Category: Miscellaneous
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Portland Board Game Enthusiasts
By Faith Cathcart, The Oregonian Class, this is why you read the local paper! PORTLAND, OREGON – February 19, 2012 – Dan Gordon, front table from left, Michael Wanberg and Amy Souza play Small World together at Guardian Games. Every other Sunday at Guardian Games, the city’s biggest game shop, dozens of local board game…
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Modern Social Music Revolution
A new infographic from Gerson Lehrman Group’s GPlus.com maps out the current online music on-demand landscape from the top 10 players. You can see at a glance what the monthly fees are, whether or not you can add your own tunes to their online libraries, how many current users, whether they have mobile, Web or…
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Virtual-Closet Web Sites Revise Online Fashion Shopping
The Essential Sites: THE VIRTUAL CLOSETS Stylitics.com: Track how often you wear what’s in your closet, the cost-per-wear of items, and the weather the day you wore them. Clothia.com: Upload and share outfits; virtually try on potential purchases with a Webcam. Stylebookapp.com: Catalogue your closet, layer outfits, and post images to Facebook. Clothapp.com: Organize and…
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The Death Star Is a Surprisingly Cost-Effective Weapons System
By Kevin Drum on Mother Jones read the whole article there for the comments at least. Please note: although the comments are moderated often a less than appropriate one appears. Stick to the MATH related comments. Ricky Brigante/Flickr There’s been a lot of loose talk about the Death Star lately. I want to put…
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littleBits: Best of Toy Fair 2012
Ayah Bdeir is the founder and lead engineer of littleBits, an open source library of electronic modules that snap together with tiny magnets for prototyping and play. littleBits won Popular Science’s "Best of Toy Fair 2012" and Ayah was named a TED Fellow this year.