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Boing Boing's got policies

July 1, 2008 11:31am

"We reserve the right to unpublish or refuse to unpublish anything for any or no reason."

Right after this was posted, I actually read through the whole policy. I didn't even notice the stand alone sentence/paragraph above. I guess it must have seemed completely innocuous.

Wall retaliates against vandal

June 10, 2008 11:01am

Definitely thin wood panels. He'd be saying a lot more than "help me" if those were concrete blocks.

It's interesting that the panels were floating in vertical rails rather than fastened to the fence posts. This must allow for the panels to expand/contract without warping the fence.

Working doll-house-sized TVs that talk to consoles, cable, DVD players

April 9, 2008 9:12am

"He's selling them for £99 (US$6,700,232.22)."

You see, it's funny because the US dollar is currently rather weak against the British pound...

The pleasures and perils of chasing book thieves

March 7, 2008 1:31pm

As for Aleister Crowley, Anton LaVey, and the like, I'm guessing it's less about the value of the book and more about a potential buyer's embarrassment from having to bring the book up to the counter and pay for it. I worked at a small town library in high school, and we could not keep a copy of The Satanic Bible on the shelf for more than a month without it mysteriously disappearing.

1961 monster toy commercial Great Garloo

January 30, 2008 8:14pm

Adjusted for inflation, this thing cost $125.95!

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