. Saleha from WorldBytes adds, "In this film, we investigate what the public think and let people have their say on issues of the day. Sick of being stopped,our volunteer film-makers made a stand against the arbitrary interference suffered by photographers and film makers and achieved a one day victory for citizen journalism." Freedom to film (Thanks, Saleha!) Previously:UK cop: #39;War on terror means no pictures of police vans in ... London cops declare war on photography Current TV on photo bans in UK UK mall bans grandparents for trying to photo their grandkids ... UK to introduce quot;photograph a cop, 10 years in jailquot; law Photographers win British war on photography?...br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=e5634486e416ec6c5158e38fd206294ap=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=e5634486e416ec6c5158e38fd206294ap=1"//a !-- foo --

03/13/2010 03:14 AM

Cosmos on Hulu

All of Carl Sagan's Cosmos. All for free. Enjoy....br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=615e9e6b6bb8b346279c6646bdca5ec1p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=615e9e6b6bb8b346279c6646bdca5ec1p=1"//a !-- foo --

03/13/2010 02:52 AM

Beyond Books: University library collections for Happy Mutants

UCLA collects ads for patent medicine. Princeton has piles of 17th-century porn. UNLV? Showgirls and Dean Martin, of course. Mental_Floss presents a guide to some of the best weird library collections at American universities....br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=83cf2ada53093aba0207b5c2bd47b384p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=83cf2ada53093aba0207b5c2bd47b384p=1"//a !-- foo --

03/13/2010 01:14 AM

Americans: Test your broadband speed, help the FCC keep ISPs honest

James from the New America foundation sez, "The FCC launched a consumer broadband test on their blog broadband.gov yesterday. Internet speeds in the US are often 50% to 80% lower than advertised and its vital consumers have reliable information on the actual performance of their connections. One of the two tools the FCC is using is the Network Diagnostic Tool (NDT), an open source tool hosted on MeasurementLab.net (M-Lab). The validity of NDT can be independently verified, and all data is publicly released. M-Lab hosts other test as wells, such as a test to see if bit torrent is being throttled, or how much bandwidth is available." Consumer Broadband Test (Thanks, James!) Previously:YouTube speed tester: Net Neutrality judo will show you when your ... Google's getting into the broadband business Time-Warner bandwidth cap protest this Saturday in Rochester NY ... Poverty in Mississippi Delta worsened by poor broadband iPhone 3G monthly service rates: It's going to be more expensive ... Time Warner cable metering internet in test markets ... Open proposal for national town-hall meetings on America-wide ......br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=353c251b7d7019918385c95d7b242486p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=353c251b7d7019918385c95d7b242486p=1"//a !-- foo --

03/13/2010 12:01 AM

J.G. Ballard's Bang Wallop

I'd love to read this hypothetical sequel to J.G. Ballard's Crash, since Dinos and Jake Chapman have already designed the perfect cover. "Ambiguous aims": a review of Crash: Homage to J.G. Ballard (NSFW) [Ballardian]...br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=adcef153c308a73233f0f151be949284p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=adcef153c308a73233f0f151be949284p=1"//a !-- foo --

03/12/2010 11:45 PM

Richard Thompson, "For Shame of Doing Wrong" (Greatest Song of All Time of the Day)

Almost every Richard Thompson song could be subtitled, "Watch out!" You never know where it's going next and you always have to be wary, even when he's having fun. Thompson is as familiar with the dark end of the street as any songwriter, he's a singer of uncommon emotion, and as a character in High Fidelity, the first novel by closet rock critic Nick Hornby, notes, he's "England's finest electric guitarist." Thompson is both tasteful and wild; one of three (so far) overlapping box sets of his recordings includes a disc labelled "Epic Live Workouts" that includes precisely zero wankery. "For Shame of Doing Wrong" is one of Thompson's strongest compositions. It began life on Pour Down Like Silver, one of the '70s recordings he co-headlined with Linda Thompson, they recorded it again for the sessions they abandoned in favor of the Joe Boyd-overseen Shoot Out the Lights (a strong candidate for Greatest Album of All Time of the Day), and this version, recorded live in 1985, is Thompson at his best. The lyrics overflow with regret without turning maudlin, the band rocks, and the only thing wrong with the extended guitar solo is that it isn't long enough. Enjoy!...br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=c09008ecb30c2c8c3dfaed634b3f30c4p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=c09008ecb30c2c8c3dfaed634b3f30c4p=1"//a !-- foo --

03/12/2010 05:52 PM

Look-at-my-scrotum lawsuit dismissed

A Montreal man has had his lawsuit against Air Transat dismissed. He was suing the airline because the flight attendants refused to help him look at his scrotum and determine why it had started bleeding on a flight (they gave him some sanitary towels and told him they'd land for emergency medical attention if it got worse). On arrival in Mexico, the man saw a doctor who determined that the problem was a ruptured vein near his scrotum. I can understand a flight attendant's reluctance to help a stranger examine his scrotum, but didn't anyone have, you know, a hand mirror? If I started mysteriously bleeding from my scrotum, I'd be pretty distressed, too. Cote sued Air Transat and the employees on the flight that day, accusing them of failing to provide appropriate medical assistance, seeking damages of $8,000 for the anguish he suffered as a result of their neglect. But judge Michele Pauze rejected Cote's case. In her decision, she said she agreed with arguments offered by Air Transat representative Chantal Chlala, who explained to the court that flight attendants do not have the right to examine passengers, and even less to make a diagnosis. "It was not incumbent upon a flight attendant to conduct the medical examination of a passenger, a measure reserved for the medical profession," wrote judge Pauzé. Man sues airline for not looking at his scrotum (via Consumerist) Previously:Case of the haunted scrotum Testicle talc...br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=59c321efe2894b7a64d1f964be4a3ab4p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=59c321efe2894b7a64d1f964be4a3ab4p=1"//a !-- foo --

03/12/2010 05:40 PM

Mechanical cardboard junk-horse walks the streets of Bulgaria

"Pony Express," a Bulgarian mechanical horse (created by T.J. Tangpuz) is made out of discarded packaging, plastic ties, and other detritus, and it delighted the people of Oryahovo, Bulgaria with its regular perambulations, before it was moved to a gallery. Mechanical cardboard horse Previously:Mechanical papercraft toys -- including a Maneki Neko Mechanical flapping papercraft bat with tombstone Gorgeous mechanical sine-wave calculator Free-ish mechanical paper dragon kit...br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=dfce4b4de714319c8480eeb3dfdda1eep=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=dfce4b4de714319c8480eeb3dfdda1eep=1"//a !-- foo --

03/12/2010 05:35 PM

Miniature cities on household objects

These beautiful, fanciful miniature cities built into household objects like power-strips and desk-fans are part of the graduate show at the Kyoto University of Art and Design. The artist is uncredited, but it's very lovely work. Student Work | Kyoto University of Art and Design (via Cribcandy) Previously:Photographer takes photos of real scenes that look like miniature ... Incredible miniature photography Miniature Bottle story for Significant Objects Miniature Neo Geo Miniature Paris replica made from trash...br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=810ce0b7ca6cd19145f24c35f7ce498cp=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=810ce0b7ca6cd19145f24c35f7ce498cp=1"//a !-- foo --

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