It took me a few tries to get the hang of cooking with an Anova sous-vide immersion circulator, but now I love it.

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Helftone's Monodraw is an ASCII art app for OS X that's far more versatile than the usual web-based converters and generators—it even has diagramming and mind-mapping features. And, yes, a DRM-free $50 price tag!

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/RPAgdcjNXfU/how-awesome-does-an-ascii-art.html

I've read William Zinsser's On Writing Well twice, and it is time for me to read it again. It is not only fun to read and loaded with good advice for writers, but it also inspires me to write.

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I'd do the same.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/a6F4aQOztX4/bear-and-man-terrify-each-othe.html

Nike Field is an interactive running installation that transforms your portrait into “a Force of Nature.” Read the rest

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I usually avoid hot sauce because I'm afraid it might contain onions and/or cilantro, both of which are loathsome by any objective standard. Here's a hot sauce recipe from my friends Kelly and Erik at Homegrown Evolution that sounds perfect. Read the rest

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“Excited for the new madmaxmovie, so we made this animated gif movie poster for it out of handmade oil paintings.” (more…)

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/XRpOQc6Rchw/mad-max-fury-road-stunning-fa.html

“Carbon monoxide is invisible and dangerous, as is Satan.” (more…)

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Longtime Simpsons voice actor Harry Shearer announced on Twitter last night that he is leaving the show. (more…)

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Kentucky, West Virginia and Tennessee: America’s most heavily medicated states. (more…)

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“A translation of Kanye West's 'Bound 2' music video into a children's book.” Read the rest

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When a game glitches, is it broken—or just opening a door into an unexpected new game? Read the rest

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An Oklahoma woman who dances at a “gentlemen’s club” has filed a protective order against State Sen. Charles Perry (R-Lubbock), the homophobic conservative Republican who compared the “spiritual battle” of God-Fearing Americans to the Holocaust when he was sworn in.

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This bus ad for Cardiff-based New Adventure Travel lasted 3 hours before it was pulled. Read the rest

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The Japanese game of shogi is an ancient game of strategy and planning, similar to chess. And like chess, with a little effort, anyone can learn to play but becoming proficient takes decades of experience and study.

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"Is this one of those old fashion phones?"

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/BxSLg7JETkI/kid-sees-payphone-for-first-ti.html

"In the summer of 1987," writes Harrison Scott Key, "my father tried to murder me with an alligator."

Go," Pop said.

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Chloe McClendon worked for a State Department contractor, and conspired with two others to steal the identities of passport applicants by photographing their applications while processing them. Read the rest

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A bot inspired by UK Home Secretary Theresa May's pledge to bring back the systems of unaccountable mass surveillance that the EU forced the UK to abandon. Read the rest

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Tineye and Google Images can both find other copies of images out there on the net, but they don't guess much about what it is.

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