germany Patti Smith stops to calm down crowd: "Just be cool, get cool" (1979) Rusty Blazenhoff

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DIY I am thrilled with these cheap LED headlights Jason Weisberger

law Woman jailed after billing Men's Wearhouse with fake invoices for 8 years Rob Beschizza

Deals The Great Dane of powerbanks arrives Boing Boing's Shop

video games This incredible guitar FX pedal lets you sample audio from Street Fighter Thom Dunn

Meh Cool products priced lower than Amazon, with code for free shipping Mark Frauenfelder

labor Totally cool CEO says governments need to punish workers with unemployment to make them less arrogant Ruben Bolling

cinema Review: I wish "Oppenheimer" had ignited the atmosphere Natalie Dressed

Cut the chatter Red 2 Bidding for the rediscovered movie prop "Red Leader" X-Wing fighter starts at $400k Jason Weisberger

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public health Vice wants to bring back indoor smoking sections: "local coffee shop . . . would be a lot cooler" Jennifer Sandlin

gadgets There's a new Polaroid camera and it's $600 Rob Beschizza

theater Multimedia opera based on Philip K. Dick's VALIS coming to MIT Thom Dunn

climate change Smash Mouth wrote "All Star" to warn us about climate change & anti-intellectualism and we turned it into a meme Thom Dunn

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gadgets 9-volt batteries you can recharge via USB Rob Beschizza

animal friends Watch this stunning footage of a real-life octopus garden Thom Dunn

reptiles Watch a Giant Day Gecko shedding, and eating, its skin Jennifer Sandlin