Nissan is developing a system that would prevent cars from starting if the driver is drunk. The car's technology will use sensors to detect alcohol in the sweat and odour… Read the rest of the article: Nissan's breathalyzer car
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Mark Frauenfelder Comics Journal: "Here's 'A Tale of Two Planets,' an Al Hartley parable in which we learn that good people are better than bad people. (Above: can you guess which are… Read the rest of the article: A surreal and supremely inane compendium of miscellaneous knowledge, Vol 14
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Mark Frauenfelder In the latest MAKE Weekend Projects video, Bre Pettis and Joe Grand show you how to use radio frequency modules to make wireless gizmos. Link
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Mark Frauenfelder Amy Crehore says: The "Literartistry" Group Show which will open at Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City, CA on August 11, 2007 from 7-10 pm. Each artist is interpreting a favorite… Read the rest of the article: "Literartistry show at Corey Helford Gallery, in LA, August 11
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Mark Frauenfelder What's inside Laughing Squid's Scott Beale's bag? Link (HOAX — see here.) Man undergoes surgery to make thumb pointier, and therefore easier to use iPhone. "[T]he procedure involved making a… Read the rest of the article: A surreal and supremely inane compendium of miscellaneous knowledge, Vol 13
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Mark Frauenfelder Jim Leftwich says: You probably have seen the newly proposed Transbay Tower designs which were unveiled this week in San Francisco. The eventual chosen tower is set to be the… Read the rest of the article: Jim Leftwich's vision for SF skyscraper: Transbay Barad-dur and Mount Doomalpais
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Mark Frauenfelder I'll be signing my book, Rule The Web, on Thursday, August 9 at the Barnes and Noble in Santa Monica. I hope to see you there! Where & When Thursday,… Read the rest of the article: Mark Frauenfelder book signing in Santa Monica, Thursday, August 9th, 7:30 PM
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Mark Frauenfelder Reminder: Shows starts in 10 minutes (4 pm Pacific) My guest on today's live call-in Rule the Web show (using the awesome BlogTalkRadio system) is Richard Giles, co-founder of Scouta,… Read the rest of the article: Rule the Web show: Richard Giles, Wednesday, August 8, 4pm Pacific
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Mark Frauenfelder Continuing our coverage of criminal Republican blowjobs this week, Glenn Murphy Jr., chairman of the Clark County Republican Party and president elect of the Young Republican National Federation resigned after… Read the rest of the article: Young Republican National Federation President under investigation for sexual assault on sleeping man
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Mark Frauenfelder \ Ernie Bushmiller, creator of the beloved Nancy comic strip, was a tough act to follow. The artists who took over the strip after Bushmiller died in 1982 couldn't come… Read the rest of the article: Ivan Brunetti almost became Nancy's artist
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Mark Frauenfelder English Russia says: In Russian children toy stores have appeared strange Chinese dolls looking like a girl-doll but if fully undressed there can be something found that better would suit… Read the rest of the article: Chinese-made gender-bent dolls confuse Russian children
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Mark Frauenfelder Cathy Resmer created an audio slideshow about sculptor Jennifer Stocks-Dearborn's "memorial dolls." It features Jennifer Stocks-Dearborn, a Jefforsonville sculptor who makes realistic clay babies for people whose infants have died.… Read the rest of the article: Sculptor makes dolls of babies that died
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Mark Frauenfelder Would Cheney be so eager to bomb Iran if he knew Iranian children enjoyed Kool-Aid, just as he did in his youth after a hard day busting broncos on his… Read the rest of the article: Iranian Kool-Aid packet
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Mark Frauenfelder Announcer (who sounds like he's polished off a couple of hi-balls): "The name of the game is Ball Buster. It's a family game. Fun for children." And for adults it's… Read the rest of the article: Commercial for 1970s game: "Ball Buster"
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Mark Frauenfelder A couple of years ago, Rudy Rucker posted an entry about the boy scout who tried to make a nuclear reactor in his garden shed. Years later, he's been caught… Read the rest of the article: Return of the radioactive boy scout
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Mark Frauenfelder Man sneaks monkey onto plane by hiding it under his hat. "On a flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to New York's LaGuardia airport, people around the man noticed that a… Read the rest of the article: A surreal and supremely inane compendium of miscellaneous knowledge, Vol 12
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Mark Frauenfelder The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive has a post with a bunch of interesting WWII propaganda posters. Link
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Mark Frauenfelder Representative Bob Allen, a Republican in the Florida House of Representatives, blamed the weather and his fear of black men for offering $20 to perform oral sex on a man… Read the rest of the article: Rep. Bob Allen cites fear of black men, weather in oral sex arrest
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Mark Frauenfelder Bob says: I don't even know where to start describing this story [from a 1995 edition of the New York Times Magazine]. It's completely insane. It involves nude photos of… Read the rest of the article: The Great ivy league nude posture photo scandal
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Mark Frauenfelder Charlie says: "Your recent entry on Freakonomics and street gangs reminded me of this documentary on YouTube: 80 Blocks From Tiffany's, in 8 parts (part one submitted here) chronicles gang… Read the rest of the article: 1979 Bronx street gangs documentary: 80 Blocks from Tiffany's