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13 Geeky Baked Goods

Food – From classic geek memes like "All your base..." to Mario Brothers and Tetris and robots, here are thirteen cakes, cookies and snacks that geeks will love.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2008 12:37pm

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AntiPhormLite confounds BT's spyware by simulating random browsing

Gadgets & Tech – AntiPhormLite is an app that generates a never-ending string of spyware radar-chaff, running a second browser that continuously, plausibly browses the web, screwing up your profile and confounding the snoops. They've posted the full source for audit as well.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2008 02:39am

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Conyers: 'We're Closing In On Rove'

Politics – Conyers told us that Rove has a week to appear before his committee. If he doesn't, said Conyers, "We'll do what any self-respecting committee would do. We'd hold him in contempt. Either that or go and have him arrested."

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Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 09:58pm

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Hobbit Watch: Jackson, del Toro to Chat With Fans

Movies – On May 24, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro will host an "unexpected party" to answer questions from fans about their upcoming collaboration on The Hobbit.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 09:56pm

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What to do if the police stop you

Do-It-Yourself – Being stopped by the cops is scary. This Instructable gives you everything you need to know to safeguard your rights when you are dealing with the police. All of the information here is straight from the American Civil Liberties Union.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 03:17pm

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Charter to Spy on Customers' Web Histories for Ad Networks

Gadgets & Tech – Charter Communications, one of the nation's largest ISPs, plans to begin eavesdropping on customers' web surfing activity, to help web advertisers deliver targeted ads.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 14, 2008 08:36pm

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Top Shelf launching webcomics site

Books – Top Shelf Comix is launching a new webcomics site this Friday, to be edited by Top Shelf Publisher Brett Warnock and co-editor Leigh Walton. Entitled Top Shelf 2.0, Walton says "it's short, catchy, and it has obvious connotations of digital technology. It just feels like the right time."

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Submitted and Voted for on May 14, 2008 05:28pm

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SixApart announces native TypePad application for BlackBerry

Gadgets & Tech – If you have a BlackBerry Curve or Pearl you can also take photos and quickly and easily upload them onto your TypePad blog. The camera integration lets you capture images and publish them on your blog in two clicks.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 14, 2008 04:07pm

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Entertainment Industry Leaned On Los Angeles Politicos to Declare Piracy a 'Public Nuisance'

Politics – A Los Angeles County ordinance adopted last week giving authorities the legal muscle to shutter property used to produce counterfeit DVDs and CDs was the result of intense pressure from Hollywood and the recording industry.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 14, 2008 03:50pm

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Schwarzenegger to propose lottery borrowing to ease deficit

Politics – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will propose borrowing against state lottery income to help close a projected $15.2 billion deficit when he updates the state's budget today, according to administration officials.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 14, 2008 03:46pm

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Cory Doctorow: Show us your "Little Brother" HOWTO videos

Popular Videos – Today on Boing Boing tv, Cory Doctorow invites you to create and share HOWTO videos based on an ongoing series of Instructables posts that draw from his latest book, Little Brother.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 14, 2008 03:41pm

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Tom Friedman's latest declaration of war

Do No Evil – After years of desperately searching, we've finally found our New Soviet Union. Opponents of the New War may try to point out that Iran's defense spending is less than 1% of our own, has never invaded another country, and could not possibly threaten us, but...Iran is our new implacable foe in Tom Friedman's glorious, transcendent struggle.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 14, 2008 03:30pm

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Five Lessons in Punctuation

Do-It-Yourself – Indispensable advice for writers on the correct usage of punctuation, from mental_floss.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 13, 2008 09:42pm

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Clinton's big win in West Virginia doesn't really matter

Politics – Hillary Clinton clobbered Barack Obama in West Virginia Tuesday, but her late win in a small state likely did little to slow rival Barack Obama's march toward the Democratic presidential nomination.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 13, 2008 09:17pm

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Cult of Scientology Conspired to Destroy Skeptic Organization CSICOP

Do No Evil – In the late 1970s, the Cult of Scientology conspired to discredit and silence the Committee for Scientific Investigation of the Paranormal, CSICOP, an organization headed by world-renowned Humanist leader Paul Kurtz, who also heads the Center For Inquiry.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 13, 2008 09:14pm

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