Geoff Edgers's Washington Post article about the controversy surrounding the upcoming auction of a Les Paul guitar, advertised as "the most important Les Paul guitar of all time," is a fun read.

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These are so delightful. Read the rest

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A fine contribution to the Boing Boing Flickr pool, by Renee Rendler-Kaplan. (more…)

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The Saudi man “continues to bleed now, at least eight years later,” his defense attorney said today. Read the rest

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Windosill is one of my favorite online puzzle games. It's quiet and wonderfully strange and comes with no instructions. Read the rest

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“The iPhone has limitations,” he says “but the limitations themselves spur creativity.” Couldn't agree more. Read the rest

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The Jan and Stan story concludes with one of the most discordant moments possible. From John Wilcock, New York Years. Read the rest

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Over at Cuepoint, an oral history of punk palace CBGB's heyday of the mid-to-late 1970s, starring members of the Ramones, Blondie, The Voidoids, and The Miamis, and the inimitable Patti Smith. Also at Cuepoint today, Smith talks with veteran music writer Alan Light. Read the rest

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When I was 8 years old I was the only girl in a backgammon tournament of almost all older men. The gray-haired gentleman I was playing in the first round made a mistake when taking his turn and therefore beat me. I told him he made a mistake. Read the rest

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Badass Space Dragon returns to the Boing Boing BBS!

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Oregon-based artist Sarah Smith, known on Etsy as Modern Flower Child, hand-crafts these lovely resin bracelets, bangles and earrings. Read the rest

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Capybaras are my favorite animal, and it makes me happy to see them enjoying a day at a hot springs.

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He imagines them as living organisms, and each is created with a mythologized scientific nomenclature. Read the rest

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The NY Times Magazine has an excerpt from Jon Ronson's forthcoming book, So You've Been Publicly Shamed. I got an advance copy of the book. It's about people who've had their lives ruined from online shaming. Read the rest

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Strangely, I find both Roxette and Aqua great music for driving really fast.

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The 72-year-old sculptor is a connoisseur of form, movement, and visual grace. Read the rest

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A scientist, his dog and an MRI machine. In How Dogs Love Us, Gregory Berns tells the story of how he is seeking to decode the canine brain.

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The ZeroLemon SolarJuice 20000mAh Battery, which sells on Amazon for $80, is on sale for the next five days at Stacksocial for $50. I'm getting it for an upcoming trip with the family.

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On long road trips this spill resistant watering bowl keeps my dogs hydrated and my cars dry.

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On This American Life, a replay of a BBC radio documentary about William S. Burroughs narrated by Iggy Pop that convinced Ira Glass why Uncle Bill deserves respect: (more…)

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