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October 18, 2009 - October 24, 2009 Archives

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Twitter at its best: Fake AP Stylebook's virtual wags

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Fake AP Stylebook is great fun for pedants and desk jockeys. Always capitalize 'Bible.' You don't want to get letters from those people. Use 'Scotch' to refer to the adhesive tape or the drink, 'Scottish' to refer to Starfleet engineer......

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Wildlife photos: Wolf, birds take top UK prizes

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Leaping wolf snatches photo prize. The BBC story. A picture of a hunting wolf has won the prestigious Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 award. (The WPY competition, now in its 45th year, is owned by BBC......

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Bands whose music was torture join campaign to close Gitmo

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Pearl Jam, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and R.E.M. are among the musicians supporting the National Campaign to Close Guantanamo: from Musicians Standing Against Torture . Musicians crank up the volume on Guantanamo debate. AP: WASHINGTON (AP)......

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A preview of the 6-volume, $480 'Van Gogh's Letters'

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The bedroomTo Paul Gaugin from ArlesOctober 1888 [706] "Look here, I wrote to you the other day that my vision was strangely tired. Well, I rested for two and a half days, and then I got back to work.......

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Mp3s: Bob Dylan, 'Outfidel Intakes'

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Bob Dylan: Outfidel Intakes: Power & Greed & Corruptible Seed. A reassemble of Dylan's 1983 album, Infidels, recorded in May, 1983 at the Power Station, New York. Excellent soundboard. On board for the sessions were two Englishmen, Mark Knopfler and......

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Halloween party snacks that don't taste ghastly

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Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel photo English Mummies (clockwise from bottom), Mummy Dogs and Pups, Frozen Zombie Eyes, Lime Kool-Aid, Edible Eyeballs, and Frightening Fingers. You could spend hours drilling down deep to find Halloween party foods that look spooky but actually......

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There's a new beautiful, smart game on the Web: Machinarium, from the Samarost crew

3:50 AM Mon, Oct 19, 2009 | | Write a comment
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Trailer for Machinarium; in the actual game, clicking around in the right order initiates many of the actions you see here. Machinarium is the latest stunning art game from Flash designer Jakub Dvorsky and his crew at Amanita Design......

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MRI Flash toy lets you explore blogger's skull

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Inside Bill Moorier's head In September 2009 my doctor recommended an MRI to rule-out a couple of potential conditions. The scan came back completely normal, which was a great relief! I decided to do something with the images, and......

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Update: Shepard Fairey admits deception, covered up use of AP photo for 'Hope' poster

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Updated: AP Saturday night: Artist Shepard Fairey, who recently admitted concealing a key mistake in a lawsuit over his use of an Associated Press photo in his famous Barack Obama "HOPE" poster, said Saturday that the error should not be......

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