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  • Cory Doctorow
    11:00 am Tue, Feb 18, 2014
    American citizen and EFF sue Ethiopian government for installing British spyware on laptop

    A US citizen had government-grade spyware placed on his laptop by the Ethiopian government, who proceeded to monitor his Skype calls, instant messages, and his whole family's Internet use. Finspy,… Read the rest of the article: American citizen and EFF sue Ethiopian government for installing British spyware on laptop

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  • Cory Doctorow
    10:04 am Tue, Feb 18, 2014
    Hungry man defeats TSA's war on peanut butter by spreading it on crackers

    An airline passenger with a medical condition requiring small amounts of food at regular intervals was stymied when the LHA TSA declared his peanut butter to be a "liquid." But… Read the rest of the article: Hungry man defeats TSA's war on peanut butter by spreading it on crackers

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  • Cory Doctorow
    9:00 am Tue, Feb 18, 2014
    XKCD's "Frequency" – using blinking GIFs to visualize the relative frequency of the momentous and trivial

    In Frequency, the latest XKCD cartoon, Randall Munroe has assembled a grid of animated GIFs representing various events in the universe, each keyed to blink in the frequency in which… Read the rest of the article: XKCD's "Frequency" – using blinking GIFs to visualize the relative frequency of the momentous and trivial

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  • Cory Doctorow
    7:00 am Tue, Feb 18, 2014
    Kickstarting a pocket-sized board-game

    Noah sez, "My dear friend Sam Strick of Laboratory and Scroll Down to Riker, is currently running a Kickstarter for an awesome board game that he designed, originally, to fit… Read the rest of the article: Kickstarting a pocket-sized board-game

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  • Cory Doctorow
    12:39 am Tue, Feb 18, 2014
    Dante for fun: kids books that retell the Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso

    As mentioned, I'm in Florence, Italy with my daughter for a speaking gig. We toured the Palazzo Vecchio on the first day, and happened on a bust of Dante, and… Read the rest of the article: Dante for fun: kids books that retell the Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso

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  • Cory Doctorow
    3:00 pm Mon, Feb 17, 2014
    Seventh grader's Lego-based Braille printer

    Shubham Banerjee, a seventh grader in Santa Clara, California, invented a Lego Mindstorms-based Braille printer called the Braigo. He's declared his intention to release his printer — which costs about… Read the rest of the article: Seventh grader's Lego-based Braille printer

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  • Cory Doctorow
    12:00 pm Mon, Feb 17, 2014
    Forensic reconstruction of a Crystal Head Vodka skull

    Nigel, a Scottish forensic artist, did this facial reconstruction job on a bottle of Crystal Head Vodka, yielding up a glimpse of how the grotesque crystalline monsters whose skulls are… Read the rest of the article: Forensic reconstruction of a Crystal Head Vodka skull

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  • Cory Doctorow
    9:00 am Mon, Feb 17, 2014
    Gross-out makeup: flayed-skin domino mask

    Makeup artist Psycho Sandra created an amazing, gross-out effect for her Hallowe'en costume last year: she created the illusion that she had made a domino mask of her own flayed… Read the rest of the article: Gross-out makeup: flayed-skin domino mask

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  • Cory Doctorow
    6:00 am Mon, Feb 17, 2014
    This Day in Blogging History: Landlord spied on tenants' sex-lives; Coping with collapse-anxiety; Moving to London – going-away party

    One year ago today Maryland landlord used tiny cameras to sexually spy on tenants: A landlord will go on trial in Montgomery County District Court, Maryland, over charges he secretly… Read the rest of the article: This Day in Blogging History: Landlord spied on tenants' sex-lives; Coping with collapse-anxiety; Moving to London – going-away party

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  • Cory Doctorow
    9:52 pm Sun, Feb 16, 2014
    RIP, John Henson, son of Jim Henson

    John Henson, son of Muppets creator Jim Henson, has died at 48 from a heart-attack. Henson, who had no history of heart problems, was a board member of the Jim… Read the rest of the article: RIP, John Henson, son of Jim Henson

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  • Cory Doctorow
    8:00 pm Sun, Feb 16, 2014
    Hand-painted Haunted Mansion shoes

    Artist Rachelliles352's Deviantart profile is full of gorgeous hand-painted shoes. Of course, my favorite set are these custom-painted Haunted Mansion high-tops — there's a wonderful line there, and some sweet… Read the rest of the article: Hand-painted Haunted Mansion shoes

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  • Cory Doctorow
    6:00 pm Sun, Feb 16, 2014
    Fine metalworking: tiny knives and batlike brooches from Mario Cesari

    I ran into Mario Cesari at a market in Florence, Italy today (I'm in town to speak at the Museums and the Web conference). He's a metalworker who produces beautiful… Read the rest of the article: Fine metalworking: tiny knives and batlike brooches from Mario Cesari

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  • Cory Doctorow
    3:00 pm Sun, Feb 16, 2014
    This Day in Blogging History: Genderbent Slave Leia; NZ Netizens go dark in protest of 3 strikes rule; Dmitry Sklyarov's DRM-cracking book

    One year ago today Slave Leo, A Genderbent Slave Leia Costume: Hobbyist armorsmith Ryan spent the winter creating a version of the iconic "Slave Leia" costume fit for a man.… Read the rest of the article: This Day in Blogging History: Genderbent Slave Leia; NZ Netizens go dark in protest of 3 strikes rule; Dmitry Sklyarov's DRM-cracking book

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  • Cory Doctorow
    12:00 pm Sun, Feb 16, 2014
    Fogcon: cozy, Wiscon-style San Francisco science fiction convention

    Keyan sez, "FOGcon is a literary speculative fiction convention in the San Francisco Bay Area. Now in its 4th year, it's big enough to be fun, still small enough not… Read the rest of the article: Fogcon: cozy, Wiscon-style San Francisco science fiction convention

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  • Cory Doctorow
    9:00 am Sun, Feb 16, 2014
    NSA authorized Australian wiretapping of US law firms in trade-dispute

    A new Snowden leak, "SUSLOC (Special US Liaison Office Canberra) Facilitates Sensitive DSD Reporting on Trade Talks," details how the NSA mentored and oversaw Australian spies, and sanctioned their surveillance… Read the rest of the article: NSA authorized Australian wiretapping of US law firms in trade-dispute

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  • Cory Doctorow
    6:00 am Sun, Feb 16, 2014
    Sochi's black-market Starbucks, courtesy of NBC

    NBC's Sochi headquarters includes a secret, prohibited Starbucks with a crew of 15 imported baristas that keeps the NBC crew fuelled and in good spirits. NBC and Starbucks say that… Read the rest of the article: Sochi's black-market Starbucks, courtesy of NBC

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  • Cory Doctorow
    3:00 pm Sat, Feb 15, 2014
    AIDS deniers use bogus copyright claims to censor critical Youtube videos

    Myles Power, a debunker who goes after junk science and conspiracy theorists, has gone after AIDS denialists and a terrible, falsehood-ridden, dangerous documentary called "House of Numbers," which holds that… Read the rest of the article: AIDS deniers use bogus copyright claims to censor critical Youtube videos

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  • Cory Doctorow
    3:00 pm Sat, Feb 15, 2014
    This Day in Blogging History: Flags on an airport sign; EC demands unified phone-charger; James Joyce's descendants are copyright jerks

    One year ago today The flags really make this sign: USA USA USA Five years ago today European Commission demands a single, standard phone charger: The European Commission is getting… Read the rest of the article: This Day in Blogging History: Flags on an airport sign; EC demands unified phone-charger; James Joyce's descendants are copyright jerks

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  • Cory Doctorow
    12:00 pm Sat, Feb 15, 2014
    Anders Breivik threatens hunger strike over "torture" of only getting a PS2

    Mass-murderer Anders Breivik has issued a second letter of complaint about the conditions he's endured in a Norwegian prison since killing 77 teenagers attending a conference for the youth wing… Read the rest of the article: Anders Breivik threatens hunger strike over "torture" of only getting a PS2

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  • Cory Doctorow
    9:00 am Sat, Feb 15, 2014
    Kickstarting an adult coloring book: 99 Ways to Die

    Chris Locke writes, "Why should kids have all the fun? '99 Ways To Die: a Coloring Book for ADULTS' is for mature audiences who love to color, but are tired… Read the rest of the article: Kickstarting an adult coloring book: 99 Ways to Die

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