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BB group portrait reader-remixed as Wizard of Oz poster

March 8, 2008 3:25pm

This particular Boing Boing quartet was already cute as a button, but after being inserted into that Wizard of Oz backdrop, I can safely say that it's become much more cute and desirable.

Kudos and tender cheers to the Photoshop artist who put this composition together -outstanding! Makes me so happy to be a regular reader and devoted fan - yum!

Using Mathematica to decorate Easter Eggs

March 8, 2008 3:16pm

This is deee-lightful! My kids spend so much time on the computer...this is a good way for them to partake in the wonderful Easter holiday without having to leave the constrants of their computers - great!

Garage sale mixed tapes played at Dinosaurs and Robots

March 8, 2008 3:13pm

I think my friends and I have enough old, dusty mix cassettes in our collective garages to keep us going for years.

Remember that the cassette audio tape was one of the most popular audio formats ever, until the now (near extinct) CD took over

In fact, most of us ARE TRYING TO GET RID OF our old, dusty mix cassettes...and Dinosaurs and Robots has put together apodcast of this stuff?

Listening to a podcast of other people's mixtapes seems like cruel and unusual punishment - sorry I'll pass - eeek!

Niagara Falls's secret tunnel

March 5, 2008 5:04pm

Growing up in Buffalo, NY I was able to ride The Maid of the Mist (many times) near the great cascade of Niagara - little did I know such a monster of a tunnel existed nearby. Wonderful! This will be news to my parents.

Electronic noses from printable electronics

March 5, 2008 4:52pm

I need one of these "electronic noses" mounted at our front door. I'm an inspector for a sewage treatment plant and quite often my wife has little warning regarding my aroma

Such a device would take out all the guesswork and give my family a little nasal relief

New Weird and parenting

March 4, 2008 1:06pm

GeekDad has helped me through many a rough patch with my 6 and 9-year old boys. My sons consistently attempt to co-opt the family DVD player in order to watch Spongebob, Hannah Montana and other Disney Channel sit-coms

My wife and I have been attempting to educate our boys through such geek classics as "Gilligan's Island", "The A-Team" and "Fantasy Island" (hence the DVD player struggle)

Our philosophy is that "if this TV programming was good for us, then it must be good for our children"

Children's TV these days walks a solid path towards vapidity and mild mind control. Classics (such as"Gilligan") serve to free, nourish and enrich.

I would like a copy of the book, but it most certainly has been given away by now.

long live GeekDad!

Scissor mobile

March 1, 2008 4:06pm

True art is always a little bit dangerous and this wild, air-based scupture certainly sets the future standard for artistic danger!

Alexander Calder would be proud!

$31 million worth of lost valuables on the TSA's watch

March 1, 2008 4:00pm

While traveling though Chicago O'Hare Airport (circa late 90s) my entire suite of luggage was lost (3 bags and an acoustic guitar)

My efforts at locating and recovering my gear were met with a complete lack of interest by both airport officials and my carrier (American)

Luckily my bags were insured (but not the guitar - it was a last minute purchase)- so I was eventually compensated for my troubles

Fast forward 7 months and lo and behold what did a shiny brown UPS truck deliver to my front door? - all my luggage PLUS a woman's handbag (no ID inside, but containing $95.23 cash and some makeup) - and my guitar with a large gash down the back of the body.

Needless to say I no longer check backs and carry on only what I need.

PS - the humiliation rendered to modern airline passengers is indeed beyond belief - I foresee a day when full-on strip searches are conducted with every passenger.

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