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January 20, 2008 - January 26, 2008 Archives

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Fab Faux performs live The Beatles' studio sound

11:09 AM Sat, Jan 26, 2008 | | Write a comment
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The Fab Faux: New York musicians Jack Petruzzelli, Rich Pagano, Frank Agnello, Will Lee, Jimmy Vivino. 'It's about the music': They don't look like the Beatles, but the The Fab Faux are attempting to replicate the studio sound of......

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Weird biology: Scientists create DNA, teenager acquires organ donor's blood type, immune system

8:42 AM Sat, Jan 26, 2008 | | Comments (1)
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Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein, 1931 Weird science: A step closer to creating life out of chemical soup. Los Angeles Times: Using off-the-shelf chemical compounds, scientists for the first time have constructed the entire genome of a bacterium, a......

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Mp3s: Grand Funk '74, East of Eden '70; RIP John Stewart (Kingston Trio, 'Daydream Believer')

12:20 PM Fri, Jan 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
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American Band: Grand Funk Railroad Live at The Forum Los Angeles, June 2, 1974. Excellent soundboard stereo. Curiosity: East Of Eden, BBC In Concert 1970. Violin-driven jazz -- from jig to snake-charmer vibe. Worth a listen, although I wouldn't......

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Microlocal neighborhood news comes to 3 cities

10:41 AM Fri, Jan 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
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EveryBlock: A news feed for your block. has launched, created under a Knight Foundation grant by new-media journalist-programmer Adrian Holavaty. EveryBlock is a three-city demo of microlocal news -- Chicago, New York and San Francisco. Here's an example of one......

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Davos blogs: Reports from the World Economic Summit; Red computer to benefit AIDS kids in Africa

7:55 AM Thu, Jan 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
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AP British musician Bono, left, watches as former United States Vice-President Al Gore gestures while addresses a conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, today. The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland -- an annual gathering of......

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Mp3s: Bob Dylan & The Band, Isle Of Wight, August '69; Alaska's Eyak language now extinct: Last speaker dies

2:11 AM Wed, Jan 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
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Bob Dylan & The Band, Isle Of Wight 1969. At BigO, Singapore: ...Bob Dylan and The Band fired off Music From Big Pink and signalled a return to the "invisible republic" of the past when everything was simpler. This album......

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Dolphins play bubble games; Networking with nearby cars?; Sepia art -- with packing tape

11:15 AM Mon, Jan 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
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Underwater Bubble Sculpture: A physicist would marvel at some of the play behavior observed in young dolphins at the Project Delphis laboratory. They blow underwater bubble rings by injecting air into water vortices, about the thickness of a straw and......

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The scene before the Pats took the trophy

12:37 AM Mon, Jan 21, 2008 | | Comments (2)
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Photo by Stephen Knudde Gillette Stadium Sunday evening. Click the photo to see a huge version (293k). Stephen Knudde of Providence worked the gate at Gillette Stadium today. He emailed this photo, taken after the Patriots beat the San......

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