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Washington post to close remaining domestic news bureaus

Boing Boing -- "The Washington Post, in a significant retrenchment, is closing its remaining domestic bureaus around the country." The paper's six US news correspondents in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago will be offered reassignments in Washington. The Post's parent company lost $166.7 million in the first three quarters of 2009.     07:37
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Anti-energy drinks

Boing Boing -- (CC-licensed photo by Francis Bourgouin)As a gimmicky antidote to "energy drinks," several companies are selling calming beverages in a can. (No, not beer.) DailyFinance recently surveyed the choices:Promising a "vacation in a bottle" or an "acupuncture session in every can," makers of anti-energy drinks, as they're known, say that after bailouts, foreclosures and Ponzi schemes, Americans nowadays...     07:37
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Alligators in NYC sewers

Boing Boing -- Are the alligators in New York City sewers just an urban legend? Not according to Salvatore Condoluci, 92, who in 1935 claimed to have caught and killed an 8-foot-long gator in a sewer on 123rd Street near the Harlem River. However, it wasn't until the publication of Robert Daly's 1959 book The World Beneath The City that the sewer alligator stories slithered into popular culture. In honor of the ...     07:37
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Reviews: Novation Launchpad, HTC Imagio, Dymo Cardscan, Moshi Voice Control Clock

Boing Boing -- Novation Launchpad - $200With Ableton Lite bundled free of charge, this bizarre USB-powered light box is easy to set up and fun to use. An 8x8 grid of glowing pads surrounded by context-setting controls, it's a clever way to control playback of readied tracks--but not so fluid as a compositional tool. Though a gorgeous stage prop, it's not a toy, either: don't get it for folks who don't know a DAW...     07:37
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Keni Lee Burgess: The Art of Cigar Box Guitar

Boing Boing -- After posting his excellent series of instructional videos on YouTube for 3-string cigar box guitar, Keni Lee Burgess has started posting videos for the4-string cigar box guitar.Previously:Keni Lee Burgess plays ""Judge Harsh Blues" on cigar box guitar ... Keni Lee Burgess plays "Baby Please Dont Go" on his cigar box ... shane speals cigar box guitar lessons photos of my f...     07:37
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D20-studded soap

Boing Boing -- Ryan sez, "Geeky clean sells soap with d20's embedded in the center.I'm getting these for a few of my paper and pen game friends."Geeky Clean! -- Soap with d20s(Thanks, Ryan!) Previously:D20 flails - Boing Boing Ancient Roman D20 for sale, $18000 - Boing Boing Polyhedral dice cake - Boing Boing MIT students roll giant D20 to honor Gygax - Boing Boing Boing Boing: D20 geek-ring HOWTO make a D20 out...     07:37
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The return of BBTV: Boing Boing's former video acronym taken over by bedbugs

Boing Boing -- We used to call our original video episodes "BBTV," and we don't anymore. We call it Boing Boing Video now. Well, ladies and germs, allow me to present to you the inheritor of that acronym: BBTV is now the name used by Bedbug TV, a guy who makes episodic web video content about how to deal with bedbugs. I think he runs a pest control company. His videos crack me up, particularly the first 15 secon...     07:37
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Runaway Lets Subway Do the Running For Him

Boing Boing -- A 13-year-old with Asperger's syndrome spent 11 days living on NYC subway trains last month. Francisco Hernandez Jr. says he never left the subway system that whole time, subsisting on newsstand snack food and bottled water. He'd run away to avoid punishment at home after getting in trouble at school, but lost his sense of time. "He was prepared, he said, to remain in the subway system forever."     07:37
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Online matchmaking site analyzes attractiveness vs. message traffic

Boing Boing -- The online dating site OKCupid has a blog where they post analyses of the tons of data they collect, and it's really fascinating. For instance the attractiveness of woman on OKCupid, as judged by the men on OKCupid, is a symmetrical bell curve. In other words, half the women are better-than-medium looking and half are worse-than-medium looking. But OKCupid's women rate 80% of OKCupid's guys as wor...     07:37
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Weird, New Electricity Generator Takes Baby Step Into Real World

Boing Boing -- Yesterday, in Mark's post about new technology that could one day generate power from slow moving currents in rivers and oceans, commenter SamSam wondered whether "any weird and new generators ever get out of the lab and start providing meaningful amounts of power?" It's a fair question, and I think a lot more technologies are announced than do (or ever will) make it to market. Partly, that's just...     07:37
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Biofeedback bracelet for stressed daytraders

Boing Boing -- The Rationalizer is a concept design for a bracelet that provides feedback on the stress level of day traders. Developed by Philips Electronics and Dutch bank ABN AMRO, it's like a high-tech mood ring. The aim is to help traders avoid rash decisions. From Physorg:The Rationalizer consists of an "EmoBracelet" and an "EmoBowl" and incorporates sensors and signal processors designed by Philips. The E...     07:37
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A song about pumpkin pie.

Boing Boing -- Here is a little illustrated ballad about pumpkin pie, by Tory Hoke (via @Random_Tangent)     07:37
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Chairs made from crates that are better than the chairs shipped in the crates

Boing Boing -- In the 1930's Dutch furniture designer and architect Gerrit Rietveld made a set of chairs out of crates. He said of his crate chairs:"A piece of furniture made of high-grade wood and manufactured completely according to traditional production methods is transported in a crate to avoid damage...no one has ever ascertained that such a chest embodies an improvised, highly purposeful method of carpent...     07:37
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Muppets singing Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Boing Boing -- Epic, genius, perfect. Video in glorious 1080p (select HD button on embed above for full glory). Music: the original's here. Video: the original's here. (via Tim Shey, and Happy Birthday Tim!).     07:37
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Chickens terrified of dried sunflower head

Boing Boing -- On her Green Frieda blog, Audrey writes that her chickens, which are not easily frightened (even by dogs and cats) are terrified by a dried sunflower head she placed in their pen. She thought the hens would enjoy picking the seeds out. Instead, they hid in their coop, refusing to come out until the fear-inducing object was removed. When I entered the chicken run with the sunflower, Peggy immediate...     07:37
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Presto, alakazam! "Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception" magically re-appears

Boing Boing -- Snip: "At the height of the Cold War, the Central Intelligence Agencypaid $3,000 to renowned magician John Mulholland to write a manual on misdirection, concealment, and stagecraft. All known copies of the document were believed to be destroyed in 1973. Turns out one survived - and is now available on Amazon."Wired Danger Room item here, and I'm gonna go buy a copy right now.(thanks, Noah Shachtma...     07:37
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May the Cute Be With You

Boing Boing -- My friend Justin says, "I'm thankful for many things this year, but in particular, I'm thankful for Animals with Lightsabers."So say we all, Justin. (Wait, now I'm getting my metaphors mixed up...) Previously:Star Wars Double shot: Band Names, Facebook Updates - Boing Boing Star Wars Yoga - Boing Boing Garden Jawa - Boing Boing Star Wars trash compactor bookends - Boing Boing Poor design-choices i...     07:37
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Man learns that Charles Manson is his biodad

Boing Boing -- A 41-year-old man searching for his biological father reports that he became depressed after discovering it's Charles Manson. It doesn't help that dear old dad signs his prison letters to his son with a swastika.     07:37
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Video: man in Japan weds anime game character

Boing Boing -- Video: YouTube, MP4 download, or Dotsub (subtitles)On Sunday, a man named Sal9000 married the love of his life. Her name is Nene Anegasaki, and she lives inside of a Nintendo DS video game called Love Plus. The wedding took place during a Make: Japan meet-up held at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. In attendance were a live audience, an MC, the bride's virtual video game girlfriend — who m...     01:13
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Record exec arrested for refusing to send a tweet asking Bieber-maddened crowd to disperse

Boing Boing -- A record executive who refused to send out a tweet asking for unruly fans at a scheduled Justin Bieber appearance was arrested for "[putting] lives in danger and the public at risk."Police arrested a senior vice president from Bieber's label, Island Def Jam Records, James A. Roppo, 44, of Hoboken, N.J., saying he hindered their crowd-control efforts by not cooperating...He was in custody Friday ni...     01:13
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