Porpentine's dystopian interactive fiction gets collected in a bundle called Eczema Orifice Angel. Read the rest

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At Cuepoint, OK Go singer/guitarist Damian Kulash writes about the song that changed his life when he was 7-years-old, Herbie Hancock's electro-funk classic "Rockit." Read the rest

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Excellent marketing at a Jacksonville, Florida MINI dealership. Possibly promo for the forthcoming film Pixels. Either way, delightful. (via Reddit)

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This is the first time that a robot has been able to demonstrate a complete life cycle like this, and eventually, it’ll be doing it inside your body. Read the rest

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Honolulu police were saddened to learn that when one of their undercover officers grabs a woman's hand and places it on his penis, the woman is not guilty of sexual assault.

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If Turkey and Britain are the happiest nations in Europe, maybe this is why! Read the rest

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It is what it is.

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The Creators Project talked to the Suicide Girls about how they are re-appropriating Richard Prince's appropriated art. If Prince tries to sue the Suicide Girls for copyright infringement, Missy Suicide said: "That would be fucking awesome. He can go right ahead."

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Guitarist Randy Bachman (Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive) explains how he figured out the famously mysterious opening chord to the Beatle's 1964 song "A Hard Days's Night."

Previously: HOWTO play the opening chord from 'A Hard Day's Night'

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1970 punishment for pulling the classic alarm-clocks-in-high-school-lockers prank: the vice principal administers an avuncular hair-mussing and a gruff chuckle. 2015 punishment for the same prank: IMPRISONMENT. Read the rest

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Very big. Huge. MASSIVE. (more…)

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We've all seen them; Ads featuring computer-generated women (or occasionally Kate Upton), promising a uniquely sexy game experience. I tried it. Wanna know what it was like? Read the rest

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Ian Mackaye (Minor Threat/Fugazi) dug up this fan letter he received from Dave Grohl (Nirvana/Foo Fighters) when Grohl was 14 years old. No word whether Mackaye gave him "some numbers" or not. (more…)

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Boulder artist Michael Garb (aka "Gravity Glue") says Boulder police have threatened to fine and jail him for stacking river rocks, which he has been doing for years.

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If you're wondering why Vox bought Recode, the excellent but slow-growing tech news site founded last year, start at the top: Comcast. Don't skip the tags. (more…)

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Apple has failed in a bid to rid itself of a court-appointed monitor, imposed on the tech company after it was accused of conspiring to raise the price of e-books.

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We face a practical -- and cultural -- archiving crisis unprecedented in any other medium. It's time to change that. Read the rest

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Because criminal conspiracies are complicated. Read the rest

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Cathy de la Cruz tweeted this snapshot of a statue on the San Antonio, Texas campus of the awesomely-named University of the Incarnate Word. Read the rest

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Noted U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Lucy Jones attended a recent Hollywood premiere of "San Andreas," the latest in a long line of Los Angeles natural disaster action flicks. Read the rest

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