Topic: BILDER - on October 11, 2009 at 11:16:00 AM CEST
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 11, 2009 at 11:14:00 AM CEST
The rise and rise of legal highs
Good trip? A personal investigation into the £10m-a-year market in legal drugs
How can you get high without breaking the law? A survey of friends and colleagues. "Smoke nutmeg," said an actor. "Find a dodgy Starbucks barista who'll sell you the nitrous oxide cans they use to whip cream," said a banker. "Ask around for something called Methedrome, or Mephedrone, or Mephedrome," advised an account manager. "Lick a newt," texted a doctor, "and don't ask me things like this again." One PR directed me towards news stories about Spice, an over-the-counter smoking mixture that was reported to have effects similar to cannabis; a web developer directed me to a recent issue of Mixmag, announcing the new popularity of "analogue drugs" such as Mephedrone (aha!) in British clubs. Something known as "that purple drank" was a favourite of American rappers in the 1990s, an A&R man told me: "I think it was a mixture of cough syrup and Sprite and it made everything move very slowly." A teacher remembered that a fistful of ProPlus worked when he was younger. A civil servant had tried snorting Dreft detergent, to no effect.
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Topic: STRANGE - on October 11, 2009 at 11:13:00 AM CEST
Weather Geeks Champion New Armageddon-Worthy Cloud
In hill country from Iowa to the Scottish Highlands, sky-gazers have reported some strange, ominous-looking clouds of late. Dubbed undulatus asperatus (turbulent undulation), the atmospheric anomaly could be headed where only 80-odd clouds have gone before: into the International Cloud Atlas. If it makes the cut, asperatus will be the first new addition in more than 50 years.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on October 11, 2009 at 11:09:00 AM CEST
Winzige Atombatterien liefern hunderte Jahre Strom
Forscher der Universität Missouri haben eine winzige Radionuklidbatterie vorgestellt, die über Millionen mal mehr Leistungskraft verfügt als herkömmlichen Batterien. Die Atombatterie kann praktisch ewig verwendet werden, die etwa münzengroßen Energiespeicher weisen eine Laufzeit von bis zu mehreren hundert Jahren auf. Die Erfindung des Forscherteams um Jae Kwon soll vor allem in Mikrosystemen (MEMS) und noch kleineren nanoelektromechanischen Systemen (NEMS) zum Einsatz kommen.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on October 11, 2009 at 11:06:00 AM CEST
Jesse James 2.0 - Jugendkriminalität
Colton Harris-Moore ist ein Phantom. Zig Diebstähle und Einbrüche soll der 18-jährige Amerikaner begangen haben. Doch der Polizei gelingt es nicht, ihn zu fassen. Die Spezialität des Teenagers: Er klaut Flugzeuge - und bringt sie per Bruchlandung zu Boden. Im Internet wird der junge Dieb gefeiert.
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Topic: LEGO - on October 11, 2009 at 11:02:00 AM CEST
Zombie Apocafest 2009
Zombie Apocafest 2009 has come and gone. The undead have been blown up, shot up, and mulched to oblivion. The humans stand victorious among the ruins of their civilization. Fortunately, that civilization was, by good fortune, built from LEGO, and it can be rebuilt, brick by little plastic brick.
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Topic: WEB - on October 11, 2009 at 10:57:00 AM CEST
Introducing Boing Boing Classic
This is what I believe. Design should be evolutionary, not revolutionary. Design should strive for simplicity and spurn complexity. Design should innovate, not emulate. Most importantly, design mistakes—that initial naivete of any fledging project—may eventually become its brand. Remember to embrace it! Look at Google. Craigslist. Coca Cola Classic.
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Topic: War and Peace - on October 11, 2009 at 10:54:00 AM CEST
San Francisco Fleet Week
The Blue Angels performance was cancelled today due to fog and clounds. They are scheduled to fly Sundat at 3p.m., weather permitting.
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