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Woodstock Nation, Part 2: The music went for 24 hours
Woodstock 1969: The music went for 24 hours A special section - Woodstock Nation. Second of a three-part series. Part 1 | Part 3 I find most of these commentaries, frankly, unbearably square-- crazy chau NBC photo 08/14/1989 BY SHEILA...
August 15, 2009 12:00 am
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Dylan detained in N.J. as 'old scruffy man'
Like a complete unknown: Bob Dylan frogmarched to collect ID after rookie policewoman fails to recognise scruffy music legend. (U.K. Mail Online) Police were called in a quiet seaside town (Long Branch, N. J.) after he was spotted freewheelin' down...
August 14, 2009 10:32 pm
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Woodstock Nation, Part 1
I find most of these commentaries, frankly, unbearably square-- crazy chau NBC photo The Woodstock Music & Art Fair began 40 years ago this Friday afternoon at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, N.Y. I had seen an advertisement in...
August 14, 2009 11:41 am
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There's a Block Island meteorite on Mars
Today's APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day) from NASA is the Block Island Meteorite on Mars: The rock was discovered by the robotic Opportunity rover rolling across Mars late last month. Pictured, Opportunity prepares to inspect the unusual rock. After...
August 13, 2009 7:17 pm
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Les Paul, seminal guitar hero, dies at 94
Les Paul. - Telegraph (UK): Les Paul, the jazz guitarist who died on August 13 aged 94, invented the solid body electric guitar and revolutionised the sound of pop music recordings. Known as "the Thomas Edison of the music industry",...
August 13, 2009 4:34 pm
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Football food: Recipes for tonight's Patriots game party
During the 2008 Patriots season, we gathered recipes that are good to serve people who are watching TV in comfortable chairs, snacks for the nervous and pumped. Tonight, the Pats play their first preseason game on TV against the Philadelphia...
August 13, 2009 9:51 am
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3D: Projection on a monumental building; 10k galaxies
Projection on buildings - Live performance from NuFormer Digital Media on Vimeo. I especially like the player-piano keys on the entablature of the classical building. My colleague Tim Barmann passes this along with a note: "This would be so cool...
August 12, 2009 11:25 pm
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Recipe: Fresh tomato pie from a family-farm restaurant
I meant to publish this in the Projo Food Blog, where I'm subbing for vacationing Food Editor Gail Ciampa., but it's late and it ended up here. Now it's a crosspost. Photo / The (S.C.) State / Kim Kim Foster-Tobin...
August 12, 2009 10:18 pm
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Books for the beach or back porch: Lists to bring to the library
More like this: There's a new recommendation tool on the Web that starts with a clue from you: The Book Seer: "Sir! I've just finished reading __________ by __________. What should I read next?" Longtime blogger Rebecca Blood compiles weekly...
August 12, 2009 7:48 am
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Links dump: Dog beach; Free BlackBerry phones; GM to sell on eBay; Ex-con coaches cons-to-be
Photo / Keith May Free-range dogs at a little-known, nameless beach in Newport, Calif. Watch your step: Dog Beach: OC Weekly has 5 pages of photos of dogs cavorting at a secret California beach. Got a plan? Slacker Offering...
August 11, 2009 12:44 pm
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New version of Google Search: Go kick the tires
Google's next version is up for testing. It doesn't look different, but the results may vary from what you get at old Google. From Google today: Help test some next-generation infrastructure ...Right now, we only want feedback on the differences...
August 11, 2009 10:23 am
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Eyeglasses whose focus you adjust on the fly are available now
John Markoff of the Times looks at the "Holy Grail" come to market in the eyeglass world: One pair of glasses that the wearer can easily adjust to bring near or far objects into focus. Making Eyeglasses With a Mechanically...
August 10, 2009 7:31 am
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