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Last Update: Tue Jun 10 06:44:51 2008

+ Guest of Honour at SweCon, Sweden, next weekend + Reminder: I'll be the guest of honour at the Swedish national science fiction convention, SweCon, in Linköping, Sweden, next weekend! [...] Fantasy Convention 2008 Guest of Honour Cory Doctorow Date: 13-15 June 2008 Venue: Ryds Herrgård, Linköping, Sweden Link...

+ Bananas are atheist nightmares! + Check out this installment in the infamous series of religious anti-evolution videos starring former TV star Kirk Cameron. In this [...] are smaller or larger and differently shaped. Some wild bananas have large hard seeds. I could go on...." Link (via Kottke)...

+ Kucinich begins impeachment process for GW Bush + Dennis Kucinich has introduced articles of impeachment for George W Bush to Congress: Thirty-five articles were presented by Rep. [...] 1 - Creating a secret propaganda campaign to manufacture a false case for war against Iraq." Link (Thanks, Mary!)...

+ New issue of Faesthetic, UPSO's art magazine + The new issue of illustrator Dustin UPSO Hostetler's zine/book Faesthetic is now available. The 64-page issue is filled with "art [...] Damien Correll, Sune Ehlers, Jason Urban, Christopher Norris (Steak Mtn), Prate™ Computer Channel & Bang. Link...

+ Scott Beale on the Sierra Wireless Compass 597 EV-DO USB Modem + Scott Beale of Laughing Squid has good things to say about the $50 (after rebate) Sierra Wireless Compass 597 EV-DO USB Modem on [...] the use of a CD. Activation was super easy and once complete getting online is a simple as hitting “connect”. Link...

+ Generative music from eBay data + The Sound of eBay is a net art project by Ubermorgen that translates scraped eBay user data into electronica music. I'm a relatively [...] contribution to the atomic soundtrack of the new peer-to-peer hyper-catastrophic shock-capitalism. Link (8-bit NSFW)...

+ Today at Boing Boing Gadgets + Today at Boing Boing Gadgets we looked at Sprint's Instinct, and, of course, the new 3G iPhone, which has an engineering marvel [...] magnum opus, however, was our liveblogged coverage of Steve Jobs' keynote speech in the style of a classical play....

+ Collection of funny items clipped from newspapers + Collection of Tonight Show style newspaper items. Here's the question -- "Should Congress quit funding for Public Television and NPR, [...] says, "Congress should continue paying for it because if they don't, the taxpayers will end up paying for it." Link...

+ Continuing Legend of the Crystal Skulls + Two weeks ago, I linked to a National Geographic article about the real counterfeit crystal skulls in museums around the world. The [...] Belloq!) Link (Thanks, Bob Pescovitz!) Previously on BB: • National Geographic on the real fake crystal skulls Link...

+ Gutter Twins music video: explosion porn + I've posted previously about the Gutter Twins, the new band from Greg Dulli of Afghan Whigs and Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees and [...] sledgehammers, bowling balls, and plenty of homebrew explosives. Link Previously on BB: • Greg Dulli sings Sam Cooke Link...

+ ATF Leatherman tool kits inscribed: "Always Think Forfeiture.” + Good for US Representative Bill Sali (Idaho) for stopping the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from issuing [...] we have halted the distribution of the training aids at issue.” How about inscribing Leathermans with the motto "Always Thi

+ Electric Porsche + A team of MIT engineering students hacked a 1976 Porsche 914 to be fully electric. So far, they've only tested it in parking lots but [...] thinking about developing conversion guidelines that will enable others to do what they've done--without the fuss. Link...

+ TSA outlaws flights to those who refuse to show ID + Christopher Soghoian says: Ever since TSA's creation after 9/11, passengers willing to undergo a pat-down and hand-search have been [...] apply to terrorists that are unable to lie, while at the same time, massively cutting into the rights of passengers. Link...

+ J.K. Rowling on the power of failure + J.K. Rowling's terrific commencement address at Harvard is available as a video, MP3, or text. The fact that you are graduating from [...] for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more to me than any qualification I ever earned.... Link(via CT2)...

+ Box of 3 play wigs for kids + "Safe and soft plastic wigs. Fits all head sizes." Wearing one is mandatory here at Boing Boing headquarters. Link... ...

+ Henry Miller's unfond memories of NYC + Great video of Henry Miller talking about his miserable years in New York. (NSFW language) From Save vs. Death: I could listen to [...] The link has another video of Miller giving a tour of his bathroom, which has walls covered with art and photos. Link...

+ Nesting box for birds made to look like a skull + (via Kitschy Kitschy Coo)... ...

+ Warren Buffet makes $1 million Long Bet + Kevin Kelly says: Warren Buffett recently bet an ambitious hedge fund operator $1 million that they won't beat the returns of [...] style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

+ Dear Lazyweb: scrape video from IO9? + Dear Lazyweb: The folks at IO9 have some great videos, but they're not presently embeddable -- while they're waiting for the next rev [...] is great -- but I need Ubuntu-friendly tools if I'm gonna be able to use it. Kibbitz in the comments! Link...

+ Atomic Fireballs: jump blues makes you want to dance and dance + I just got the Atomic Fireballs' second CD, Torch This Place (1999), in the mail, and I am totally rockin' out here in my office as I [...] and dance and dance. They hail from Detroit, and haven't put out an album in nearly a decade, but this disc smokes. Link...

+ Science fiction inspired tees from Atomic Tarantula + Atomic Tarantula just sent me one of their groovy science fiction inspired tee-shirts -- the Ono-Sendai cyberspace deck -- and I had [...] style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

+ Impromptu bookmarks found in used books + On this sweet and poignant LibraryThing message board, bookish types discuss the things they've found serving as book-marks in the [...] Wanamaker's a poem entitled Adolf Hitler lied! in german, I'll be back to finish tom'w, too tired tonight Link (via MeFi)...

+ WWDC 2008: Join Boing Boing's IRC chorus of coverage at 1PM EST + The stage is set, the lights are dimmed, the audience murmurs impatiently. But the tragedy and ecstasy of this year's WWDC can be [...] to comment upon can be found here. Link Update: The curtain rises on The Keynote. Behold! Our tangle of thorns!...

+ BB Gadgets song: "Apple Store Is Down" + In anticipation of (yet another) Apple keynote today, Boing Boing Gadgets troubadour Joel Johnson recorded a lovely original song and [...] show before I disappear. And I think it's the most exciting thing that we are gonna launch this year. Boom it's here. Link...

+ Gorgeous mechanical sine-wave calculator + Dug sez, "I gather that you can do two things with the machine. First, the machine will produce various sine waves for you on paper [...] either -- it was built recently, and the makers provided extensive material documenting the process. Link (Thanks, Dug!)...

+ BBtv: Russell Porter with The Young Knives, part 2 + UK-based Russell Porter chronicles alt music culture in the Porter Report with aggressive wit and offbeat charm. Today, part two of [...] with Russell Porter. * Here are previous BBtv episodes featuring Russell Porter. (special thanks to Jolon Bankey)....

+ My new graphic novel for sale and as a free, remixable, shareable download + IDW have just published the collected issues of "Cory Doctorow's Futuristic Tales of the Here and Now," a six-edition series of [...] to "Futuristic Tales of the Here and Now" on Amazon, Link to free downloads of "Futuristic Tales of the Here and Now"...

+ Little Brother encoded in microdots on a papercraft desk-pot + Flickr user Oschene created this papercraft compass rose jar on which is printed the entire text of my novel Little Brother, encoded ...

+ Tim Wu to chair Free Press media reform org + Tim Wu sez, I just took over as the chair of Free Press, a non-profit that is the largest media reform group in the U.S. -- we just [...] decisions - law for the people, Why JK Rowling will lose her suit against The Harry Potter Lexicon, Which laws don't we enforce and

+ Speaking in Cambridge, UK on July 22 + On July 22, I'm coming to Cambridge, UK to give a talk called "Life in the Information Economy" as part of the Cambridge Business [...] And what do we do about the fact that a couple of dinosauric entertainment companies are determined to screw it up? Link...