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Provided by: boingboing.net612012-02-06 18:46:25blogs / boingboing.net /: There are too many malls in America, and too many vacancies in them. So city planners are looking for other ways to use all that square-footage. The New York Times has a neat story about some of the different ways derelict shopping malls are being repurposed: As deconstructed residential/retail centers catering to desires for a [...]

Provided by: boingboing.net622012-02-06 18:26:23blogs / boingboing.net /: The "flow state" is how neuroscience researchers describe that zone you can get into when you're doing something that you've become highly skilled at. It's a zen-like place in your brain — that state where you lose track of time doing something that you enjoy doing for its own sake, and where the job of [...]

Provided by: boingboing.net631970-01-01 00:00:00blogs / boingboing.net /: 2KTV interviews Sheldon Carter, Seth Olshfski and Mathieu BAn error was ecnountered attempting to get the RSS data: The server did not return XML. The content type returned was An error was ecnountered attempting to get the RSS data: Page Not Found Brain candy for Happy MutantsAndreas Gursky "Union Rave" (1995) In 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke wrote ""Behind every man now alive stand 30 ghosts, for that is the ratio by which the dead outnumber the living." That's no longer true. These days, there are apparently 15 dead for every living person. Still, the dead do not outnumber [...]

Provided by: boingboing.net642012-02-06 17:53:08blogs / boingboing.net /: Last month, I posted about the gorgeous droning ambient music of From The Mouth of the Sun. People really seemed to dig it! Carter Gunn created this video for their track "Sitting In A Roofless Room" from video footage courtesy of the fantastic Prelinger Archive. The song is on From The Mouth of The Sun's [...]

Provided by: boingboing.net652012-02-06 18:00:31blogs / boingboing.net /: How to Be a Retronaut's gallery of images from the 1970 edition of the "Encylopedia of Home Improvement" are like shots from a never-aired episode of The Brady Bunch where the family took over management of The Madonna Inn and did a little light redecorating. Encylopedia of Home Improvement, 1970

Provided by: boingboing.net662012-02-06 16:27:47blogs / boingboing.net /: This is the U.S. Air Force's pitch to the entertainment industry, a smorgasbord of mil-porn to delight anyone who loved shows such as Airwolf and The A-Team. The objective is to help productions, from teen-magnet Hollywood epics to seniors' detective show "Monk", get the details right—and, of course, to put the taxpayers' latest hardware on [...]

Provided by: boingboing.net672012-02-06 16:55:05blogs / boingboing.net /: I've been doing periodic appearances on Sex is Fun, a sex-positive podcast aimed at providing fun, informative sex ed. for grown-ups. Last time I was on the show, we talked about some funny animal sex studies and what they can and can't teach you about human sexual behavior. This time around, we talked about a [...]

Provided by: boingboing.net682012-02-06 17:24:24blogs / boingboing.net /: This is a Sol LeWitt yarmulke created by the Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek temple in Chester, Connecticut. LeWitt, a member of the congregation, helped design the temple. "Sol LeWitt Kippah" (Thanks, Jill Miller!)

Provided by: boingboing.net692012-02-06 17:27:01blogs / boingboing.net /: The Jolly Green Giant was always the most ambiguous and slightly threatening of the tinned food mascots. Tilt your head and squint and this is a cruel titan who's toying with the mortals at his dinner table before turning them loose for the Wild Hunt. Plus: Mexicorn! Mexicorn!

Provided by: boingboing.net702012-02-06 17:42:56blogs / boingboing.net /: An Icelandic man captured video of what some suggest is the Lagarfljótsormur, a lake monster residing in the lake Lagarfljót in the eastern part of the country. Others suggest it's a fishing net. I prefer the former. Stories of the Lagarfljótsormur date back to 1345. From Iceland Review Online: According to legend, it was at [...]

Provided by: boingboing.net712012-02-06 16:15:33blogs / boingboing.net /: I'm not a sports guy as I'm inundated with all things movies, comics, etc., but absolutely respect the masses in their fascination with the game.Brain candy for Happy MutantsThis bit of graffiti, spotted by entomologist and photographer Alex Wild, seems like the perfect way to start off a Monday morning. Thanks, anonymous tagger! I feel better already!

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Provided by: boingboing.net732012-02-06 16:15:33blogs / boingboing.net /: This bit of graffiti, spotted by entomologist and photographer Alex Wild, seems like the perfect way to start off a Monday morning. Thanks, anonymous tagger! I feel better already!

Provided by: boingboing.net742012-02-06 16:00:49blogs / boingboing.net /: Today in the Boing Boing Flickr Pool, "Planktonauts," by Robert Steven Connett, who notes, "This is a direction that I feel very comfortable with. Very enjoyable to create. I’m happy with the results. I hope to do many more similar paintings in the months to come." PlanktonautsV2_1500pxw

Provided by: boingboing.net752012-02-06 16:12:00blogs / boingboing.net /: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism found that drones targeted funeral mourners and rescuers responding to prior strikes. One government official, granted the veil of anonymity by The New York Times, would not deny that it had done so. Instead, he or she suggested that to "malign the efforts" was to "help Al Qaeda succeed." Glenn [...]