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  • Cory Doctorow
    10:00 am Thu, Sep 25, 2014
    Indian space program workers celebrate Mars orbit

    (photographer unknown): India's Mangalyaan satellite attained Martian orbit on Wednesday; at $74m, it's "staggeringly cheap" for an orbiter. Martian spacecraft staffers at Indian space control, September 2014

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  • Cory Doctorow
    9:00 am Thu, Sep 25, 2014
    Bundle of DRM-free RPGs created by women game-devs

    The latest Bundle of Holding features 3 games for $8 or 7 games for $19; all created by woman devs, all delivered as DRM-free PDFs, with 10% of proceeds to… Read the rest of the article: Bundle of DRM-free RPGs created by women game-devs

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  • Cory Doctorow
    8:00 am Thu, Sep 25, 2014
    Man From Mars Radio Hat

    It's been three years since we last mentioned the astounding Man From Mars Radio Hat, so here is your triennial reminder that we are a fallen people, our glory years… Read the rest of the article: Man From Mars Radio Hat

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  • Cory Doctorow
    7:00 am Thu, Sep 25, 2014
    MGM shuts down volunteer "Rocky" charity run

    The Philadelphia run, which recreates a scene from Rocky II, raises money to buy sneakers for a charity; MGM has seen its success and has partnered with a for-profit company… Read the rest of the article: MGM shuts down volunteer "Rocky" charity run

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  • Cory Doctorow
    6:00 am Thu, Sep 25, 2014
    Class war meets the War on General Purpose Computers

    The subprime auto-lending business — writing car-loans to people who can't afford them — is fuelled by GPS-enabled immobilizers that let lenders track and shut down cars whose drivers violate… Read the rest of the article: Class war meets the War on General Purpose Computers

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  • Cory Doctorow
    9:22 pm Wed, Sep 24, 2014
    Monster Manual: bestiaries from 16th Century/1977/2014

    Robert sez, "Dungeons & Dragons, now celebrating its 40th anniversary, is about to release its new Monster Manual — the original Monster Manual was a watershed moment in human history,… Read the rest of the article: Monster Manual: bestiaries from 16th Century/1977/2014

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  • Cory Doctorow
    8:00 pm Wed, Sep 24, 2014
    #EndTheQuota: stop the Congressional mandate to jail 34K immigrants each night

    Sasha writes, "Since 2010, the detention bed quota – a Congressional mandate that requires the incarceration of 34,000 immigrants in jails and detention centers in the U.S. at any given… Read the rest of the article: #EndTheQuota: stop the Congressional mandate to jail 34K immigrants each night

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  • Cory Doctorow
    6:00 pm Wed, Sep 24, 2014
    Revisiting the first Tiptree Award anthology

    It's Banned Books Week, and what better way to celebrate than with a review of the first James Tiptree Award Anthology, published in 2004 by the committee who award the… Read the rest of the article: Revisiting the first Tiptree Award anthology

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  • Cory Doctorow
    3:00 pm Wed, Sep 24, 2014
    OK Sheriff LARPs "Welcome to Nightvale"

    Logan County, Oklahoma Sheriff Jim Bauman created an extensive set of secret files on the citizens in his jurisdiction, inadvertently recreating Welcome to Nightvale's running gag about the Sheriff's Secret… Read the rest of the article: OK Sheriff LARPs "Welcome to Nightvale"

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  • Cory Doctorow
    12:00 pm Wed, Sep 24, 2014
    Smart thermostat makes dumb security mistakes

    Andrew Tierney had a close look at Heatmiser's popular wifi-enabled thermostat and found it to be riddled with security vulnerabilities.

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  • Cory Doctorow
    11:00 am Wed, Sep 24, 2014
    Kickstarting a wallet machined from a single piece of aluminium

    Erik sends us his "Decadent Minimalist One" Kickstarter, "a minimalist wallet that is machined from a single billet of 7075-T6 true aircraft-grade aluminum: No screws, no rivets, no straps, no… Read the rest of the article: Kickstarting a wallet machined from a single piece of aluminium

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  • Cory Doctorow
    10:00 am Wed, Sep 24, 2014
    Get 2600's archives from 1987

    Emmanuel Goldstein from 2600 Magazine writes, "Volume 4 of The Hacker Digest has been put into PDF format, comprised of issues of 2600 Magazine from 1987." This was the first… Read the rest of the article: Get 2600's archives from 1987

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  • Cory Doctorow
    9:00 am Wed, Sep 24, 2014
    Hand-painted custom Walking Dead shoes

    Etsy-based shoepainter Beressy Art will make you custom Walking Dead shoes for $126.05, including the shoes — you get to specify the design and characters (also available: My Little Pony,… Read the rest of the article: Hand-painted custom Walking Dead shoes

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  • Cory Doctorow
    8:00 am Wed, Sep 24, 2014
    Insecure printer firmware hacked to play Doom

    Printer security sucks — but Michael Jordon's work on hacking the firmware of the standalone Canon Pixma printer is a more playful example of that suckitude than ever seen before.

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  • Cory Doctorow
    7:56 am Wed, Sep 24, 2014
    Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel: Bad romance, Russia and writer's angst

    Anya Ulinich's 2008 debut novel Petropolis, marked her out as a master of tragicomic romance; now she's back with a huge, hilarious, bitter graphic novel about sex, immigration, the Russian soul, and heartbreak. Cory Doctorow reviews Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel: A Graphic Novel.

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  • Cory Doctorow
    7:00 am Wed, Sep 24, 2014
    Blogging History: Non-gender kids' clothes retail; London cops apologize for geek-mugging; Lucas ships Xbox malware

    One year Better way to organize kids' clothing departments: Ever since our daughter's birth, my wife Alice and I have found ourselves shopping the "boys" section of the department stores… Read the rest of the article: Blogging History: Non-gender kids' clothes retail; London cops apologize for geek-mugging; Lucas ships Xbox malware

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  • Cory Doctorow
    6:00 am Wed, Sep 24, 2014
    Interview with Lauren "Broken Monsters" Beukes

    Rick Kleffel from the Agony Column podcast interviews Lauren Beukes — author of Broken Monsters (see this week's review) — in fascinating detail, "Lauren Beukes discusses Broken Monsters, The Shining… Read the rest of the article: Interview with Lauren "Broken Monsters" Beukes

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  • Cory Doctorow
    9:45 pm Tue, Sep 23, 2014
    Vader cuff-links

    These handmade Darth Vader cufflinks, $22.49 from Cuff Relations, are a pretty good power meeting accessory (cue "Don't fail me again, Admiral"). (via Geeky Merch)

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  • Cory Doctorow
    8:00 pm Tue, Sep 23, 2014
    Bodies are weird

    A great Reddit thread asks "What's something you're pretty sure only your body does, but have been too embarrassed to ask," and comes up with some genuinely great responses.

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  • Cory Doctorow
    6:00 pm Tue, Sep 23, 2014
    Seattle prosecutor drops all public marijuana tickets

    As reported here, almost all of them were issued by a single cop, who hates legal weed and subjected his victims to humiliating rituals like flipping a coin to see… Read the rest of the article: Seattle prosecutor drops all public marijuana tickets

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