ABC News and the California DMV identify a number of people abusing handicapped placards in Los Angeles. (Thanks, Carey!)

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Q7tWwn8ER20/watch-people-caught-illegally.html

Soon after I started using my Paderno vegetable slicer to cut sweet potatoes into curls, I bought an oven crisper pan. This thing is great. Instead of drenching the slices in hot oil to fry them, I just put them in a bowl, add a bit of salt and olive oil and stir until the slices are lightly coated. Read the rest

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Instantly classic. Why are so many of my favorite bands comprised of puppets or cartoons?

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/MOTcikMA_i4/electric-mayhem-t-shirt-2.html

Cortez and his band of time-traveling pirates/Conquistadors hit the mean streets of Angel City! Read the rest

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This collection of Mercy Watson books is all my seven-year-old daughter wants to read. They are cute stories with thoughtfully challenging vocabulary.

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http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/kjOcBqFaK8M/mercy-watson-adventures-of-a.html

Geoff wrote a program to search Pi to find ISBN numbers. The first three books are Licentiate seminar on environmental engineering and biotechnology, Sneeuwwitje en Rozerood, and The Healing Knife. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/j-PFsUqx3L4/finding-book-isbn-numbers-in-p.html

"We realize at first this may seem odd," Alabama middle-school principal Priscella Holley wrote in a letter to parents. But "it is best to be prepared." She said the students will throw the cans of food to "stun the intruder" until police arrive.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/8wvmFOrdl20/alabama-middle-school-principa.html

Next Friday, January 23, Alex Garland's highly-anticipated directorial debut Ex Machina opens in the UK, with a US release scheduled for April. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/qEvah4Og2KU/ex-machina-movie-film.html

One of my favorite crowdfunded projects is the beautiful Trioh rechargeable 3-in-1 light, which the makers claim is the "world's most beautiful flashlight." Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/SlEOLLg9Cg4/the-trioh-rechargeable-light.html

Found in the book Werner Herzog – A Guide for the Perplexed. Read the rest

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Barry Silbert, creator of the Bitcoin Trust, says it's because there are "more sellers than buyers." What will make it go back up? "More buyers than sellers." [via]

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/7FJfm2D__g8/bitcoin-is-collapsing.html

I’m filled with wonder at the engineering and imagination needed to create the magical eye candy of pop-up books. Elaborate scenes come alive as I unfold each page.

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Nine out of 10 hottest years on record happened after 2000. The trend continues a long-term warming of the planet. Read the rest

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The UK-built Beagle 2 Mars Lander has been considered lost on Mars since 2003. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory today announced it has been found, in images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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RIP Kim Fowley, pervy weirdo protopunk and manager of The Runaways.

Kim Fowley, Runaways Producer and L.A. Rock Icon, Dead at 75

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/mBFSg5YZxzQ/rip-kim-fowley.html

Author and robotics engineer Daniel H. Wilson chats with us about his new story/app called Mayday: Deep Space about a person trapped on a ship full of monsters.

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What could go wrong? Read the rest

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A White House rep says new legislation is not necessary to settle "net neutrality" rules because the FCC had the authority to write them. Read the rest

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A rundown of our top stories this week. Read the rest

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/756NV8_p4SA/obamas-cybercrime-push-free.html

Danielle and Alexander Meitiv have two kids, age six and ten. They let them walk home together from the park. Someone saw the kids walking without an adult chaperone and called the cops.

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