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MIT prof's notorious talk on How to Talk
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on February 19, 2008
MIT prof Patrick Winston gives an infamous annual talk called "How to Talk," a lecture on how to give good lectures. It's open to students and, apparently the public. This 1999 version of the talk (pre-Powerpoint!) is filled with damned good advice on persuasive public speaking, delivered in the form of "heuristics" that you can use to guide your own presentations.Link
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Library built into a staircase
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on February 20, 2008
The stairs going up to the attic room of a Victorian row house in London have been fitted with books that line each riser and wrap around the edges. As someone who lives in small places with lots of books (and no matter what I do, no matter how ruthless I am, I always seem to have lots more books that I have room for) this kind of thing is sheer aspirational porn for me. The flat occupies part of...
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Infrared LEDs make you invisible to CCTV cameras
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on February 20, 2008
This German exibition is showcasing bright infrared LED devices that overwhelm the CCDs in security cameras, allowing you to move through modern society in relative privacy. I used this as a gimmick in my story I, Robot -- now I want to own one!The URA / FILOART developed device promises to the citizens of a more reliable protection against security measures of the state (and other...
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L Ron Hubbard plagiarized Scientology
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on February 27, 2008
Evidence that L. Rob Hubbard plagiarised Scientology from a 1934 German book called "Scientologie." The text seems to map to various hoo-haw from the cult's official doctrine, too.Link(Thanks, Marilyn!)
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Ancient Roman computer was used to chart the skies
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on February 19, 2008
Some of the mystery surrounding the Antikythera Mechanism, a mechanical computer recovered from a 2100-year-old Roman shipwreck near BritainGreece has been unravelled. The device was an astronomical calculator -- and it employed a differential gear!Using modern computer x-ray tomography and high resolution surface scanning, a team led by Mike Edmunds and Tony Freeth at Cardiff University peered...
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Day With No News -- brilliant BBC news-footage remix
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 14, 2008
... has remixed a bunch of BBC news-footage in which the anchors, having signed off, just look at one another with relief and sit silently waiting for the fade-out, calling the result, "The Day There Was No News." The effect is nothing short of wonderful.Mr Jalopy adds, "Somehow, this silent newscast is more eerie than normal boombastic version of the days events."Link (Thanks, Mr Jalopy!)
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Li'l J: hit me up on my mufuggin MySpace.
via Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin on February 13, 2008
Sean Bonner discoveredthis outstanding specimen of internet phenomenology. And if you wanna bump, let's go bitch, 'cause I ain't scared of you mufukkin azz and if you got somsaytome you can say it to mah face.
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Swedish couple fined for naming their child "Brfxxccxxmnpcccclll mmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116"
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on February 20, 2008
A Swedish couple has been fined for failing to register a legally approved name for their seven-year-old child, who is presently called "Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116" (pronounced "/ˈalˌbin/"). They've offered to change the kid's name to "A," but the Swedish government says that won't do, either.Because the parents (Elizabeth Hallin and an unidentified father) failed...
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Band "shoots" video by sending Freedom of Information requests to CCTVs that
via Boing Boing by (author unknown) on May 09, 2008
Shared by SharonG crappy song, but cool concept!
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Jesus hit by lightning
via Boing Boing by David Pescovitz on February 14, 2008
This photo is so amazing I'm not entirely convinced it's real, but it reportedly shows Rio de Janeiro's 130-foot-tall Christ Redeemer statue getting hit by lightning. Link
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