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The effects of gold-medal hockey on Edmonton, Canada water usage

Boing Boing: 6 hours ago
I feel a great disturbance in the public utility, as if millions of bladders cried out, and were suddenly silenced. Pats Papers: What If Everybody in Canada Flushed at Once? (Thanks, Christina!)... ...read article

Is inflight videochat in the US illegal? United Airlines thinks so

Boing Boing: 6 hours ago
Boing Boing partner John Battelle was on a WiFi-enabled flight last night, and wanted to say bedtime-goodnight to his kids using videochat. Lots of parents tuck their kids into bed over video when they're far from home. What gentler, more loving ... ...read article

Hicksville, a graphic novel mystery set in a New Zealand coastal village

Boing Boing: 6 hours ago
Dick Burger has been hailed by fandom as the greatest comic book creator since Jack Kirby. Unlike Kirby, however, Burger retained ownership of his characters and became a media tycoon, complete with a private jet furnished with a hot tub and a ... ...read article

Conan O'Brien will perform at Bonnaroo

Boing Boing: 6 hours ago
Recently-exiled latenight talk show host Conan O'Brien will be headlining the comedy stage at the annual Bonnaroo festival. Wonder if he'll pick a random person out of the crowd to befriend and bestow insta-stardom? The date is part of Conan's ... ...read article

Leaked documents: UK record industry wrote web-censorship amendment

Boing Boing: 6 hours ago
Last week, the UK LibDem party was thrown into scandal when two of its Lords proposed an amendment to the Digital Economy Bill that would allow for national web-censorship, particularly aimed at "web-lockers" like Google Docs and YouSendIt. Now a ... ...read article

Chile hit by 7.2 aftershock

Boing Boing: 6 hours ago
What the hell, planet earth! Chile was just slammed by a 7.2 aftershock, as inaugural ceremonies for right-wing billionaire president-elect Sebastián Piñera began in Valparaiso. Chile was devastated by an 8.8-magnitude quake on Feb. 27.... ...read article

200 free copies of my next YA novel, FOR THE WIN, for young reviewers

Boing Boing: 6 hours ago
Tor Books, the US/Canada publisher, has two hundred advance copies of my next young adult novel, For the Win, available for free to young (19 or younger) gamers who are interested in reviewing the book on their blog or school paper. The book is about ... ...read article

Another earthquake, but not more earthquakes

Boing Boing: 6 hours ago
Haiti, Chile, Turkey, Chile (again). There've been a lot of earthquakes lately. But scientists say there haven't been more earthquakes lately. Tremors are, and have always been, common. On average, per year, you can expect one 8.0 or above quake, 17 ... ...read article

Deadstock rotary phones for sale

Boing Boing: 6 hours ago
Twine is selling these magnificent vintage rotary phones, retrieved from the British General Post Office where they were never used. They ain't cheap though: $210. Tellies (Thanks, Kelly Sparks!)... ...read article

Lush Life 2 art show at Seattle's Roq La Rue

Boing Boing: 6 hours ago
Roq La Rue Gallery's "Lush Life 2" group show opens in Seattle this Friday and it's a tour-de-force of Pop Surrealism and contemporary painting and sculpture. The show includes new work by: Joe Sorren, Chris Berens, Marion Peck, Kris Kuksi, Travis ... ...read article

CNN "geek anthem" post is implausibly similar to scrappy blogger's earlier article

Boing Boing: 6 hours ago
Victor Pineiro put a lot of work into a funny, popular post about the "top ten geek anthems of all time." Shortly after, CNN ran an extremely similar article, which replicated many of Victor's picks and had extremely similar copy. But the CNN article ... ...read article

Man buys drugs with Monopoly money

Boing Boing: 6 hours ago
A Wichita, Kansas man was apparently beaten up by a drug dealer after the man paid for crack cocaine with Monopoly money. The man, who was bleeding from the head when police pulled him over, said he had purchased the drugs weeks before and the dealer ... ...read article

Striking new Edgar Allan Poe collection

Boing Boing: 6 hours ago
Boing Boing readers are interested in Edgar Allan Poe (examples 1, 2, 3, and 4), so I suspect you'll want to be the first to know about 4 by Poe, an upcoming collection of four Poe stories designed and illustrated by Eric Mongeon. Mongeon is ... ...read article

Page from a choose-your-own adventure game about free will

Boing Boing: 6 hours ago
I don't know where this came from, or if it is from a real choose-your-own-adventure book, but as Margaret Wise Brown might say, the important thing is that it is funny. Page 56... ...read article

Through a plastic lens: toy camera photography

Boing Boing: 6 hours ago
Holga, © Stavro Papadopoulos, from an image gallery curated by Sean Bonner of work by various photographers using toy cameras, over at Magnesium Agency.... ...read article

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