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Boing Boing Gadgets That home office may be your office for a while. These accessories can bring it to life. Boing Boing's Shop

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web theory How British journalists talk about people they're not allowed to talk about Cory Doctorow

cars Silicon Valley is raiding tech academia: "Uber would like to buy your Robotics Department" Xeni Jardin

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