Maximizing Profits Doesn't Mean Screwing Your Customers (8)
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A few years back, we wrote a post debunking the ridiculous notion spread by some that Craigslist was somehow "anti-capitalist" or not "maximizing profits" because it actually offered most of its services for free. As we noted, much of Craigslist's long-term success was because of these decisions -- which in all likelihood did increase overall profits for the company in the long run by building up further trust in the company. It may not have ...
Make canned monstrosities (7)
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This tutorial shows you how to make realistic pickled punks. Label on the bottle on the right reads: UNKNOWN SPECIMEN: RECOVERED FROM CHEST CAVITY OF DECAYED ANIMATED CORPSE. ANIMATION OF CORPSE CEASED UPON REMOVAL. SPECIMEN BEGAN TO DISSOLVE WITHIN MOMENTS OF REMOVAL FROM HOST. DISSOLUTION CEASED WITH FORMALDEHYDE AND ACETONE. HAITI, 1894 Making Canned Halloween Monstrosities
Energy Ball Turns Your Roof into a Wind Turbine Farm [Mega Turbines] (8)
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When peak oil means you're paying more to power up your computers than you are for rent, it's time for Energy Ball. Developed recently by Swedish company Home Energy, these cool-looking devices are designed to work in low winds and make very little noise. That makes them perfect for home use, as well as in giant wind turbine farms. But how do they work with that weird spherical shape? The Energy Ball's shape takes advantage ...
Guy Films Space Shuttle Launch from Passing Airliner [Holy Smokes] (4)
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Watching a space shuttle launch from the ground is undoubtedly very awe inspiring, but this video of a launch takes the biscuit: It's filmed from thousands of feet in the air. A lucky guy managed to film a shuttle rocketing off the ground (possibly STS-124) from inside a passing Air Canada airliner. It's less fire, smoke and thunder than a sea-level view, more "Holy crap, look how fast it goes!" Check it out... you may ...
Personally, I Preferred Airlock As A VP Choice [Political Science (fiction)] (47)
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Yes, yes, we get it already: the Republican Prez/Veep ticket looks just like Colonel Tigh and President Roslin from Battlestar Galactica. In what is either a sign that BSG has achieved cultural critical mass or that at least one of the two Republican nominees to office is actually an alcoholic robot, the similarities between the two pairs seemed to be one of the most common commentaries about McCain's choice of Sarah Palin for Vice President ...
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Gangles said:
Tigh/Roslin? How 'bout Obama/Adama.
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aaron said:
I just registered tighroslin08.com ;-)
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Stolee said:
This is rather LOL-worthy. I love being a nerd.
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Matt Pierson said:
hahahahahaha
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Michaelk said:
Actually, if McCain's a Cylon that really explains a lot.
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Alexander Williams said:
You know, if Palin's the Roslin of the ticket, that might mean some bad guys'll go out the airlock and she's willing to connive and manipulate without limit. I might back this after all.
Enjoy classical guitar concerts on iTunes U (2)
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Thanks to iTunes U and the University of Utah, you can put your feet up and enjoy a classical guitar recital or two this Labor Day weekend. Choosing among audio and video podcasts, you can listen to student musicians and Tully Cathey perform works by Tárrega, Torroba, Berkeley, as well as original compositions by Cathey, a classical and jazz guitarist who teaches at the College of Fine Arts.
Paint drip table (23)
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Designer John Nouanesing came up with this amazing table, he says it's going into production later this year. via Inspire Underground Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!
The Muppet Show Set for a Remake? (1)
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I always preferred the Muppet TV show to any of the movies (the humor works better on the small screen) — but so much of what made that show work was the contemporary humor and the amazing guests. While it still looks this show may or may not happen, but it would be interesting to see how they'd re-invent the show: Muppet Show to return to TV after 27 years Kermit the frog and friends ...
Ancient Mayan underworld discovered in Mexico (42)
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Archeologists in Mexico think they might have discovered Xibalba, a mythical Mayan underworld also known as the "place of fear." After some serious scuba diving and inching across deeply submerged underwater tunnels near the Yucatan peninsula, investigators reached an entrance to a bunch of dry chambers with the stone ruins of eleven sacred temples and a 330-foot long road. There were also lots and lots of human bones. According to the ancient Mayan scripture Popol ...
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Doug said:
This is just amazing.
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HacKnight said:
Cool article. I'd love to be able to see this place... someday...
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Art said:
Whoa. Serious, hard-core whoa.
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Greg said:
The History channel's "Cities of the Underworld" did a thing on Xibalba a while back, it was really interesting.
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Luke M said:
bad. ass.
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brier said:
"Rivers of pus". Now that's fear we can believe in.
Ohmu in LEGO (8)
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Big-X made a wonderful model of the Ohmu from Miyazaki's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. He has some other incredible models in his Brickshelf gallery, too. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in LEGO | Digg this!
Ubiquity: Firefox Gets its Quicksilver On | 43 Folders (76)
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Aza’s Thoughts » Ubiquity In Depth Take a few minutes this week to look at the Ubiquity plugin for Firefox. So far, I’ve spent just enough time with it to have my mind blown by the Quicksilver-like interface it wants to bring to web
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greenergrad said:
ooooooh.
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Aaron said:
i got to start using this.
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q burns abstract message said:
I'm leaping on the bandwagon. As more than half my work day is spent on Firefox, this add-on is a bit revolutionary for me. Stoked to use it as part of my workflow for the first time tomorrow.
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ABrad45 said:
Quicksilver for Firefox :D
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Michael said:
mind = blown.
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Prashant said:
I need this...
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Meromo said:
Quicksilver for the web..hmmm...
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Dedalus said:
Just watch the video. I don't like the rtf-mail features. TXT only all the way!
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schisamo said:
Install this NOW! Best thing to happen to Firefox since tabbed browsing.
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Philip said:
if you are a firefox/gmail/google calendar user... this add on is a must.takes a few minutes to learn (click the link to the tutorial) but really worth it.
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llopis said:
Wow! Maybe the biggest change in the browser for me since GMarks!
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Eric said:
WOWOWOW
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Nicolas Untz said:
This looks really neat.
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Denver said:
This is amazing. Also, why do people type so loudly in these videos?
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Daniel Bachhuber said:
Holy bejeebas. Here comes the full power of the internet. Or phase two, at least.
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Doogie said:
watch the video. OMG. It'll be a while until I can pick my jaw back up off the floor. The Mozilla Labs RSS feed just made into my Google Reader Feed list because I WANT to know when this project goes gold.
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Geoff said:
Ok... this one is really cool!
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dmkanter said:
user generated mashup. love the idea!
Ubiquity: Firefox Gets its Quicksilver On (64)
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Aza’s Thoughts » Ubiquity In Depth Take a few minutes this week to look at the Ubiquity plugin for Firefox. So far, I’ve spent just enough time with it to have my mind blown by the Quicksilver-like interface it wants to bring to web browsing. Ubiquity for Firefox from Aza Raskin on Vimeo. And, like our favorite OS X launcher, Ubiquity also has an ambitious mission: to move beyond onesie-twosie key shortcuts by using user-extensible ...
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ABrad45 said:
Quicksilver for Firefox :D
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q burns abstract message said:
I'm leaping on the bandwagon. As more than half my work day is spent on Firefox, this add-on is a bit revolutionary for me. Stoked to use it as part of my workflow for the first time tomorrow.
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Michael said:
mind = blown.
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Dedalus said:
Just watch the video. I don't like the rtf-mail features. TXT only all the way!
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Meromo said:
Quicksilver for the web..hmmm...
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Prashant said:
I need this...
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Denver said:
This is amazing. Also, why do people type so loudly in these videos?
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Eric said:
WOWOWOW
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Doogie said:
watch the video. OMG. It'll be a while until I can pick my jaw back up off the floor. The Mozilla Labs RSS feed just made into my Google Reader Feed list because I WANT to know when this project goes gold.
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Daniel Bachhuber said:
Holy bejeebas. Here comes the full power of the internet. Or phase two, at least.
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schisamo said:
Install this NOW! Best thing to happen to Firefox since tabbed browsing.
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llopis said:
Wow! Maybe the biggest change in the browser for me since GMarks!
Chinese people discovering fortune cookies (59)
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Here's a funny short video of Chinese people being exposed to fortune cookies (an American invention) for the first time: Americans find high emotional attachment to the slips inside their cookies, looking to them for winning lottery numbers and becoming upset when the fortunes inside are unfortunate. The Chinese, on the other hand, would often tell me after trying the curved vanilla-flavored wafers, “Americans are so strange, why are they putting pieces of paper in ...
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Sam said:
Hilarious! I think we all know that fortune cookies were invented here, but we never really thought about this sort of interaction.
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Eebs said:
Sorry, not trying to share everything on BoingBoing... just loved this video.
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Adam said:
What is this??
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mcescobar1 said:
Thats awesome
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Vi said:
For Matt: What did I tell you?
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Rui said:
"There's a paper inside!"
Kawaii chairs (5)
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Unlike a lot of other chair mods I've seen, these actually look cozy. This photo was taken at the 2007 California State Fair. (Via Cute Overload) And if white fluffy animals aren't to your taste, here are a couple of other takes on the genre from Moss, designed by the Campana brothers. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Furniture | Digg this!
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Sandra said:
Sitting on a pile of bunny rabbits, or alligators? that doesn't seem so cozy to me.
Very Large Array Getting Even Larger (8)
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The 27 massive antenna dishes that make up the Very Large Array radio telescope have given us some astonishing glimpses into the cosmos (and have repeatedly detected signals sent by intelligent aliens in some of our favorite scifi films). As impressive as it is, the VLA is about to get a major upgrade. Astronomers are going to be able to do some amazing things with VLA 2.0. The VLA is an awesome piece of technology. ...
Robot guitar tuner (3)
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Huh, interesting page about "PLEK" a German designed robot guitar tuning system via Metafilter...PLEK is a unique computer controlled precision robot developed by the German company A+D Guitarrentechnologie GmbH in Berlin. The machine measures the neck, fretboard, and frets and finds differences within a thousand of a millimetre. These differences is then sanded
