Enough Hilton Hhonors points to cover $1200 worth of stays can be bought for $12, and the crooks who're inside your account can use your associated credit-card to buy more points and more hotel rooms for themselves. Read the rest

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Danny sez, "Lumera is an open-hardware, open source prototype that plugs into your fancy SLR camera, connects to your phone via WiFi or Bluetooth, and lets you automatically upload pictures to sites like Flickr or a USB backup, change your camera settings like focus or ISO settings, or run timelapsed photograph sessions." Read the rest

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Over at Medium, my colleague Keith Axline (former Wired photo editor) launched a magnificent photo publication called Vantage, with photo essays ranging from astonishing photo microscopy to a fascinating series on long-exposure photography to an aerial photo collection from Dronestagram. Read the rest

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Author and entrepreneur Seth Godin was the guest of the Cool Tools show this week. He recommended a website development tool called Strikingly, his complete collection of Wired magazine, a health website called One Lucky Duck, and the Penguin Magic site. Kevin and I had a great time talking to Seth about all these things and more on the latest episode of the Cool Tools Show.

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Vivian James was created to represent charitable efforts and soften hearts. Read the rest

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Freedom of Information Act requests from the Associated Press reveal that St Louis police requested the no-fly zone to prevent the press from getting overhead footage of the crackdown on demonstrations, and that the FAA was complicit in crafting an illegal ban that allowed commercial aircraft to land at the airport while still grounding the news-birds. Read the rest

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Cody C. Delistraty on the mysterious--and fundamental--psychological power of fiction: "Stories are a form of escapism, one that can sometimes make us better people while entertaining, but there seems to be something more at play."

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Spaceflight Now's Stephen Clark reports that SpaceShipTwo disintegrated after its braking system prematurely extended, a reveal that shifts the investigation's focus away from the rocket motor. Previously.

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Flappy Bird clones, including demakes, are old hat. But this old lady's hat is different: Wicked Witch, a finely-wrought artifact from a parallel universe where the early 80s never ended.

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Nature presents the top 100 papers cited by others, a "paper mountain" of science's greatest hits.

The exercise revealed some surprises, not least that it takes a staggering 12,119 citations to rank in the top 100 — and that many of the world’s most famous papers do not make the cut.

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Always cheers me up.

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David Mizejewski found his old Star Wars action toys. So he did what anyone else would do: make an amazing Ewok diorama. Read the rest

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"D is for Deloused" by director Robert Morgan contains some of the creepiest handmade horror we've ever seen. A Boing Boing exclusive! Read the rest

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These wonderful creatures migrate annually, and a tiny Canadian town is one of the few settlements where their journey can be observed. Thanks to explore.org, Polar Bears International and Frontiers North Adventures, this live feed saves you a trip to the Hudson Bay. Read the rest

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85% of domestic violence shelters work with women who have been GPS-tracked by their abusers; 75% have clients who were attacked with hidden mobile surveillance apps; cops routinely steal and share nude selfies from the phones of women pulled over in traffic stops, and NSA spies used agency's massive, illegal surveillance apparatus to stalk women they were sexually attracted to, a practice that was dubbed "LOVEINT." Read the rest

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Ha-ha-only-serious: He was speaking to the all-male Hibernian Society of Charleston, making a ribald speech peppered with (telling) humor, when he promised them that under a Lindsay Graham presidency "white men who are in male-only clubs are going to do great." Read the rest

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The great illustrator Drew Friedman drew a portrait of the great cartoonist Daniel Clowes. Amazing! 10 prints are available. Read the rest

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John Edgar Park turned a squat white pumpkin into Baymax from Big Hero 6 using a hand brace with auger bit and a saw blade.

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"According to most people who show interest in cultures and especially in the culture of Gouro ethnic group, Zaouli, a popular mask dance, was created in the fifties.

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