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Sheriff's from 3 states very sad about Colorado's legal weed Sheriffs from Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas are suffering from a "crisis of conscience" because Colorado law forbids them from busting dope-smoking hippies. Read the rest... How much did Woodstock '69 musicians make? A list Ultimate Guitar posted a list of the reported artists' earnings from the Woodstock '69 festival. Hendrix tops the list at $18,000. Read the rest... Finnish millionaire gets EUR54K speeding ticket Finland has progressive fines for driving offenses, so the more you earn, the more you pay. A wealthy businessman called Reima Kuisla was stopped for doing 103km/h in a 80km/h zone, and after an audit of his 2013 tax return, where he declared an income of €6.5m, he was fined €54,000. Read the rest... Mind-bending anamorphic sculpture Thomas Medicus's incredible anamorphic sculpture, "Emulsifier," consists of 160 painted glass strips. Anamrophosis is a perspective technique in which a highly-distorted image looks perfectly normal when seen from a particular angle. (via The Kid Should See This) Read the rest... DEVO's Mark Mothersbaugh in a wonderful animated interview Excellent animated interview with Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO on how getting glasses opened his eyes, forming a band, and "reporting the good news of de-evolution." Directed by Barcelona studio Manson. (California Sunday) Read the rest... Chinese restaurant policy against picky customers The owner of the San Francisco Chinese restaurant So doesn't tolerate picky eaters. This new message follows a sign posted last year stating that they "don't believe in organic food" and "don't give a shit about gluten free." (The Bold Italic) Read the rest... Watch: documentary about Sucklord, eccentric bootleg toymaker Here's a terrific video profile of Sucklord, maker of bootleg mashup mutant action figures. "I'm a good person trying to be worse." Related Sucklord goodness: Creature from the Black Lagoon/Green Army Man toy mashupSucklord's Star Wars Trading Card Artist Series Read the rest... Hall & Oates sue Haulin' Oats granola company The singing duo filed a case against "artisinal granola" company Early Bird over the name of their Haulin' Oats product. "The name and mark Haulin’ Oats is an obvious play upon Plaintiff’s well-known Hall & Oates mark, and was selected by defendant in an effort to trade off of the fame and notoriety associated with the artist’s and plaintiff’s well-known marks," claim the musicians. (The Guardian) Read the rest... Colonization: Venus better than Mars? The new episode of PBS Space Time asks, "Should we colonize Venus instead of Mars?" Fine with me, so long as we stay away from Europa, and don't attempt any landings there. Read the rest... William Gibson on fashion William Gibson is the only science fiction writer I know of with his name on a line of exclusive couture repro military clothes from a Japanese company. Read the rest... Magic Books - the secret art of book hacking What is a book? The commonly held notion is pretty simple: it is an object made of pieces of paper, glued or bounded together, with stuff written in it. Read the rest... Ninja of Die Antwoord talks CHAPPiE: The Boing Boing interview Die Antwoord's Ninja speaks with Xeni Jardin about the making of the robot drama CHAPPiE, directed by Neill Blomkamp, and co-starring Yo-Landi Visser, Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver, and Dev Patel. Read the rest... Watch: young dolphins learn to spin Scientists have two hypotheses about why dolphins leap out of the water and spin. One is that they are getting rid of parasites. Read the rest... Cave Evil: a game of brutal necro-demonic dungeon warfare Imagine a game where Gary Gygax had been possessed by Abdul Alhazred, the fabled author of the Necronomicon. This makes more sense than to believe Cave Evil was crafted by a bunch of game geeks in their basement. Read the rest... Games return to Boing Boing Our game site, Offworld, is returning Monday as a place for happy mutants who love to explore new worlds. Read the rest... The Miracle Cube Timer is not a miracle, but it's still useful I bought this Miracle Cube Timer ($15) for exercise and meditation, but I'm using is mostly for cooking. To set the timer place it down with the desired time (5, 15, 30, or 60 minutes) facing up. Read the rest... Harrison Ford crashes his vintage plane, seriously injured Harrison Ford reportedly crashed his small plane at a Los Angeles golf course and has been taken to the hospital in critical condition. Read the rest... THIS TOOK FOREVER A truer-words-never-spoken woven label to sew into your crafting projects. (via Making Light) Read the rest... A Steampunk video time capsule from The Edwardian Ball 2015 An abundance of steampunk goggles, corsetry, ballroom dancing, and theatrical stagings of the works of Edward Gorey. Contains actual steam whistles. Read the rest... Swedish TV chefs celebrate cheez doodles day, but something goes terribly wrong on-air Oops. Wait for it. [Här börjar ostbågarna brinna! - Nyhetsmorgon (TV4)] Read the rest... Revenge of the Nerds: an emoji quiz Test your knowledge of the classic film Revenge of the Nerds (1984) with this quiz by Gabe Adivand Saul Nachshen! Read the rest... Daniel Ellsberg: If Gen. Petraeus won't serve a day in jail for his leaks, Edward Snowden shouldn't either. General and former CIA director David Petraeus shared damaging information with his lover/biographer, and will receive what amounts to a slap on the wrist for his indiscretion. Read the rest... NASA: Mars may have once had more water than Earth’s Arctic Ocean NASA scientists have determined that a primitive ocean on Mars held more water than Earth's Arctic Ocean and that the Red Planet has lost 87% of that water to space. Read the rest... Justice Department issues "scorching" report on Ferguson's Police Department The police department "routinely" blocks citizens from recording their activities under a bizarre rubric of "officer safety," according to the Justice Department's investigation. Read the rest... NYC public schools to close for two Muslim holidays The largest public school district in the United State will close for the Muslim holidays of Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr. Read the rest... Photos of buildings reduced to rubble, debris, destruction, and chaos I was hesitant to open up and actually read through Abandoned, a photography book by Eric Holubow. My husband said, “It’s not your type of book, but it is mine,” as he flipped through the pages, savoring each photo. Read the rest... WATCH: urinators surprised by wall that bounces pee back at them In Hamburg, St. Pauli, it's peeback time. St. Pauli's Community of Interest (IG St. Pauli e.V.) initiated an action where frequented walls in the neighbourhood were sprayed with a superhydrophobic coating. This coating is so water-repellent that urine splashes right back. By doing so, we want to stop those who pee wherever they please. Read the rest... Beautiful photo of impact basin on Mercury NASA' Astronomy Picture of the Day is of the Caloris basin on Mercury. The sprawling Caloris basin on Mercury is one of the solar system's largest impact basins, created during the early history of the solar system by the impact of a large asteroid-sized body. Read the rest... MMA fighter bullies his way into getting knocked out in 20 seconds After the heavily tattooed showboater was almost instantly knocked out, he said of his opponent "I know he has skills but it was nothing but fucking luck." Read the rest... Insider's report of Daily Mail Online: "dishonesty, theft of copyrighted material, and sensationalism so absurd that it crosses into fabrication" James King writes of his year working in the Daily Mail Online's newsroom. It sounds as vile as you could imagine. Read the rest...