I have a soft spot in my heart for handmade geekery because it reflects an almost old-fashioned devotion to all things geek. Spending the long hours making a quilt of this magnitude has to say something about Etsy seller CarolinaPatchworks ? is it she herself or a treasured love one who adores The Legend of Zelda? The price is steep ($425) but for what you get, a geeky heirloom to be enjoyed for years and passed down to your future geek generatio
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Filed under: Transportation Honda's already made more than a few attempts at energy efficient vehicles, but it looks like the company is far from running out of options, with it now touting a new so-called "heat harnessing hybrid" that it says can recapture more lost energy than conventional hyrbids during highway driving. The key to that is a so-called Rankine cycle engine, which captures waste heat from the car's exhaust and puts it back to w
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According to a recent Variety article, there are some key points to keep in mind when planning an acceptance speech, like using humor only if you're "naturally funny," and trying to be brief. One of the pointers is to keep it "personal and sincere." While many Oscar winners in the past have been passionately sincere, they've sometimes gone beyond the personal and used the speech as an opportunity to promote social causes and political beliefs.
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ethericalzen writes "A BBC article highlights a theory that the first stars may have been powered by dark matter. A group of US scientists published a paper in Physical Review Letters speculating that, unlike the stars of today, which are powered by nuclear fusion, early stars might have been powered by the abundant dark matter crowding the universe after the Big Bang. The theory suggests that these stars would have collided and destroyed one ano
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Britney Spears on Tuesday failed to regain the right to see her two young sons after a closed-door court hearing in the lengthy and bitter custody dispute with her ex-husband Kevin Federline.

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Democrats in Wisconsin and Hawaii make their choices on Tuesday in a heated presidential battle, with Hillary Clinton hoping to snap Barack Obama's winning streak ahead of big contests in March.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Britney Spears on Tuesday failed to regain the right to see her two young sons after a closed-door court hearing in the lengthy and bitter custody dispute with her ex-husband Kevin Federline.

If Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman are sick of parading down the red carpet in pretty dresses to promote The Other Boleyn Girl, they're not showing any signs of fatigue. Both the actresses looked beautiful in their gowns at the London premiere of their movie today. Though, still always a little surprised to see that bright tattoo on Scarlett's arm. Lucky Eric Bana was yet again there with a gorgeous lady on either arm. While you guys overw
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While the rest of the Beckham crew was performing onstage in NYC, David joined his Galaxy teammates in Hawaii for the first Pan-Pacific Soccer Championship. Becks looks pretty happy to be back on the field, but he's also psyched to take in the gorgeous scenery Hawaii has to offer. He said, "It's my first time in Hawaii, so I'm looking forward to looking around and seeing the beaches and seeing everything that's beautiful here." Playing soccer i
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BoingBoing's sysadmin extraordinaire, Ken Snider, reminds us of scheduled downtime for all BB commenting features and new posts tonight, sometime between 12 - 6AM Eastern time (9-3AM PST). "Total downtime isn't expected to be more than about 15 minutes," he explains....

Reuters - Pop star Britney Spears on Tuesday failed to regain the right to see her two young sons after a closed-door court hearing in the lengthy and bitter custody dispute with her ex-husband Kevin Federline.

Playbill - Death of a Salesman and A View From the Bridge, two major works by Arthur Miller, will be seen in rotating-rep productions by Arena Stage March 14-May 18, and will feature major names from the Washington, DC, theatre community.

A History of Evil. A beautiful animation, from Zeus to Elvis to Bin Laden.

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan was back home in Bel-Air today after a two-day hospital stay following a fall, a family spokeswoman said.

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Retro, Microsoft Xbox 360We were pretty certain when we first heard the rumors, and we were even more certain when other sources said an official announcement was coming. Now that the official announcement from Toshiba has officially happened, we're officially 100% sure that HD DVD is officially dead. Official!Well, maybe we should scale that back a little. Although lead company Toshiba has said they'll no longer
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The Havok Physics engine has been upgraded to 5.5, according to a press release from today. The release includes new enhancements, features, "dramatically accelerating the development of cross platform, [and] cutting edge electronic entertainment." The Havok Animation and Havok Behavior toolsets were also updated to 5.5, and the PlayStation 3 tools also received enhanced collision query optimizations. In a separate press release, Havok announced
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