The LEGO Group today announced 32 new LEGO Star Wars figures. To celebrate the launch, they created a poster of fun facts fans of both should know.

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Shit Rough Drafts takes on Fifty Shades of Grey. Read the rest

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Andrus N~omm "was aware that copyright-infringing content was stored" on site, according to U.S. prosecutors. The Estonian programmer was today sentenced to a year and one day in prison after pleading guilty to felony copyright infringement. Read the rest

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Alejandro Tauber tried out the Autoblow 2, the world’s most “realistic robotic oral sex stimulator for men." tldr; It makes a mood-killing grinding noise, and didn't feel good.

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Like all portable chargers, the ChargeTech charges USB devices, but it also has an AC outlet to charge laptops (and other AC devices under 65W). Amazon sells the 12,000 mAH model for $270, but StackSocial has it for $185. The 18,000 mAh model is $205.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/VofKd6gPt1s/battery-with-ac-outlet-charges.html

When comics in newspapers (“funnies”) were first invented in the 1900s, a thousand crazy ideas were tried in every local newspaper in the country.

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The big cat likes playing with the disc-throwing robot spider. The kittens take a bit longer to warm up to it.

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Even when you know how these guys float above the sidewalk, it still is fun to see them. I love their costumes and their quietness on the busy street.

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Brian Eno launched Obscure Records in 1975, and released 10 albums on the label, including his own, Discreet Music. The label closed in 1978.

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"My God, its full of stars!"

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Sureshbhai Patel was taking his morning walk on the the street outside his son's home in Alabama when a concerned resident spotted him and called police to report a "skinny black guy" wearing a "toboggan" in his neighborhood. Police arrived on the scene, and when one officer became frustrated that Patel wasn't complying with his orders to stop "jerking away," he slammed Patel to the ground so hard that it paralyzed him. Patel had been in the US for a week and didn't understand English. Read the rest

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Prisons have a legitimate interest in controlling contraband, but in South Carolina, using social media from behind bars is a Class I offense, carrying stiffer penalties than murder, escape and hostage-taking. Read the rest

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This $4 adapter allows me to attach a hose to my kitchen faucet. Now I can fill large pots while they sit on the stove, saving my back.

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Our friends in Death Cab for Cutie released the video for "Black Sun," the first single from their forthcoming album Kintsugi, arriving March 31. Read the rest

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Valentine's is for hamsters.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/YwaIO8JEAok/tiny-hamsters-tiny-date.html

On his RiYL podcast, Brian Heater interviewed two extraordinary comic book people: Jim Woodring and Scott McCloud.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/zfXuFCQXgk8/listen-interviews-with-scott.html

My latest Guardian column is design fiction in the form of an open letter from a dishwasher company whose kitchenware marketplace and Dish Rights Management system is under fire. Read the rest

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Kyle writes, "The first clock in my series of Steampunk Nixie timepieces was successfully funded on Kickstarter last year, and I've just released the next design! Sleeker, smaller, and at a lower price point, the clock is available in black walnut or purpleheart. 700+ backlight colours, and a ton of other features, each unit is handmade by me." Read the rest

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Nissan demonstrates a new glow-in-the-dark auto paint in this ghostly video of a Leaf driving through the night. From a Nissan press release: The manufacturer worked with inventor, Hamish Scott, creator of STARPATH, which is a spray-applied coating that absorbs UV energy during the day so that it glows for between eight and 10 hours when the sun goes down.

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Mitch O'Connell is curating the the "M.O'C" Dirty Needle, an erotic tattoo art show, that opens tonight in Detroit. Read the rest

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