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  • Sean Bonner
    10:11 pm Fri, Sep 13, 2019
    No trains or buses from Narita to Tokyo after the category 3 typhoon = chaos for thousands

    I touch down at Narita Airport on schedule and feel lucky to have just missed Typhoon Faxai, a category 3 storm which had passed through the area hours earlier. I'd… Read the rest of the article: No trains or buses from Narita to Tokyo after the category 3 typhoon = chaos for thousands

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  • Sean Bonner
    12:07 pm Fri, Aug 12, 2016
    How about we fix America by just turning Oklahoma into a giant lake?

    In this time of national trauma and political chaos where everyone is being a total shit to each other and the only thing all the sides can agree on is… Read the rest of the article: How about we fix America by just turning Oklahoma into a giant lake?

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  • Sean Bonner
    6:00 am Sat, Aug 25, 2012
    Switching to a straight razor

    I stared, face lathered up, sweat dripping, hand shaking, into the fogging mirror in my bathroom almost every day for over 2 weeks before I built up the courage to… Read the rest of the article: Switching to a straight razor

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  • Sean Bonner
    10:22 am Tue, Mar 29, 2011
    Back issues of COILHOUSE now available digitally

    The fine folks at COILHOUSE magazine (mentioned many a time here in the past, and who featured Xeni and Boing Boing Video in issue 3 have just put made available… Read the rest of the article: Back issues of COILHOUSE now available digitally

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  • Sean Bonner
    10:17 am Sun, Mar 27, 2011
    iPhone app store of "Color" may be best app store review ever

    The photo sharing/social network app Color launched last week, and much fuss was made for a variety of reasons: massive media hype, massive funding, and a complete lack of documentation… Read the rest of the article: iPhone app store of "Color" may be best app store review ever

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  • Sean Bonner
    11:50 am Mon, Mar 21, 2011
    Pakistani Actress Veena Malik schools a mullah about Islam

    [Video Link] Veena Malik is a Pakistani actress who appeared on the very popular Indian TV show Bigg Boss (the Indian version of Big Brother). In the clip above, a… Read the rest of the article: Pakistani Actress Veena Malik schools a mullah about Islam

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  • Sean Bonner
    9:27 am Mon, Mar 21, 2011
    Tsunami vs Japanese Harbor

    [video link] This eyewitness video of the March 11 tsunami striking Japan shows how, in under 10 minutes, a harbor in Oirase Town, Aomori Prefecture goes from business as usual… Read the rest of the article: Tsunami vs Japanese Harbor

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  • Sean Bonner
    6:02 pm Sat, Mar 19, 2011
    XKCD's radiation dose chart

    [click chart to embiggen] There has been much talk of radiation exposure levels in the news, and here on Boing Boing, this past week. But it can be hard to… Read the rest of the article: XKCD's radiation dose chart

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  • Sean Bonner
    5:36 pm Sat, Mar 19, 2011
    RDTN.org: crowdsourcing and mapping radiation levels

    One issue that has emerged during the nuclear crisis in Japan is that there isn't always a reliable source for radiation levels from specific areas. RDTN.org has just launched, an… Read the rest of the article: RDTN.org: crowdsourcing and mapping radiation levels

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  • Sean Bonner
    6:00 am Sat, Mar 19, 2011
    The Silver Lake Badminton And Adventurers Club

    Click to play [Video Link] – I've just stumbled across the pilot episode of The Silver Lake Badminton And Adventurers Club. I found it very amusing, and not just because… Read the rest of the article: The Silver Lake Badminton And Adventurers Club

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  • Sean Bonner
    8:25 am Mon, Mar 7, 2011
    Virtual Cafe opens to help New Zealand Earthquake victims

    The Christchurch cafe is a site where you can buy virtual items you might find in a coffee shop, from a $2 espresso to a $300 espresso machine. This is… Read the rest of the article: Virtual Cafe opens to help New Zealand Earthquake victims

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  • Sean Bonner
    6:14 am Mon, Feb 28, 2011
    Coffee Common: roasters roast one other at TED

    Last week I was excited to announce the birth of Coffee Common, a project of coffee enthusiasts (one of them being me) coming together to improve the experience of coffee… Read the rest of the article: Coffee Common: roasters roast one other at TED

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  • Sean Bonner
    10:52 am Mon, Feb 21, 2011
    Operation "Libya White Fax"

    After observing the growing unrest and correspondingly violent crackdown in Libya, a group of hackers conceived and launched Operation Libya White Fax: while the internet and data connections are being… Read the rest of the article: Operation "Libya White Fax"

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  • Sean Bonner
    9:35 am Mon, Feb 21, 2011
    Coffee Common Launches

    (photos by Kyle Glanville) I take my coffee pretty seriously. So the idea of some of the most respected names in the coffee business—who, under normal circumstances, consider one another… Read the rest of the article: Coffee Common Launches

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  • Sean Bonner
    2:31 pm Fri, Feb 18, 2011
    An informative video about the Honey Badger

    I found this video about the Honey Badger to be very educational. (NSFW)

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  • Sean Bonner
    11:42 am Thu, Feb 17, 2011
    Visit to Friends of Amateur Rocketry, in Mojave desert

    [Video Link] The Los Angeles hackerspace CRASHspace, of which I am a co-founder, took a drive out to California's Mojave desert to visit the Friends of Amateur Rocketry and deliver… Read the rest of the article: Visit to Friends of Amateur Rocketry, in Mojave desert

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  • Sean Bonner
    11:40 am Mon, Feb 14, 2011
    The fun, exciting, potentially deadly world of Tactical Pens

    [Editor's note: Pesco posted about these weaponized writing implements here last year; today, enjoy a hands-on from guestblogger Sean Bonner. —XJ] What the crap is a tactical pen? A pen… Read the rest of the article: The fun, exciting, potentially deadly world of Tactical Pens

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  • Sean Bonner
    9:19 am Mon, Feb 14, 2011
    Father & Son launch iPhone into Space

    This video first hit the internets last year—but it's no less cool now. From the description: Father and Son team launch an iphone into space. The iphone along with a… Read the rest of the article: Father & Son launch iPhone into Space

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  • Sean Bonner
    11:32 am Fri, Feb 11, 2011
    The people of Fort Wayne, Indiana love Harry Baals

    The citizens of Fort Wayne, Indiana really do love their former Mayor Harry Baals, and they're about to have the most awesomely named public facility in the history of all… Read the rest of the article: The people of Fort Wayne, Indiana love Harry Baals

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  • Sean Bonner
    2:46 pm Wed, Feb 9, 2011
    Playmobil Stop Motion Joy Division

    That's right. Joy Division's "Transmission" as performed by Playmobil toys in stop motion. It's right in all the wrong ways. [Video Link]

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