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  • Dean Putney
    9:57 am Wed, Oct 7, 2015
    Internet man sits and smiles at camera for hundreds of hours

    For more than a year, once every week or so, Benjamin Bennett sets up his video camera, sits in front of it, and smiles at it for four hours straight… Read the rest of the article: Internet man sits and smiles at camera for hundreds of hours

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  • Dean Putney
    9:51 am Tue, Aug 18, 2015
    Inspiring and gorgeous patent drawings

    Inventions are exciting, but the best ones are art.

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  • Dean Putney
    10:13 am Sat, Aug 15, 2015
    Welcome to lumberjack YouTube

    There's a wonderful little corner of YouTube where stoic burly men wander deep into the woods and chop down tall trees with chainsaws.

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  • Dean Putney
    5:15 pm Mon, Feb 9, 2015
    McDonald's "Clean It" parody training video

    Perhaps the best cleaning motivation I've ever seen, and fortunately the lyrics are not McDonald's-specific. Using the trademark white glove to check for dust was a nice touch. McDonalds "Clean… Read the rest of the article: McDonald's "Clean It" parody training video

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  • Dean Putney
    8:37 am Fri, Jan 16, 2015
    Dog breathes like a car engine

    Somebody check the carbs on this thing.

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  • Dean Putney
    4:34 am Tue, Nov 4, 2014
    Scanning your negatives will bring your memories into the digital age: here's how

    Your old film photos need an upgrade. Enjoy Dean Putney's guide on how to get the best quality from your boxes of negatives as painlessly as possible.

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  • Dean Putney
    11:06 am Fri, Aug 1, 2014
    You're gonna love this 15 minute video on how to cut a wheel of cheese

    The combination of a huge wheel of cheese, lots of specialized knives, and this cheese expert's unusual manner of speaking makes this a really entertaining watch. If you want to… Read the rest of the article: You're gonna love this 15 minute video on how to cut a wheel of cheese

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  • Dean Putney
    2:06 pm Fri, Jul 18, 2014
    Video proof of Verizon throttling Netflix

    In this infuriating video, Colin Nederkoorn records his computer streaming Netflix's test video over his Verizon FiOS connection. Then, via a VPN on the same home network, he receives a… Read the rest of the article: Video proof of Verizon throttling Netflix

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  • Dean Putney
    1:49 pm Fri, Jul 18, 2014
    Tomorrow in SF: Robot Film Festival at Bot & Dolly!

    Hold onto your bots: tomorrow is the fourth annual Robot Film Festival in San Francisco! Join the crowd of robotics researchers and enthusiasts in an all-day marathon of robot-related films,… Read the rest of the article: Tomorrow in SF: Robot Film Festival at Bot & Dolly!

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  • Dean Putney
    2:19 pm Tue, Jul 15, 2014
    Come to the Robot Film Festival this Saturday in San Francisco!

    Last year's Robot Film Festival, co-sponsored by Boing Boing! My favorite San Francisco event of the year is coming up this weekend. Here's why you can't miss the fourth annual… Read the rest of the article: Come to the Robot Film Festival this Saturday in San Francisco!

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  • Dean Putney
    4:37 pm Thu, Jul 10, 2014
    Making cocaine in Colombia

    This segment from the documentary "The Cocaine Route" shows the picking, mashing and eventual reduction of coca leaves into a raw form of cocaine powder. The head of the production… Read the rest of the article: Making cocaine in Colombia

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  • Dean Putney
    1:55 pm Tue, Jul 8, 2014
    Watch these guys hand dig a well lickety-split

    Digging a well is a TON of hard work, but the four men in this video make it look easy and even kind of fun. In one day they dig… Read the rest of the article: Watch these guys hand dig a well lickety-split

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  • Dean Putney
    11:28 am Fri, Jun 20, 2014
    3D printed three-sided die

    Shapeways has a great model of a three-sided die available for printing. Neat design, I didn't know you could make such a thing!

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  • Dean Putney
    10:01 am Thu, Jun 19, 2014
    Surreal oil paintings of a world taken over by giant bugs and flying sharks

    Caleb Brown's oil paintings bring us into a bizarre end-of-days scenario where super sharks, massive insects and towering otters take over humanity from every angle. They're beautiful, meticulously-crafted photorealistic representations… Read the rest of the article: Surreal oil paintings of a world taken over by giant bugs and flying sharks

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  • Dean Putney
    1:36 pm Tue, May 20, 2014
    SlideRider instantly turns your stairs into an indoor slide

    Quirky is helping inventor Trisha Cleveland develop the dreams of everyone with a second floor into a foldable and practical product. The foam pieces fold up into a nice little… Read the rest of the article: SlideRider instantly turns your stairs into an indoor slide

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  • Dean Putney
    3:12 pm Tue, May 13, 2014
    Free early 1900s barn in Maine

    If you can disassemble and remove this fifty-foot-long, century-old barn from some dude's property, it's yours. Probably a great source of beautiful old wood, as well as a substantial pain… Read the rest of the article: Free early 1900s barn in Maine

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  • Dean Putney
    9:45 am Tue, May 13, 2014
    The Pope says he'll baptize space aliens if they ask him to

    In his weekly homily on Monday, the Pope explored the idea that extraterrestrial beings might want to join the Catholic church and determines that they should be accepted with open… Read the rest of the article: The Pope says he'll baptize space aliens if they ask him to

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  • Dean Putney
    4:24 pm Mon, May 12, 2014
    Nothing can stop your furious computing with this portable folding table

    Chiptune musician Danimal Cannon carries this portable folding table on tour for his concert setup. Looks like it'd be perfect for road warriors of all types!

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  • Dean Putney
    9:07 am Mon, May 5, 2014
    Maker of WordPress raises $160m because they can

    Raising ten times as much as your whole company's needed in the last decade may be the only way to keep blogging alive.

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  • Dean Putney
    11:40 am Tue, Apr 22, 2014
    Dig this awesome Peter Pan pop-up book

    Seriously: It's got a full-on pop-up pirate ship.

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