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Provided by: boingboing.net12010-09-09 10:42:50blogs / boingboing.net /: Last year, I reviewed Peter and Max, the excellent novel based on Bill Willingham's Fables graphic novels. I've just got through listening to the Blackstone Audio unabridged audiobook, read by nerd icon and kick-ass voice-actor Wil Wheaton. Highly, highly recommended: Wil's interpretation makes this feel more like a radio drama than an audiobook....

Provided by: boingboing.net22010-09-09 10:42:50blogs / boingboing.net /: ...give Jack Bauer the movie he deserves! by J.A. Hamilton We all have our favorite shows, but to be honest I didnLast year, I reviewed Peter and Max, the excellent novel based on Bill Willingham's Fables graphic novels. I've just got through listening to the Blackstone Audio unabridged audiobook, read by nerd icon and kick-ass voice-actor Wil Wheaton. Highly, highly recommended: Wil's interpretation makes this feel more like a radio drama than an audiobook....

Provided by: boingboing.net32010-09-09 03:26:43blogs / boingboing.net /: Above are stills from a lovely biomechanical bug animation by Autofuss. It's titled "The Experiment" and you can watch it here. (Thanks, Stacey Ransom!)...

Provided by: boingboing.net42010-09-09 02:51:56blogs / boingboing.net /: Tattoo artist Jacob Walsh got this fabulous bit of space-battle tattooed on his ear: "I have the severed hand of Luke, still clutching to his lightsaber on my right arm. It needs a bit more work but I'd say it's about 90% completed." Let's Hear It For This Cool Star Wars Ear Tattoo (via Geekologie) Star Wars/Dal√≠ tattoo No Regrets: LEGO Star Wars "Thugs for Life" tattoo ... Darth Vader Hello Kitty tatt 20 Awesome Robot Tattoos Gadgets...

Provided by: boingboing.net52010-09-09 02:33:41blogs / boingboing.net /: The mellifluously named TeaPartyBizOpp.info (presumably the .com was taken?) is a pyramid scheme that recruits disgruntled wingnuts to "Get Paid To Stop Liberal Tyranny!" by "helping raise funds to defend our freedom." TeaPartyBizOpp.Info is a for profit fundraising company - Our mission is to help raise funds to finance conservative causes, that defend our freedom, and help fight Liberal Tyranny. There are two ways we do this one is selling subscriptions to our monthly newsletter (Stopping Tyranny), and the other is our home based business opportunity - where you get paid to refer others to become subscribers to (Stopping Tyranny), your subscription comes with a home based business opportunity. You get paid on your efforts and the efforts of everyone in your organization. (The business opportunity is entirely optional), and you can make money just by selling subscriptions to our newsletter, you don't have to recruit others into the opportunity if you don't want to - it's all up to you). (Thanks, Fipi Lele!) Weird multi-level marketing company sells $300 cure-all wand ... Zillionaire.com infomercial Multi-level marketing spam for child-fingerprinting operation ... Inside a Cuddle Party (video)...

Provided by: boingboing.net62010-09-09 02:36:42blogs / boingboing.net /: Esquire Style Blog's Abram Sauer takes a tape-measure to men's pants waistbands at major chains and discovers which chains are bent on making you feel best about your bulging gut by pretending it isn't there: "The temple for waisted male self-esteem is Old Navy, where I easily slid into a size 34 pair of the brand's Dress Pant. Where no other 34s had been hospitable, Old Navy's fit snugly. The final measurement? Five inches larger than the label. You can eat all the slow-churn ice cream and brats you want, and still consider yourself slender in these." Are Your Pants Lying to You? An Investigation (via Kottke)...

Provided by: boingboing.net72010-09-09 02:39:33blogs / boingboing.net /: Internet video memegenius Joe Sabia does it again: Tom Lehrer's paean to the periodic table, interpreted through Google Instant, which launched earlier today. Watch: Video Link. You may recall Joe as the guy behind Pulp Wave Fiction, a previous video riff on a Google product. The Elements for iPad: The Elements Song The Elements for iPad: Hands-on review Legend of Vuvuzelda Interactive photo-hunt game on YouTube Gadgets Zombies get "red light camera" tickets, too Rachel Maddow on "Dogs freak out over Law and Order theme?" Boing ... Man Smacks: Cinematic study on Totally Hetero And Absolutely Not ... Video: Japanese people singing Weezer...

Provided by: boingboing.net82010-09-09 02:49:41blogs / boingboing.net /: ConcreteWall is a Norwegian company that sells wallpaper silkscreened to look like unfinished concrete in a variety of textures. I guess it's more "street" than drywall over 2x4s? ConcreteWall.no (via Beyond the Beyond) Wallpaper woven from strips of newspaper Dot-to-dot wallpaper Fanciful handmade wallpaper features unsung scientific heroines ... Atomic age wallpaper Piano roll wallpaper Landlord-compliant "wallpaper" from recycled toy bubble capsules ......

Provided by: boingboing.net92010-09-09 02:19:05blogs / boingboing.net /: Even bugs display individual differences in behavior—with some acting consistently aggressive and others consistently shy. Or, as pourmecoffee puts it, "Some insects are jerks."...

Provided by: boingboing.net102010-09-09 02:18:58blogs / boingboing.net /: John's Phones sell no-frills mobile phones that send and receive calls and pretty much nothing else (though there's a place to keep your pen). Warren Ellis likens it to a phone from minimalist Japanese housewares/clothing company Muji. Finally a separate unit with no frills and conditions. A simlock free phone with large keys, an address book, a pen and over three weeks time standby... John's Phone is simple and easy for young, old, holiday, grandfathers, grandmothers, athletes, national and international business traffic. John's Phones (via Warren Ellis)...

Provided by: boingboing.net112010-09-09 02:26:08blogs / boingboing.net /: "At any moment, Justin Bieber uses 3% of our infrastructure. Racks of servers are dedicated to him. —A guy who works at Twitter." The original tweet by Dustin Curtis is here, and Mashable has a related item up here....

Provided by: boingboing.net122010-09-09 02:22:21blogs / boingboing.net /: Creative Loafing gathers up the best of this year's Craigslist "Missed Encounters" messages from Dragon*Con in Atlanta, the awesome nerdfest that ran last weekend: You - WOW blond wizard. Me - ancient wizard. You were pressing awfully hard into me during our photo. Just wondering if there was a lingering interest. Put your robe color in Subject Line of first email... I can't figure out why I left without getting your contact information. I know your name is Dan, and you make leather jackets. You were the best Wolverine I've ever seen. We talked for a while, just standing in the crowd. I wish I could find a picture of us. Hopefully, I'll see you at another convention soon. :) I was dressed up as Eddie Riggs and saw you in the Marriott Saturday night. You invited me over and we talked about our costumes with your boyfriend (?). He was dressed as Eddie as well but I was getting the feeling that he didnt want me around. My friend took some pictures of the three of us together and I got a couple of pics of you and your Eddie. I'd like to get the chance to talk with you some more if you're interested. If nothing else I'd like to send you copies of the photos we got. Hope to hear from you soon. Alien vs Predator Interstellar Swinger Party (Dragon Con - Sheraton). Full Alien or Predator costume required. All single women and couples will be accepted. There will be limited spots for single men. I will send out the time and room number to all who qualify. Dragon*Con missed connections warm the heart (via MeFi) Fan Conventions: Getting Through the Hype...

Provided by: boingboing.net132010-09-09 02:25:23blogs / boingboing.net /: What's better than fried potatoes? Fried potatoes in petroleum-based packaging! Chips are better 'cause they're fresher in Cellophane Top 10 Ironic Ads From History Hemp for Victory: 1940s US Gov. Film Urging Folks to Grow Tons of ... Massive National Geographic feature on 1964 NYC World's Fair ... Unrippable, paper-thin wallet made out of Tyvek Gadgets...

Provided by: boingboing.net142010-09-09 02:29:10blogs / boingboing.net /: Tattoo artist Jacob Walsh got this fabulous bit of space-battle tattooed on his ear: "I have the severed hand of Luke, still clutching to his lightsaber on my right arm. It needs a bit more work but I'd say it's about 90% completed." Let's Hear It For This Cool Star Wars Ear Tattoo (via Geekologie) Star Wars/Dal√≠ tattoo No Regrets: LEGO Star Wars "Thugs for Life" tattoo ... Darth Vader Hello Kitty tatt 20 Awesome Robot Tattoos Gadgets...

Provided by: boingboing.net152010-09-09 01:57:50blogs / boingboing.net /: I'm not sure which is more magical and wondrous: That it is apparently possible to buy a bag of the little, perfectly stale marshmallows normally only found mixed with terrible cereal, or that one buys bags of little, perfectly stale marshmallows care of a company called Discount Herbals. That odd business plan leads to such cognitively dissonant quotes as: Cerealmarshmallows.com is positive that once you have tried our products, the results you experience will prove that no other herbal or vitamin nutritional supplements compare. I haven't decided yet whether I think this is a joke site. Part of me (the part that wants to buy a bag of little, perfectly stale marshmallows) hopes it's not. Via rstevens...

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