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Security interrupts Amtrak spokesman who says photos are OK in D.C.'s union station
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on June 01, 2008
A BB reader says: "A local news crew was interviewing an Amtrak spokesman at D.C.'s union station who told the reporter that photography is allowed in the station. During the interview, a security guard interrupted them to say that photography/video was not allowed. Brilliant video, and hat tip to DCist who posted the link."Link
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Flock 1.2 Bakes Social Networking into Everyday Browsing [Screenshot Tour]
via Lifehacker by Jason Fitzpatrick on June 04, 2008
All platforms: Based on the open source Firefox code base, social web browser Flock adds heavy integration into popular social and media web sites to your regular web surfing. We haven't mentioned Flock in ages, but the recent 1.2 release is worth another look. Much like Digsby bakes social networking into your instant messenger, Flock offers easy access to your favorite social services built...
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Search Your Read Items in Google Reader [Google Reader]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on June 17, 2008
All-things-Google weblog Google Operating System details how to set up a read-items search in Google Reader. By default Reader searches all of your items, read and unread, and the results are sorted by date and not relevancy. If you subscribe to a lot of feeds, you may end up with a lot of unread items in your results when you know you've already read what you're looking for. By...
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Opt Out of Facebook Application Invites [Facebook]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on May 14, 2008
You never have to decline 17 zombie bites again: Facebook finally offers long-overdue opt-out capabilities for applications and by sender. When you receive an application request, you can now click the "Block This Application" link to never see that application again, or if you have a friend who's particularly aggressive with the invites, you can also hit the "Ignore All Invites From This...
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Feedbook Creates PDFs from RSS Feeds [Ebooks]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on June 17, 2008
Need some fresh e-reading material for your commute, but all out of e-books? Feedbook, a free RSS aggregator, takes in RSS feeds and spits out compiled PDFs in formats for pretty much any e-reader under the sun, including the Kindle, or you can create custom PDFs (with a free registration) for standard screens. The PDFs even come with a table of contents, and the site offers up a few free e-books...
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Eyeball stickers to place over eyelids
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on February 14, 2008
These fake eyeball stickers look like they'd come in handy, but The Museum of Hoaxes is having a hard time tracking down a place that actually sells them. They look easy enough to make yourself, though. Link
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Advanced Technology
via xkcd.com by (author unknown) on February 21, 2008
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Woman comes back to life after rigor mortis sets in
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on May 22, 2008
A West Virgina woman's heart stopped three times and was brain dead for 17 hours at a hospital. Rigor mortis had set in and the family was discussing donating her organs when she suddenly woke up. She now appears to be in good heath. [Val] Thomas suffered two heart attacks and had no brain waves for more than 17 hours. At about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, her heart stopped and she had no pulse. A...
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Uncontacted tribe in Amazon
via Boing Boing by David Pescovitz on May 29, 2008
This photo released yesterday depicts members of a tribe in the Amazon rain forest firing arrows at an airplane. Apparently, the tribe has never had any contact with humans outside of their own group. And there are likely many other "uncontacted" tribes in the region too. From National Geographic:"We are very confident the photos are genuine," said Miriam Ross, a spokesperson for Survival...
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Robots No Follow tee
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on June 03, 2008
For the search-geek in your life, this handsome "ROBOTS NO FOLLOW" tee.Link(Thanks, Dana!)
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