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Thursday, 24. December 2009
Topic: LOST FOUND - on December 24, 2009 at 10:18:00 AM CET
The Playboy Interview: Marshall McLuhan
In 1961, the name of Marshall McLuhan was unknown to everyone but his English students at the University of Toronto — and a coterie of academic admirers who followed his abstruse articles in small-circulation quarterlies. But then came two remarkable books — The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962) and Understanding Media (1964) — and the graying professor from Canada’s western hinterlands soon found himself characterized by the San Francisco Chronicle as “the hottest academic property around.” He has since won a world-wide following for his brilliant — and frequently baffling — theories about the impact of the media on man; and his name has entered the French language as mucluhanisme, a synonym for the world of pop culture.
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Topic: ROBOT - on December 24, 2009 at 10:15:00 AM CET
A Review Of The Best Robots of 2009
2009 has been an amazing year in the world of robots and Singularity Hub is here to tell you all about it! Thats right, its time to unveil our second annual roundup of the best robots of the year. In 2009 robots continued their advance towards world domination with several impressive breakouts in areas such as walking, automation, and agility, while still lacking in adaptability and reasoning ability. It will be several years until robots can gain the artificial intelligence that will truly make them remarkable, but in the meantime they are still pretty awesome. If you haven’t seen it yet you won’t want to miss our best robots of 2008 story from last year, but now lets not delay any further and get on with the best robots of 2009.
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Wednesday, 23. December 2009
Topic: AUSTRIA - on December 23, 2009 at 12:58:00 PM CET
Kärnter jagt Auto in die Luft - Enteisen per Heizstrahler
Ganz so warm sollte es wohl nicht werden: Ein Rentner hat im österreichischen Kärnten sein Auto mit einem Heizstrahler enteist. Das funktionierte besser und schneller als erwartet - der Tank detonierte, das Fahrzeug brannte komplett aus.
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Topic: SECURITY - on December 23, 2009 at 12:56:00 PM CET
Bomber's sticks of dynamite turn out to be sausages
A would-be bomber held off police for an hour warning them the ‘sticks of dynamite’ strapped to his waist would explode any minute.
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Tuesday, 22. December 2009
Topic: PHOTO - on December 22, 2009 at 9:33:00 AM CET
Oh die arme Kleine!
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Topic: PHOTO - on December 22, 2009 at 9:30:00 AM CET
Sonar
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Sunday, 20. December 2009
Topic: JOEOEOEORG - on December 20, 2009 at 12:17:00 PM CET
Kein Mensch will Haider-Museum sehen
Von "4.000 bis 5.000 Besuchern" in den ersten vier Wochen der Haider-Ausstellung im Klagenfurter Bergbaumuseum hatte der Klagenfurter Vizebürgermeister und Kulturreferent Albert Gunzer, damals noch BZÖ, jetzt wieder blau, Anfang November auf APA-Anfrage gesprochen. Wie die "Kärntner Tageszeitung" in ihrer Samstag-Ausgabe berichtet, war dies wohl etwas zu hoch gegriffen. Bei einer Anfrage in einer Gemeinderatssitzung am Donnerstag konzedierte Gunzer, dass es bisher exakt 2.252 zahlende Besucher gegeben hat.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 20, 2009 at 12:16:00 PM CET
Toys R Us manager stole £3.7m to fund drugs and prostitutes lifestyle
A finance manager at Toys ‘R’ Us who outwardly lived an entirely unremarkable life was jailed for seven years yesterday for embezzling £3.7 million to spend of prostitutes, cocaine, upmarket hotels and fast cars.
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Saturday, 19. December 2009
Topic: weiss nicht - on December 19, 2009 at 12:36:00 PM CET
Ass Tattoo Art
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Topic: weiss nicht - on December 19, 2009 at 12:32:00 PM CET
Black Tattoo Art: Modern Expressions of the Tribal
Edition Reuss recently released Black Tattoo Art: Modern Expressions of the Tribal, a photographic homage to a particular genre of skin art. The book is curated by Marisa Kakoulas (lawyer, writer, circus lady, and blogger.) Above and after the jump, Boing Boing's exclusive peek at some of the hundreds of striking, full-page images you'll find inside.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on December 19, 2009 at 12:28:00 PM CET
I Demand Privacy: Anti-Street View Shirt
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 19, 2009 at 12:26:00 PM CET
'£1 million ASBO man' escapes jail
A man known as “Britain’s £1million Asbo man” has escaped prison despite breaching the order 25 times.
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