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DxO and Digital Photographer offer free 'Optics Pro 8' DxO is the exact opposite of instagram, it removes the lens flare and artifacts that social media finds so desirable. Version 8 is available free until January 2015. Read the rest... Music: "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," Ella Fitzgerald (1956) A favorite. Read the rest... Caturday: This kitten likes to bat at bubbles with her paws “Bubble Face,” by Boing Boing reader Avelino Maestas. “Our cat Squishy likes to bat at bubbles with her paws,” he explains. Shared in the Boing Boing Flickr Pool. Read the rest... “Point of View,” a collage series by Beth Hoeckel From the website of brilliant collage artist Beth Hoeckel, “Point of View.” [via thejealouscurator.com] Read the rest... A proposal for a new mandatory shopping label Doghouse Diaries, via This Isn't Happiness. Read the rest... Canadian MPs improvised spears to fight off shooter while PM Harper hid in the closet Thirteen of the fifteen flagpoles in the Conservative caucus room were snapped off and turned into spears by Members of Parliament who positioned themselves around the door to ambush the Parliament Hill shooter, while Prime Minister Harper was shoved in a closet. Read the rest... Mold for producing skull-shaped hard-boiled eggs Thinkgeek's Egg-o-matic Skull Egg Mold, $10, will take your boiled eggs and mold them into skulls as they cool, so that you can serve them as ghastly breakfast treats. Read the rest... Classic adventure game hero Gabriel Knight returns for remake But what can he tell us about Voodoo? Brian Easton hopes for more. Read the rest... Werewolf zombie wall-trophy Thinkgeek's Werewolf Zombie Trophy ($35) is made from hand-painted resin and is 5.5"x7.5"x4.5" -- just the thing for showing off your monster-slaying prowess. I mean, anyone can kill a zombie. Or a werewolf. But a werewolf zombie? That's some shootin', Tex. Read the rest... Friday the 13th skull-spoons The Jason Voorhees/Friday the 13th spoons from Black Death 777 are $37 each, made from recycled old silverware. (via Oh Gizmo) Read the rest... Pocket-sized travel-laundry gadget The Scrubba is a washtub, washboard, soaker and dry-rack that collapses down and fits in your pocket, and can also serve as a drybag for camping trips. Read the rest... Ketamine helps depressed patients temporarily experience pleasure again Ketamine, a tranquilizer/anesthetic and recreational drug, can relieve symptoms of depression for up to a couple of weeks, writes psychiatrist Emily Deans. Read the rest... Weed prohibitionists caught telling lies Carrying on the sleazy tradition of professional liar Harry J. Anslinger (first commissioner of the U.S. Treasury Department's Federal Bureau of Narcotics), weed prohibitionists are stretching the truth and outright fibbing in a desperate attempt to reverse the nationwide trend towards legalization. Read the rest... WATCH: Bug spray for calm masked robber A woman working at a convenience store calmly sprayed aerosol insecticide at a masked robber who, in turn, calmly walked away. Read the rest... 1955 Chevy Nomad emerges from 40-year hibernation Ben Marks of Collectors Weekly says: "Justin Pinchot just sent us a video of his new pride and joy, a 1955 Chevy Nomad wagon. Read the rest... Wouldn't it be great if a billboard could actually read your mind? Said no one, ever. Except, apparently not: the "data scientists" of Posterscope are excited that EE -- a joint venture of T-Mobile and Orange -- will spy on all their users' mobile data to "give profound insights...that were never possible before" It's Big Data snakeoil at its creepy, tone deaf finest. After all, if you can't trust a phone company (or better yet, two phone companies!), who can you trust? Read the rest... Selfie from 1909 Of course, artists have been taking selfies for centuries, but Zinaida Serebriakova was one of the best. Read the rest... WATCH: Synchronized windless kite flying Matt and Shannon Cyphert of MTP Studios introduce us to the sport, art, and people of windless kite flying in this beautiful trailer. Read the rest... Best way to cut open a pomegranate (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); Post byhaberinbizden.com.Better than peeling it open underwater. Read the rest... Metamorphosis: manipulated photo series about transformations of the human body By Lyon, France-based artist Me & Edward. “ Just like a chameleon, it’s fitting, just like a virus, it’s mutating, just like a personality, it’s changing.” Read the rest... Lil Dicky's Lemme Freak: NSFW anthem for guys with no game Lil Dicky is one of the funniest novelty song artists working today. His newest NSFW ode to modern manhood will ring true to both guys and those who have to endure guys' advances. Read the rest... “Actually, it's about ethics in game journalism.” What is GamerGate all about? Read the rest... New Yorkers: To avoid Ebola, don't eat Ebola-infused poop or snot Noted. Thank you, New York 1 anchor Errol Morris. We'll just go back to eating the poop and snot of people who are Ebola-free. Read the rest... Which crowdfunded privacy routers are worthy of your trust? After the spectacular rise and fall of Anonabox, a kickstarted $45 router that was supposed to protect your privacy but had its campaign yanked for not being entirely forthright with backers, a spate of shady, silly, and even serious projects have sprung up to fill the demand that Anonabox's $615,000 Kickstarter near-win demonstrated. Read the rest... The macro photography of Pablo Moltedo Photographer Pablo Moltedo has a lovely collection of macro photos like "Contraste" above, including some creepy crawlies if you want some pre-Halloween squickage. Read the rest... The Dalai Lama Will Not Return to Lead Tibet (He Has Something Better in Mind) Jason Louv reports on a surprising decision and what it means for Tibet's uncertain future Read the rest... 'Interstellar' VFX give new insights into black holes Wired has an interesting look at how the science behind Interstellar helped Caltech astrophysicist Kip Thorne develop new peer-reviewed papers on the science of black holes. Read the rest... Get Oculus Rift VR feature 'Banshee Chapter' free today Oculus Rift fans can download 'Banshee Chapter' free today from Jamwix. Released in 2013, the 3D horror film based on H.P. Read the rest... Galactic Wheel of Life shines in new infrared space image from NASA Spitzer telescope In this spectacular image released this week, an older galaxy ignites with an outer ring of stellar life. As our pals at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory point out, it really looks like Xena the Warrior Princess' weapon: From The Spitzer team at NASA: It might look like a spoked wheel or even a "Chakram" weapon wielded by warriors like "Xena," from the fictional TV show, but this ringed galaxy is actually a vast place of stellar life. Read the rest... 15 tricks to appear smart in emails At Medium, hilarious and true "15 Tricks to Appear Smart in Emails" by Sarah Cooper, of the equally brilliant "10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings." 5. Read the rest...