[Video Link] Yesterday, Drug Policy Alliance's executive director Ethan Nadelmann debated former DEA Chief Asa Hutchinson about marijuana legalization at the Aspen Institute. If you don't want to watch the… Read the rest of the article: Drug Policy director Ethan Nadelmann debates former DEA Chief in marijuana debate
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Mark Frauenfelder Another reason to switch to DuckDuckGo (the other being DuckDuckGo has a cute duck logo). How Google is Killing Organic Search (Via Nat Torkington)
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Mark Frauenfelder "5 fake tampons to smuggle your booze and 5 wrappers." One way to smuggle booze
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Mark Frauenfelder Mutahhir Ali Hayat wrote on his blog: I probably have ADHD, but I don’t want to get checked. I’m afraid the doctor will confirm that I’m a serial procrastinator. Don’t… Read the rest of the article: Slicereader displays online text one paragraph at a time
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Mark Frauenfelder I've long been an admirer of the clean-lined work of the artist-designer Ragnar. He's uses an interesting color palette that cleverly hides and reveals details. Ragnar's got a new book… Read the rest of the article: New art book by Ragnar: Aphorismyth [gallery]
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Mark Frauenfelder William Shakespeare's Star Wars, by Ian Doescher, is a retelling of the movie as presented by the Bard of Avon. It's published by Quirk Books, which is known for its… Read the rest of the article: William Shakespeare's Star Wars: exclusive excerpt
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Mark Frauenfelder Bots High is a fun 2010 documentary about high school students who building combat robots and enter them in competitions. You can watch it for free on Hulu.
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Mark Frauenfelder Mark Dery has a new essay — "equal parts philosophical investigation (of memory, time, and museum vitrines) and memoir (mem-noir?)" — up at the Thought Catalog. He says: "Why do… Read the rest of the article: Mark Dery: the "taxidermy of memory"
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Mark Frauenfelder [Video Link] Christine Reilly and Michael Boczon designed this motorized handheld stabilizer for GoPro, called the STABiLGO. It looks good! At just 1.5lbs, with a GoPro attached, the design minimizes… Read the rest of the article: Motorized handheld stabilizer for GoPro video cameras
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Mark Frauenfelder Drew Friedman illustrated the cover for his brother Kipp's upcoming memoir, Barracuda In the Attic. Cartoonist Daniel Clowes calls it "A detail-rich account of an unfathomably awesome childhood in the… Read the rest of the article: Cover for upcoming Fantagraphics book: Barracuda In the Attic
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Mark Frauenfelder The July 27 episode of the WTF podcast has an excellent hour-and-a-half interview with Cheech and Chong. It turns out they had very interesting lives before they got together to… Read the rest of the article: Cheech and Chong podcast interview
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Mark Frauenfelder If you missed the greatThis American Life's episode from 2009 about Daryl Watson's short-lived but laudable attempt to "walk across the country in order to promote world peace and bring… Read the rest of the article: Second generation Peace Pilgrim makes second attempt to promote world peace
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Mark Frauenfelder Rob Walker says: "I've been collecting examples of artists, coders, and designers making brilliant creative (mis)use of Google Earth, Street View, and other Google products. Now I've finally collected a… Read the rest of the article: Rob Walker's Googleheim Museum
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Mark Frauenfelder Artist Amy Crehore has two new excellent surrealistic paintings on her website. This one is called "A Gymnast's Memory of Fall."
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Mark Frauenfelder [Video Link] Where is the original Galileo shuttlecraft that was on the U.S.S. Enterprise? It's being restored by a guy in Las Vegas! (Via Dooby Brain)
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Mark Frauenfelder MAKE has published a cool new book, called Make: Analog Synthesizers by Ray Wilson. It's a deep dive into DIY synthesized music, with lots of circuits and information on using… Read the rest of the article: Book shows you how to make analog synthesizers
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Mark Frauenfelder MAKE's Michael Colombo says: In today’s New York Times article by Heather Murphy, a story was related where a group of lawyers were ordered by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden to… Read the rest of the article: Edward Snowden: Can a refrigerator function as a Faraday Cage?
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Mark Frauenfelder Gunslinger posted this photo of Prince Monolulu today as part of its "Great Con Artists of the 20th Century" series. I'd never heard of him, so I read his entry… Read the rest of the article: Great Con Artists of the 20th Century #41: Prince Monolulu
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Mark Frauenfelder Tom Van Deusen says: "I officially launched the Kickstarter for Dennis P. Eichhorn's Real Good Stuff a few minutes ago. These two new issues will include new stories by Eichhorn… Read the rest of the article: Kickstarter for all new Dennis Eichhorn comic books
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Mark Frauenfelder The squishiness of the cork is what makes this work so well. Quick fix for uneven table legs: cork slices