How dare they not give it away for free!

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Reddit has billions of page views, but scant revenues to show for it. The New York Times' Mike Isaac explains why it is about to change. Read the rest

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It's exactly what you expect. Wait an hour or so if you've just eaten! (more…)

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Priceonomics tells the story of "The Noid" who was Domino's Pizza's ubiquitous mascot until a mentally ill man whose last name was Noid took hostages at an Atlanta Domino's because he thought the commercials were making fun of him.

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The chance of getting a hole-in-one is roughly 1 in 12,500 for an amateur golfer. In many countries, anyone making a hole in one is bound by tradition to buy drinks for everyone in the clubhouse.

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The Atlantic's Rebecca J. Rosen writes about predatory lenders, such as USA Discounters, who extend expensive credit to soldiers, sue them in courts they cannot appear in, then garnish their wages.

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I am absolutely thrilled with the Kindle Paperwhite. This e-reader seems perfect in just about every way.

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The mother of pioneering hip hop producer J. Dilla, who died in 2006 at 32, donated her son's Moog synthesizer and trusty Akai MPC drum machine to the Smithsonian.

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Physicians examining a Scottish woman were surprised (as was she) to discover that a five-inch sex toy had been inside her vagina for a decade. Read the rest

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Photographer and Boing Boing reader Paul Jones captured these stunning images of wild creatures along the Tibetan plateau. Read the rest

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Horror maestros John Carpenter, David Cronenberg, and John Landis discuss "Fear On Film" in 1982. (via Laughing Squid)

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Shared on reddit/awwww by kilonad. "Asian small-claw otters cuddling at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington."

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'Lady Prisons,' a series of illustrations by Anuwat Khaomanit, an illustrator and Graphic Designer based in Bangkok, Thailand. Read the rest

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Some of my most popular nonfiction reviews from the past year, from 'Capital in the 21st Century' to 'The Divide.' Read the rest

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A team of researchers have been living in a simulated Mars habitat on a Hawaiian volcano for the past 4 months, to better understand what it would be like to live on Mars. Read the rest

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"The bill Congress passed today is another step toward giving ordinary Americans more flexibility and choice, so that they can find a cell phone carrier that meets their needs and their budget," the President said. Read the rest

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It's Sysadmin Appreciation Day, and that means it's time, once again, to give our dear, tireless, essential administrator Ken Snider a sliver of the thanks that are his due. Read the rest

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Artist Jos'e Rodolfo Loaiza Ontiveros is best known for his dirty remixes of Disney iconography. Read the rest

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Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom tells the Guardian "governments want to engage in mass surveillance and have total citizen control." The political party he founded to contest New Zealand's September 20 elections, the Mana Internet party, promises to "abolish mass surveillance."

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A new exhibition on the history and evolution of air travel to the Hawaiian Islands opens today at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

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