[ ![Thumb][1] ][2] [1]: http://www.boingboing.net/images/cocktailsciiiiiii.jpg [2]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/science-of-cocktails.html #### [Science][3] [3]: http://www.boingboing.net/science/ [Science of Cocktails][4] [4]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/science-of-cocktails.html [ ![Thumb][5] ][6] [5]: http://www.boingboing.net/chagasvectorthumb.jpg [6]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/new-hope-for-a-negle.html #### [Science][7] [7]: http://www.boingboing.net/science/ [New hope for a neglected disease][8] [8]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/new-hope-for-a-negle.html [ ![Thumb][9] ][10] [9]: http://boingboing.net/images/art-of-ditko-tb.jpg [10]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/04/book-review-the-art.html #### [REVIEWS][11] [11]: http://www.boingboing.net/reviews/ [Book review: The Art of Ditko][12] [12]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/04/book-review-the-art.html [ ![Thumb][13] ][14] [13]: http://boingboing.net/images/withings-tb.jpg [14]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/04/withings-wifi-body-s.html #### [REVIEWS][15] [15]: http://www.boingboing.net/reviews/ [Withings WiFi Body Scale][16] [16]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/04/withings-wifi-body-s.html #### [Science][17] [17]: http://www.boingboing.net/science/ [Challenger space shuttle disaster amateur video discovered after 24 years][18] [18]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/challenger-space-shu.html [![Boing Boing][19]][20] [19]: http://www.boingboing.net//style/logo.png [20]: http://www.boingboing.net/ [![Tech][21]][22] [![Gadgets][23]][24] [![Science][25]][26] [![Biz][27]][28] [![Ent][29]][30] [![Art+Design][31]][32] [![Culture][33]][34] [![Action][35]][36] [![News][37]][38] [![Weird][39]][40] [![Offworld][41]][42] [![Offworld][43]][44] [![Suggest a Link][45]][46] [21]: http://www.boingboing.net/style/tech.png [22]: http://www.boingboing.net/technology [23]: http://www.boingboing.net/style/gadgets.png [24]: http://www.boingboing.net/gadgets [25]: http://www.boingboing.net/style/science.png [26]: http://www.boingboing.net/science [27]: http://www.boingboing.net/style/biz.png [28]: http://www.boingboing.net/business [29]: http://www.boingboing.net/style/ent.png [30]: http://www.boingboing.net/entertainment [31]: http://www.boingboing.net/style/art.png [32]: http://www.boingboing.net/art-and-design [33]: http://www.boingboing.net/style/culture.png [34]: http://www.boingboing.net/culture [35]: http://www.boingboing.net/style/action.png [36]: http://www.boingboing.net/action [37]: http://www.boingboing.net/style/news.png [38]: http://www.boingboing.net/news [39]: http://www.boingboing.net/style/weird.png [40]: http://www.boingboing.net/weird [41]: http://www.boingboing.net/style/offworld.png [42]: http://offworld.com/ [43]: http://www.boingboing.net/style/bbvideo.png [44]: http://boingboingvideo.com [45]: http://www.boingboing.net/style/suggest.png [46]: http://boingboing.net/suggest.html ## [Star Wars galaxy posters][47] [47]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/09/star-wars-galaxy-pos.html [David Pescovitz][48] on February 9, 2010 9:09 AM [0 Comments][49] [48]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=3 [49]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/09/star-wars-galaxy- pos.html#comments (0 Comments) ![ 2759 4326894848 E7048A7274 O][50] ![ 4053 4326896144 E55Aa55112 O][51] [Justin Van Genderen][52] designed a sharp series of [minimalist posters][53] representing various locations in the Star Wars galaxy. Terrific work! _(via [Laughing Squid][54])___**** [50]: http://www.boingboing.net/images/_2759_4326894848_e7048a7274_o.jpg [51]: http://www.boingboing.net/images/_4053_4326896144_e55aa55112_o.jpg [52]: http://www.2046design.com/ [53]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/justinvg/tags/starwars/ [54]: http://laughingsquid.com/minimalist-star-wars-galaxy-posters/ [ ][55] [55]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/EmailEntry/mt- emailentry.cgi?__mode=email_form&entry_id=70655 (Send this to a Friend) ## [Why is the UK TV regulator planning to allow BBC DRM?][56] [56]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/09/why-is-the-uk-tv-reg.html [Cory Doctorow][57] on February 9, 2010 8:13 AM [1 Comment][58] [57]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=1 [58]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/09/why-is-the-uk-tv- reg.html#comments (1 Comment) In my latest Guardian column, "Why did Ofcom back down over DRM at the BBC?" I look at how lamentably credulous both the BBC and its UK regulator, Ofcom, have been in accepting US media' giants threats to boycott the Beeb if it doesn't add digital rights management to its broadcasts. The BBC is publicly funded, and it is supposed to be acting in the public interest: but crippling British TV sets in response for demands from offshore media barons is no way to do this -- and the threats the studios have made are wildly improbable. When the content companies lost their bid to add DRM to American TV, they made exactly the same threats, and then promptly caved and went on allowing their material to be broadcast without any technical restrictions. > How they rattled their sabers and promised a boycott of HD that would destroy America's chances for an analogue switchoff. For example, the MPAA's CTO, Fritz Attaway, said that "high-value content will migrate away" from telly without DRM. > > Viacom added: "[i]f a broadcast flag is not implemented and enforced by Summer 2003, Viacom's CBS Television Network will not provide any programming in high definition for the 2003-2004 television season." > > One by one, the big entertainment companies - and sporting giants like the baseball and American football leagues - promised that without the Broadcast Flag, they would take their balls and go home. > > So what happened? Did they make good on their threats? Did they go to their shareholders and explain that the reason they weren't broadcasting anything this year is because the government wouldn't let them control TVs? > > No. They broadcast. They continue to broadcast today, with no DRM. > > They were full of it. They did not make good on their threats. They didn't boycott. > > They caved. [Why did Ofcom back down over DRM at the BBC?][59] [59]: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/09/ofcom _Previously:_ * [Boing Boing: Open Source Consortium to regulators: Stop the BBC's DRM!][60] * [Regulators order BBC Trust to meet with open source consortium ...][61] * [BBC Trustees agree to let BBC infect Britain with DRM - Boing Boing][62] * [BBC's online media now requires MSFT player, DRM - Boing Boing][63] * [DRM versus innovation - Boing Boing][64] * [Regulators order BBC Trust to meet with open source consortium ...][61] [60]: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/06/23/open_source_consorti.html#previouspost [61]: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/07/12/regulators-order- bbc.html#previouspost [62]: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/07/bbc-trustees- agree-t.html#previouspost [63]: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/07/27/bbcs-online-media- no.html#previouspost [64]: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/28/drm-versus- innovatio.html#previouspost __**** [ ][65] [65]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/EmailEntry/mt- emailentry.cgi?__mode=email_form&entry_id=70654 (Send this to a Friend) ## [Enter button doormat][66] [66]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/09/enter-button-doormat.html [Lisa Katayama][67] on February 9, 2010 8:00 AM [7 Comments][68] [67]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=69034 [68]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/09/enter-button- doormat.html#comments (7 Comments) ![yhst-20493720720238_2092_10006568.gif][69] [69]: http://www.boingboing.net/yhst-20493720720238_2092_10006568.gif This lovely gray Enter key-shaped doormat is made of recycled crumbed rubber. [Link][70]__**** [70]: http://www.greenergrassdesign.com/kikk-dm15.html [ ][71] [71]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/EmailEntry/mt- emailentry.cgi?__mode=email_form&entry_id=70648 (Send this to a Friend) ## [US Trade Rep wants your input on ACTA][72] [72]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/09/us-trade-rep-wants-y.html [Cory Doctorow][73] on February 9, 2010 7:19 AM [8 Comments][74] [73]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=1 [74]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/09/us-trade-rep- wants-y.html#comments (8 Comments) The US Trade Representative -- who has been negotiating the secret Anti- Counterfeiting Trade Agreement without input from the American people or Congress -- is seeking public submissions on how to conduct US foreign copyright policy. This means that Americans can file comments with the USTR asking for ACTA to be made public > Under the Special 301 process the U.S.T.R. seeks input from U.S. copyright, trademark, and patent owners about whether policies and practices in foreign countries deny them adequate IP protection. The process has generally been used by IP holders to complain not only about lax enforcement in other countries, but also about limitations and exceptions in their laws that are beneficial to libraries, to education, to innovation, and to the public interest generally. The ability to comment in the Special 301 process is not limited to IP owners only. Any member of the public is free to file comments. If you believe in the importance of balanced copyright policies, file comments with the USTR and make your voice heard. > > Comments can be filed electronically via http://www.regulations.gov, docket number USTR-2010-0003. You have to include the term "2010 Special 301 Review" in the "Type Comment and Upload File" field. More information about the Special 301 process is available here. Deadline for filing is February 16 by 5 p.m. [ Tell USTR balanced copyright is important ][75] (_via [The Command Line][76]_) [75]: http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/2891 [76]: http://thecommandline.net/ _Previously:_ * [ACTA: the leaked secret memos Boing Boing][77] * [Secret copyright treaty debated in DC: must-see video Boing Boing][78] * [Secret copyright treaty: what you can do Boing Boing][79] * [What will the secret copyright treaty do to your country's laws ...][80] * [Interactive timeline of secret copyright treaty Boing Boing][81] * [Follow the secret copyright treaty negotiations in Mexico Boing Boing][82] [77]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/26/acta-the-leaked- secr.html#previouspost [78]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/15/secret-copyright- tre-2.html#previouspost [79]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/29/secret-copyright- tre-4.html#previouspost [80]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/28/what-will-the- secret.html#previouspost [81]: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/11/interactive- timeline.html#previouspost [82]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/25/follow-the-secret- co.html#previouspost __**** [ ][83] [83]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/EmailEntry/mt- emailentry.cgi?__mode=email_form&entry_id=70653 (Send this to a Friend) ## [Valentine's Day... with ventricles][84] [84]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/09/valentines-day-with.html [Kristie Lu Stout][85] on February 9, 2010 5:08 AM [12 Comments][86] [85]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=131858 [86]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/09/valentines-day- with.html#comments (12 Comments) Guestblogger Kristie Lu Stout is an [ anchor and correspondent for CNN International][87] based in Hong Kong. She watches Asia, China, media, technology and pop culture. [87]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/01/kristie-lu-stout-our.html ![ventriclevalentine.jpg][88] Given my nerd-love for all things [literal][89], I am quite taken by this silver [Anatomical Heart Locket][90] spotted on Etsy. [88]: http://www.boingboing.net/ventriclevalentine.jpg [89]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFYdNuHoG0c [90]: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=40339636 It opens up to reveal the four chambers of the heart, and is held shut by the trunk of the aorta. And yes, the chain is attached via the superior vena cava and the left pulmonary vein. No detail has gone ignored... (save actual blood). [ Thanks Coolhunting! ][91] __**** [91]: http://coolhunting.com/ [ ][92] [92]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/EmailEntry/mt- emailentry.cgi?__mode=email_form&entry_id=70652 (Send this to a Friend) ## [Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread: lost comedy magic special resurfaces on YouTube][93] [93]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/09/penn-tellers-invisib.html [Cory Doctorow][94] on February 9, 2010 2:36 AM [11 Comments][95] [94]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=1 [95]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/09/penn-tellers- invisib.html#comments (11 Comments) A long-lost Penn and Teller special, "Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread," has resurfaced on YouTube in four parts. Get it while you can! P&T are hustling magicians who find themselves embroiled in a shadowy mystery when the men in black call them in for a consultation. There's magic Marx-Bros-esque shenanigans, grifter humor, and bad eighties hair. It's some vintage funny conspiracy theory stuff -- look for guest appearances from James Randi, Whodini, and Andy Warhol! Man, I want this on DVD. [Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread][96] (_Thanks, Tom!_) [96]: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=invisible+thread+secretso ciety40&search_type=&aq=f _Previously:_ * [Long-lost Penn and Teller videogame for download - Boing Boing][97] * [Penn and Teller's debunker hour - Boing Boing][98] * [Penn Jillette's video rant show - Boing Boing][99] * [Penn Jillette's radio show podcast - Boing Boing][100] * [Penn Jillette, airport patriot - Boing Boing][101] * [Penn Jillette's daughter is named "Moxie CrimeFighter" - Boing Boing][102] * [Boing Boing: Penn Jilette (of Penn and][103] [97]: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/03/02/longlost-penn-and- te.html#previouspost [98]: http://www.boingboing.net/2002/11/07/penn-and-tellers- deb.html#previouspost [99]: http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/11/penn-jillettes- video.html#previouspost [100]: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/22/penn-jillettes- radio.html#previouspost [101]: http://www.boingboing.net/2003/01/04/penn-jillette- airpor.html#previouspost [102]: http://www.boingboing.net/2005/06/05/penn-jillettes- daugh.html#previouspost [103]: http://www.boingboing.net/2001/04/10/penn_jilette_of_penn.html#previouspost __**** [ ][104] [104]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/EmailEntry/mt- emailentry.cgi?__mode=email_form&entry_id=70650 (Send this to a Friend) ## [Handsome booze packaging][105] [105]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/handsome-booze-packa.html [Cory Doctorow][106] on February 8, 2010 11:41 PM [7 Comments][107] [106]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=1 [107]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/handsome-booze- packa.html#comments (7 Comments) ![][108] I know nothing about Bitter Sisters' cocktail mixes -- I don't drink hardly at all (puts me straight to sleep) and for all I know, this stuff tastes like gasoline. But the new packaging, designed by [Shane Crawford][109], tickles my desiderata bone. Sure is purdy. [108]: http://craphound.com/images/6a00d8345250f069e2012877798f1a970c- 800wi.jpg [109]: http://www.workingformorework.com/ [Bitter Sisters Cocktail Mixers][110] [110]: http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2010/02/bitter-sisters-cocktail-mixer s.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheDieline+% 28TheDieline.com+-+Blog+-+World%27s+%231+Package+Design+Website%29 _Previously:_ * [Liquor fancier's tchotchke - Boing Boing][111] * [Ice Jackets encase vodka bottles in ice - Boing Boing][112] * [Science of Cocktails Boing Boing][113] [111]: http://www.boingboing.net/2002/08/01/liquor-fanciers- tcho.html#previouspost [112]: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/09/21/ice-jackets- encase-v.html#previouspost [113]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/science-of- cocktails.html#previouspost __**** [ ][114] [114]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/EmailEntry/mt- emailentry.cgi?__mode=email_form&entry_id=70649 (Send this to a Friend) ## [The Prisoner viewable online][115] [115]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/the-prisoner-viewabl.html [David Pescovitz][116] on February 8, 2010 9:59 PM [31 Comments][117] [116]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=3 [117]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/the-prisoner- viewabl.html#comments (31 Comments) ![ Wikipedia En F F9 Prisoner Sm][118] ![ Uploads Prisoner][119] I didn't watch AMC's remake of The Prisoner when it aired last November, but I was delighted to see that all 17 episodes of the original 1967-1968 British series are still viewable in full for free on the AMC site. If JG Ballard wrote a TV series, I'd imagine it would have been something like The Prisoner. For those who aren't hip to it yet, the show is a trippy psychological drama about a former spy held captive in a mysterious resort-like prison. [The Prisoner video player][120] _(AMC, apologies if non-US viewers are shut out)___**** [118]: http://www.boingboing.net/images/_wikipedia_en_f_f9_Prisoner_sm.jpg [119]: http://www.boingboing.net/images/_uploads_prisoner.jpg [120]: http://www.amctv.com/videos/the-prisoner-1960s-video/ [ ][121] [121]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/EmailEntry/mt- emailentry.cgi?__mode=email_form&entry_id=70647 (Send this to a Friend) ## [Youthful harmonica prodigies have the blues][122] [122]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/youthful-harmonica-p.html [Cory Doctorow][123] on February 8, 2010 9:48 PM [7 Comments][124] [123]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=1 [124]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/youthful- harmonica-p.html#comments (7 Comments) ![][125] Murray sez, "I recently launched a podcast at the UK-based harmonica website [www.harpsurgery.com][126]. The episode here features five young players aged 14-18 (with one 22-year-old to mess up our average) who are playing WAY beyond their years... and in some cases, pushing harmonica-playing into dark scary places where it was never meant to go. The podcast is a little ragged but the playing is great. I thought it pertinent to send this through after Roger Daltrey's shabby harp solo at last night's Super Bowl show. Any one of these kids could destroy Roger Daltrey with a single fog-horn like blast from their instrument. All he'd leave behind is a smoking pair of hush puppies." [125]: http://craphound.com/images/harmonica_podcast1.jpg [126]: http://www.harpsurgery.com Damn skippy: these kids are honkin' and smokin'. [Harmonica Podcast: The Kids Are Alright][127] [127]: http://www.harpsurgery.com/harmonica-podcast-kids-alright/ [Alternative link][128] [128]: http://www.mediafire.com/?ydctyoozzmi [MP3 link][129] [129]: http://www.harpsurgery.com/media/podcast/harp-surgery-podcast1.mp3 (_Thanks, [Murray][130]!_) __**** [130]: http://www.murrayhunter.net/ [ ][131] [131]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/EmailEntry/mt- emailentry.cgi?__mode=email_form&entry_id=70646 (Send this to a Friend) ## [Beautiful Japanese gramophones][132] [132]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/beautiful-japanese-g.html [Cory Doctorow][133] on February 8, 2010 9:43 PM [6 Comments][134] [133]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=1 [134]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/beautiful- japanese-g.html#comments (6 Comments) Alan sez, "A Japanese company is producing gramophones with natural touches such as bamboo needles." > ![][135] The player is produced by world-class hobbyist supplier Gakken, and the quality shows. This gramophone supports all record sizes, features speed and tone adjustment, and even lets you record music! No file formats to worry about, no batteries to replace, and the warm, nostalgic sound of analog - this just might be the perfect music player. [135]: http://craphound.com/images/premium-gramophone.jpg [Gakken Premium Gramophone][136] (_Thanks, [Alan][137]!_) [136]: http://www.japantrendshop.com/gakken-premium- gramophone-p-796.html?a_aid=e86670aa [137]: http://copyfight.corante.com/ _Previously:_ * [Gramophone DIY kit - Boing Boing][138] * [DIY gramophone build-notes and video - Boing Boing][139] * [Shellac Sisters, DJs who play 78s - Boing Boing][140] * [Boing Boing: Convergence, circa 1895][141] [138]: http://www.boingboing.net/2004/10/19/gramophone-diy- kit.html#previouspost [139]: http://www.boingboing.net/2004/11/22/diy-gramophone- build.html#previouspost [140]: http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/21/shellac-sisters- djs.html#previouspost [141]: http://www.boingboing.net/2002/12/20/convergence_circa_18.html#previouspost __**** [ ][142] [142]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/EmailEntry/mt- emailentry.cgi?__mode=email_form&entry_id=70645 (Send this to a Friend) [Cory Doctorow][143] on February 8, 2010 9:37 PM [16 Comments][144] [143]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=1 [144]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/icelands-paper-of- re.html#comments (16 Comments) _Morgunblaðið_, Iceland's oldest newspaper and most-visited website (now co- edited by the former prime minister and head of the central bank) has just announced an [anti "deep linking" policy][145] saying that Icelanders aren't allowed to link to individual pages on the site, only the front door. Which is to say, the people of Iceland can no longer talk about any news online unless it happens to still be on the front page of the newspaper. Ah, there's the commitment to public service that makes journalism so critical to a free society! (_Thanks, [Halli][146]!_) [145]: http://mbl.is/mogginn/hofundarettur/ [146]: http://www.icomefromreykjavik.com/ ![rule][147] [147]: http://www.boingboing.net/style/yourule.png ## [Hipster puppies][148] [148]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/hipster-puppies.html [Xeni Jardin][149] on February 8, 2010 7:14 PM [ - 14 Comments][150] [149]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=2 [150]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/hipster-puppies.html#comments (14 Comments) ![pup.jpg][151] [151]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/pup.jpg [hipsterpuppies.tumblr.com][152] _(via @[tokyomango][153])___**** [152]: http://hipsterpuppies.tumblr.com/ [153]: http://twitter.com/tokyomango/status/8834538272 [ ][154] [154]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/EmailEntry/mt- emailentry.cgi?__mode=email_form&entry_id=70643 (Send this to a Friend) [Maggie Koerth-Baker ][155] on February 8, 2010 6:33 PM [23 Comments][156] [155]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=109668 [156]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/mt-semantics.html#comments (23 Comments) Mount Everest may be the tallest mountain on Earth, but that's only if you're measuring from sea level. Thanks to the curvature of the planet,[ Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador is the highest if you're measuring from the center of the Earth][157]. In fact, by this system, Everest comes in fifth._ (Via [Chris Pasco-Pranger][158])_ [157]: http://googlesightseeing.com/2010/02/08/mount-everest-no-longer- worlds-highest-mountain [158]: http://twitter.com/pranger ![rule][159] [159]: http://www.boingboing.net/style/yourule.png ## [Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition, March 12-14 in Emeryville, CA][160] [160]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/nova-albion-steampun.html [Xeni Jardin][161] on February 8, 2010 6:21 PM [4 Comments][162] [161]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=2 [162]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/nova-albion- steampun.html#comments (4 Comments) [![never.jpg][163]][164] [163]: http://www.boingboing.net/assets_c/2010/02/never-thumb- 640x627-29958.jpg [164]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/never.jpg ![typeth.jpg][165] [The Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition][166] takes place March 12-14 in Emeryville, CA. Organizers promise "the best elements of traditional science fiction and fantasy conventions, [combined] with the passion, ingenuity, and hands-on workshops of Maker events, in a steam- powered, neo-Victorian setting that spans the 1830s through the early 1910s, from the cultured salons of gaslit London to the rugged coast of San Francisco." Sure sounds fun. I'm delighted to see a number of folks we've covered on Boing Boing before, including [Jon Sarriugarte, Kimric Smythe, and The Neverwas Haul Crew][167] in the "kinetics" portion of the event. [165]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/typeth.jpg [166]: http://www.steampunkexhibition.com [167]: http://www.steampunkexhibition.com/kinetics/ [ _Image: [Neverwas Haul][168], photo by [Redteam][169]._ ] [168]: http://neverwashaul.com/ [169]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/redteam/ Previously: _Previously:_ * [Test-driving the Electrobite, a trilobite-shaped DIY vehicle (BB ...][170] * [Sarriugarte and Mate's trilobyte vehicle][171] * [http://boingboing.net/2009/05/29/bb-video---boiler-ba.html][172] * [Three story, mobile Victorian mansion for Burning Man][173] * [Boing Boing "Steampunk" archives][174] [170]: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/04/test-driving-the- ele.html#previouspost [171]: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/09/23/sarriugarte-and- mate.html#previouspost [172]: http://boingboing.net/2009/05/29/bb-video---boiler-ba.html [173]: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/08/22/three-story- mobile-v.html#previouspost [174]: http://boingboing.net/steampunk/ __**** [ ][175] [175]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/EmailEntry/mt- emailentry.cgi?__mode=email_form&entry_id=70642 (Send this to a Friend) [Maggie Koerth-Baker ][176] on February 8, 2010 6:20 PM [9 Comments][177] [176]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=109668 [177]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/standard-vaccine- inj.html#comments (9 Comments) Standard vaccine injections, done with a 1-in.-long needle, [aren't as effective in obese patients][178]. Instead, they need a longer needle to get the same level of immune response. Researchers aren't sure why, but it's possible that fat prevents shorter needles from delivering the vaccine directly into muscle, where it has better access to immune cells_.(Via [Ivan Oransky][179].)_ [178]: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61733Z20100208 [179]: http://twitter.com/ivanoransky ![rule][180] [180]: http://www.boingboing.net/style/yourule.png ## [Energy use and your food][181] [181]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/energy-use-and-your.html [Maggie Koerth-Baker ][182] on February 8, 2010 6:19 PM [27 Comments][183] [182]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=109668 [183]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/energy-use-and- your.html#comments (27 Comments) The whole American food system, from farm to fork, accounts for about 10% of the energy we use in this country. Of that, the largest single portion, 32%, is the energy involved in household food storage and cooking. Put it another way: If we reduced agricultural energy use by 5%, nationwide, we'd save about 20 trillion British Thermal Units of energy a year. Them's no small potatoes. But if just 5% of American households got a more efficient refrigerator, we'd save 54 trillion BTU. **Context**: I'm spending today and tomorrow at a conference on energy efficiency in agriculture, put on by the [American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy][184]. Those stats come from a presentation by Martin Heller, a researcher with the University of Michigan's [Center for Sustainable System][185]s. [184]: http://aceee.org/ [185]: http://css.snre.umich.edu/ __**** [ ][186] [186]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/EmailEntry/mt- emailentry.cgi?__mode=email_form&entry_id=70639 (Send this to a Friend) ## [Ugly furniture][187] [187]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/ugly-furniture.html [Xeni Jardin][188] on February 8, 2010 6:17 PM [17 Comments][189] [188]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=2 [189]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/ugly-furniture.html#comments (17 Comments) [Video Link][190]. I sneer at your loveseat! _(via [Dangerous Minds][191], thanks, Tara McGinley)___**** [190]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tqJx86xQJQ&feature=player_embedded# [191]: http://www.dangerousminds.net/index.php/site/comments/ugly_furniture/ [ ][192] [192]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/EmailEntry/mt- emailentry.cgi?__mode=email_form&entry_id=70638 (Send this to a Friend) [Lisa Katayama][193] on February 8, 2010 1:25 PM [19 Comments][194] [193]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=69034 [194]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/popsci-article-on- mi.html#comments (19 Comments) I wrote an [article in the February issue of PopSci][195] about visual cortex neuroscientists who are figuring out how to read our thoughts. [195]: http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-01/mind-readers ![rule][196] [196]: http://www.boingboing.net/style/yourule.png ## [Battle of the Deathburgers: Heart Attack Grill sues Heart Stoppers Sports Grill][197] [197]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/battle-of-the-deathb.html [Xeni Jardin][198] on February 8, 2010 12:58 PM [111 Comments][199] [198]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=2 [199]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/battle-of-the- deathb.html#comments (111 Comments) [![menu.jpg][200]][201] [200]: http://www.boingboing.net/assets_c/2010/02/menu-thumb- 640x318-29943.jpg [201]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/menu.jpg The owner of the [Heart Attack Grill][202] in Arizona, which offers a "quadruple bypass burger," is suing the owner of the [Heart Stoppers Sports Grill][203] in Florida. Both businesses are "heart-attack/medical-themed," with "sexy nurse waitresses." Both serve obscenely large stacked hamburgers, and side dishes of similar nutritional content. At the [Heart Attack Grill][202], there's a scale over in the corner, and if you [weigh more than 350 pounds you eat for free][204]. More: [Phoenix New Times][205], [WSJ law blog][206], [WSJ Health blog][207]. [202]: http://www.heartattackgrill.com/ [203]: http://theheartstopper.com/index2.htm [204]: http://www.wpbf.com/health/22420383/detail.html [205]: http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/02/heavyweight_fig ht_heart_attack.php [206]: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/02/04/the-law-blogs-heartstopping- lawsuit-of-the-day/ [207]: http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2010/02/04/heart-attack-grill-sues- heart-stoppers-sports-grill/ The food and the concept may be repulsive to many (ok screw it, by "many" I mean "me"), but what gets me the most is the [Sad Sexy Nurse waitress][208], at far right in the 'shopped image above, photo courtesy of the [Florida ABC affiliate TV station WPBF][209]. Sexy nurse, why you so sad? [208]: http://www.wpbf.com/image/22415599/detail.html [209]: http://www.wpbf.com/health/22416244/detail.html# Incidentally, [WPBF-TV][210] (=stands for "West Palm Beach Florida") is pretty rockin'. As I publish this blog post, their top headline is "[Elderly Man Accidentally Shoots Self Outside Gun Store][211]: 80-Year-Old Airlifted To Hospital." [210]: http://www.wpbf.com [211]: http://www.wpbf.com/news/22500507/detail.html _(via [Veggie Grill][212], which is totally awesome.)___**** [212]: http://veggiegrill.com/visitus.html [ ][213] [213]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/EmailEntry/mt- emailentry.cgi?__mode=email_form&entry_id=70636 (Send this to a Friend) [Xeni Jardin][214] on February 8, 2010 12:29 PM [28 Comments][215] [214]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=2 [215]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/fbi-wants-isps-to- re.html#comments (28 Comments) The [FBI wants ISPs to keep tabs on which websites users visit, and retain those logs for two years][216]. FBI Director Robert Mueller wants providers to store customers' "origin and destination information" to help in child porn and other felony investigations, said a bureau attorney at a recent federal task force meeting. [216]: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10448060-38.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.1 ![rule][217] [217]: http://www.boingboing.net/style/yourule.png Jump to the [next page of full entries][218] [218]: page2.html ## [Sony Pictures layoffs explained][219] [219]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/sony-pictures-layoff.html [Cory Doctorow][220] on February 8, 2010 12:06 PM [19 Comments][221] [ ![Swatch][222] ][223] [220]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=1 [221]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/sony-pictures- layoff.html#comments (19 Comments) [222]: http://craphound.com/images/Blu-ray_Mission_Accomplished- 300x224thumb.jpg [223]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/sony-pictures-layoff.html Fred from the Electronic Frontier Foundation sez, "Paul Sweeting, one of the smartest analysts covering Hollywood's collision with the Internet, does a great job reminding us of the real reasons behind the recent spate of layoffs at Sony Pictures. 'Hitting the snooze button when the alarm goes off doesn't mean that what happens in the meantime is beyond your control. It means you're asleep.'" The shift in consumer behavior toward rental? That was a function of wholesale pricing and the consumers' ... [more][224] [224]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/sony-pictures-layoff.html ## [Science of Cocktails][225] [225]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/science-of-cocktails.html [Jonas Halpren][226] on February 8, 2010 12:04 PM [3 Comments][227] [ ![Swatch][228] ][229] [226]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=132313 [227]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/science-of- cocktails.html#comments (3 Comments) [228]: http://www.boingboing.net/images/cocktailsciiiiiii.jpg [229]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/science-of-cocktails.html Jonas Halpren is publisher of Drink of the Week and Channels Director at Federated Media. San Francisco's famed science museum, The Exploratorium, recently transformed into a giant cocktail lab for an evening fundraiser. The Science of Cocktails featured interactive exhibits and presentations demonstrating the physics, chemistry and biology of cocktails and drinking. Presentation topics ranged from "Ice and Thermodynamics in Cocktails" to "Anatomy of a Hangover". I also studied the effects of v... [more][230] [230]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/science-of-cocktails.html ## [4chan says Verizon is blocking 4chan][231] [231]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/4chan-says-verizon-i.html [Xeni Jardin][232] on February 8, 2010 11:46 AM [33 Comments][233] [232]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=2 [233]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/4chan-says- verizon-i.html#comments (33 Comments) Verizon Wireless is said to be filtering HTTP traffic to/from boards.4chan.org (all image boards). From status.4chan.org: "After an hour and a half on the phone, we've received confirmation from Verizon's Network Repair Bureau (NRB) that we are 'explicitly blocked."... [more][234] [234]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/4chan-says-verizon-i.html ## [South Carolina now requires "subversives" to register][235] [235]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/south-carolina-now-r.html [Mark Frauenfelder][236] on February 8, 2010 11:44 AM [40 Comments][237] [236]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=4 [237]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/south-carolina- now-r.html#comments (40 Comments) Planning to overthrow the US government? If yes, and you live in South Carolina, you must pay a five-dollar subversive registration fee. (Via The Agitator)... [more][238] [238]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/south-carolina-now-r.html ## [Skip James plays "Crow Jane" in 1967][239] [239]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/skip-james-plays-cro.html [Mark Frauenfelder][240] on February 8, 2010 11:40 AM [12 Comments][241] [ ![Swatch][242] ][243] [240]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=4 [241]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/skip-james-plays- cro.html#comments (12 Comments) [242]: http://boingboing.net/images/skip-james-crow-jane.jpg [243]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/skip-james-plays-cro.html Skip James plays "Crow Jane" in 1967. (After watching this video, I had to go back and watch one of my favorite YouTube videos ever, "Inflatable tube man dances to Cream's 'Glad.'") (Via Tinselman)... [more][244] [244]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/skip-james-plays-cro.html ## [Haiti: Red Cross blog post on why donating cash is better than donating "stuff"][245] [245]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/haiti-red-cross-blog.html [Xeni Jardin][246] on February 8, 2010 11:38 AM [27 Comments][247] [246]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=2 [247]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/haiti-red-cross- blog.html#comments (27 Comments) "First let me debunk a couple of myths, starting with the principle that 'anything is better than nothing'. Trust me, it's not. Relieving suffering should be guided solely by need and not what people have to donate." --Claire Durham at Red Cross Blog, on why cash is better than your janky, tattered old yoga mat.... [more][248] [248]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/haiti-red-cross-blog.html ## [Case Sunstein: Feds should "cognitively infiltrate" online conspiracy groups][249] [249]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/case-sunstein-feds-s.html [David Pescovitz][250] on February 8, 2010 11:25 AM [47 Comments][251] [ ![Swatch][252] ][253] [250]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=3 [251]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/case-sunstein- feds-s.html#comments (47 Comments) [252]: http://www.boingboing.net/images/occultttttttttt.jpg [253]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/case-sunstein-feds-s.html Cass Sunstein, Administrator of the White House's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, recently suggested that the feds should "cognitively infiltrate" conspiracy theorist hang-outs and anti-government groups online. Over at Huffington Post, former BB guestblogger Arthur Goldwag, author of the fantastic book Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies, lays out why the government "shouldn't resort to secret agents and bought-and-paid-for claques and shills and ringers to promote its ideas." From Huff... [more][254] [254]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/case-sunstein-feds-s.html ## [Best Superbowl photo ever][255] [255]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/best-superbowl-photo.html [Mark Frauenfelder][256] on February 8, 2010 11:24 AM [38 Comments][257] [ ![Swatch][258] ][259] [256]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=4 [257]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/best-superbowl- photo.html#comments (38 Comments) [258]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/superth.jpg [259]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/best-superbowl-photo.html Thanks for sharing this wonderful Superbowl photo, Shelley!... [more][260] [260]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/best-superbowl-photo.html ## [Nuit Blanche][261] [261]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/nuit-blanche.html [Xeni Jardin][262] on February 8, 2010 11:19 AM [22 Comments][263] [ ![Swatch][264] ][265] [262]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=2 [263]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/nuit-blanche.html#comments (22 Comments) [264]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/nuitblth.jpg [265]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/nuit-blanche.html Video above: Nuit Blanche, from Spy Films, directed by Arev Manoukian. There's a "making of" video here.... [more][266] [266]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/nuit-blanche.html ## [US soldier waterboards his 4-year-old daughter for not reciting alphabet][267] [267]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/us-soldier-waterboar.html [Xeni Jardin][268] on February 8, 2010 11:00 AM [22 Comments][269] [268]: http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt- cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=2 [269]: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/08/us-soldier- waterboar.html#comments (22 Comments) Joshua Tabor, a 27-year-old Army sergeant who served in Iraq for 15 months, was restricted to his Washington state military base after being accused of waterboarding his 4-year-old daughter because she refused to recite her ABCs. (via Andrew Sullivan)... 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