I’m just this guy, you know?Tumblr (3.0; @oddbox)http://blog.oddbox.org/<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/0TM5HZCbS5o/mario-and-luigi-rest.html">Mario and Luigi restaurants in Manchester</a>: <p><img alt="Mario-Bros1.jpg" src="http://www.boingboing.net/Mario-Bros1.jpg" width="640" height="391" style="text-align:center;display:block;margin:0 auto 20px"/> After they saved the princess, Mario and Luigi moved to Manchester, UK and went into the restaurant business. Luigi sells pizzas, kebabs, and burgers; Mario owns a bakery and confectionary….</p>http://blog.oddbox.org/post/437908324http://blog.oddbox.org/post/437908324Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:21:48 -0800<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/WDfO2-xir8c/smart-auto-sorting-b.html">Smart auto-sorting bolt/screw/nut box</a>: <p><img src="http://craphound.com/images/193887_28Jan10_sorter_03.JPG"/><br/> Wulf from Craftster built this uber-clever workshop-bits sorting box after getting sick of manually sorting out the buckets of loose bits of metal that built up around his shop: “At the shop…</p>http://blog.oddbox.org/post/437908309http://blog.oddbox.org/post/437908309Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:21:48 -0800<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/05/10-ways-salem-witch.html">10 ways Salem witch hunters spotted the "guilty"</a>: <p>Prosecutors began interrogating the first accused witches in the infamous Salem Witch Trials this week in 1692. <a href="http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/48774">How does one go about proving the guilt of a witch</a>? Basically, any way you feel like…</p>http://blog.oddbox.org/post/431816369http://blog.oddbox.org/post/431816369Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:12:26 -0800<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/05/cockatiel-appears-to.html">Cockatiel appears to sing themes from various video games</a>: <embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/d81qFaoe010&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><p> <img alt="cockatiel.jpg" src="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/05/cockatiel.jpg" width="175" height="100" style="float:left;margin:0 20px 20px 0"/>I watched every single <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/blackwhite810">video in this guy’s YouTube channel</a> of his cockatiel singing themes from various video games, and can’t figure out if it’s a miracle or a hoax. I have never…</p>http://blog.oddbox.org/post/431816365http://blog.oddbox.org/post/431816365Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:12:26 -0800<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/w_AiVwe50ZY/10-ways-salem-witch.html">10 ways Salem witch hunters spotted the "guilty"</a>: <p>Prosecutors began interrogating the first accused witches in the infamous Salem Witch Trials this week in 1692. <a href="http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/48774">How does one go about proving the guilt of a witch</a>? Basically, any way you feel like…</p>http://blog.oddbox.org/post/428738401http://blog.oddbox.org/post/428738401Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:55:00 -0800<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/CDy33IBShH0/cockatiel-appears-to.html">Cockatiel appears to sing themes from various video games</a>: <embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/d81qFaoe010&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><p> <img alt="cockatiel.jpg" src="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/05/cockatiel.jpg" width="175" height="100" style="float:left;margin:0 20px 20px 0"/>I watched every single <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/blackwhite810">video in this guy’s YouTube channel</a> of his cockatiel singing themes from various video games, and can’t figure out if it’s a miracle or a hoax. I have never…</p>http://blog.oddbox.org/post/428738400http://blog.oddbox.org/post/428738400Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:55:00 -0800<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/failblog/~3/nEQadU1YgWs/">Anyone fancy a cool Ice-T?</a>: <p><br/><img src="http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/epic-fail-vending-machine-win.jpg" alt="epic fail pictures" title="epic-fail-vending-machine-win"/></p> <p>Vending Machine Win</p> <p>Picture by: dunno source Submitted by: dunno source via <a rel="nofollow" href="http://cheezburger.com/fail.aspx">Fail Uploader</a></p> <br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/failblog.wordpress.com/41401/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/failblog.wordpress.com/41401/"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/failblog.wordpress.com/41401/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/failblog.wordpress.com/41401/"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/failblog.wordpress.com/41401/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/failblog.wordpress.com/41401/"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/failblog.wordpress.com/41401/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/failblog.wordpress.com/41401/"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/failblog.wordpress.com/41401/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/failblog.wordpress.com/41401/"/></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=failblog.org&blog=2441444&post=41401&subd=failblog&ref=&feed=1"/><br style="clear:both"/><br style="clear:both"/><a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=ac8d4bf470918543425c44d48b104647&p=1"><img alt="" style="border:0" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=ac8d4bf470918543425c44d48b104647&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2222"/><div> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/failblog?a=nEQadU1YgWs:dd_eKamQZWY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/failblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/failblog?a=nEQadU1YgWs:dd_eKamQZWY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/failblog?i=nEQadU1YgWs:dd_eKamQZWY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/failblog?a=nEQadU1YgWs:dd_eKamQZWY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/failblog?i=nEQadU1YgWs:dd_eKamQZWY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/failblog?a=nEQadU1YgWs:dd_eKamQZWY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/failblog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/failblog?a=nEQadU1YgWs:dd_eKamQZWY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/failblog?i=nEQadU1YgWs:dd_eKamQZWY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/></a> </div> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/failblog/~4/nEQadU1YgWs" height="1"/>http://blog.oddbox.org/post/423414628http://blog.oddbox.org/post/423414628Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:58:33 -0800<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/15cy7snQ3fo/rip-hummer.html">RIP, Hummer</a>: <p>Having failed to sell the Hummer brand off to a Chinese car manufacturer, GM is shutting it down. This car was like the high-fructose corn syrup of automobiles, something that concentrated everything…</p>http://blog.oddbox.org/post/414257619http://blog.oddbox.org/post/414257619Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:53:18 -0800<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/22/laptop-surveillance.html">Laptop surveillance kid was disciplined when spying authorities mistook candies for pills</a>: <p>According to the lawyer for the family of the boy whose school spied on him at home through a covert webcam application on his laptop, the boy was disciplined for eating candies that bear a passing…</p>http://blog.oddbox.org/post/406795192http://blog.oddbox.org/post/406795192Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:43:15 -0800<a href="http://diveintomark.org/archives/2010/02/23/simplicity-is-hard-lets-go-shopping">Simplicity is hard. Let’s go shopping!</a>: <p>As part of my <a href="http://diveintomark.org/archives/2008/11/03/the-pursuit-of-happiness">pursuit of happiness</a>, I have been steadily <a href="http://diveintomark.org/archives/2008/01/24/attachments-2">shedding attachments</a>, getting rid of things I don’t use, <a href="http://mark.pilgrim.usesthis.com/">thinking about ways of keeping the things I do use longer</a>, and just generally…</p>http://blog.oddbox.org/post/406795190http://blog.oddbox.org/post/406795190Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:43:15 -0800<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/yVlIAhXgssc/fbi-investigating-lo.html">FBI investigating Lower Merion School District over laptop spying, commemorative tee</a>: <p>The FBI has opened an investigation into the PA’s Lower Merion School Board use of covert webcam software to spy on its students. And <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/lower_merion_school_district_scandal_parody_tshirt-235568003500926676">someone’s made a t-shirt to commemorate the event</a>. </p> <blockquote> <img src="http://craphound.com/images/lowermeriontee.png.jpg" align="left"/> The…</blockquote>http://blog.oddbox.org/post/406542386http://blog.oddbox.org/post/406542386Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:35:22 -0800<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/1JfFLMBEhaY/laptop-surveillance.html">Laptop surveillance kid was disciplined when spying authorities mistook candies for pills</a>: <p>According to the lawyer for the family of the boy whose school spied on him at home through a covert webcam application on his laptop, the boy was disciplined for eating candies that bear a passing…</p>http://blog.oddbox.org/post/406542389http://blog.oddbox.org/post/406542389Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:35:22 -0800<a href="http://xkcd.com/705/">Devotion to Duty</a>: <p><img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/devotion_to_duty.png" title="The weird sense of duty really good sysadmins have can border on the sociopathic, but it's nice to know that it stands between the forces of darkness and your cat blog's servers." alt="The weird sense of duty really good sysadmins have can border on the sociopathic, but it's nice to know that it stands between the forces of darkness and your cat blog's servers."/></p>http://blog.oddbox.org/post/405660445http://blog.oddbox.org/post/405660445Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:56:28 -0800<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/1i3XxxeBJ5I/jacket-design-for-ma.html">Jacket design for Mark's new book!</a>: <p><img src="http://www.boingboing.net/images/_twitpic_photos_large_67394375.jpg" height="516" width="340" border="1" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt=" Twitpic Photos Large 67394375"/> I know Mark will be embarrassed that I posted this, but I just can’t resist. Seen here is the fantastic cover for Mark’s new book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1591843324/boingboing">Made By Hand: Searching For Meaning In A Throwaway World</a>, due out May 27. (And yes, he made those cigar box guitars himself.) Congrats, buddy! We’re so proud of you!</p>http://blog.oddbox.org/post/401917519http://blog.oddbox.org/post/401917519Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:48:44 -0800<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/mgsB3Vh_i5Y/trailer-for-actual-p.html">Trailer for actual proto-Lost TV series from 1969, The New People</a>: <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lC3nfHUrxlY&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><br/><p>In the comments for my post about the <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/16/opener-for-a-1967-ve.html#comments">1967 alternate-history version of Lost</a>, Bill Streeter wrote: “They kinda did make <em>Lost</em> in the 1960’s. There was a program in 1969 called <em>The New…</em></p>http://blog.oddbox.org/post/393523671http://blog.oddbox.org/post/393523671Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:20:29 -0800<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/KpPj1Wq6EJI/this-soul-train-line.html">Soul Train 1973 line dance clip: antidote to Monday</a>: <embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/r7MiG2fe8lE&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><p> <img alt="rerunth.jpg" src="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/15/rerunth.jpg" width="175" height="100" style="float:left;margin:0 20px 20px 0"/> If this video does not make you measurably happier than before you clicked “play,” your heart is a cold, dead wasteland. Update: some commenters believe that the heavy-set fellow in…</p>http://blog.oddbox.org/post/391468391http://blog.oddbox.org/post/391468391Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:03:46 -0800<a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/02/coffee_kiss_ceramics.html">Coffee Kiss ceramics</a>: <p><img src="http://blog.makezine.com/coffeekiss.jpg" width="500" height="632" alt="coffeekiss.jpg"/></p> <p>Ceramics artist Tsang Cheung Shing created this double-take-inducing piece entitled “<a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/02/09/coffee-kiss/">Ying Yeung</a>,” referencing both a beverage of mixed coffee and tea and the idea of love and marriage….</p>http://blog.oddbox.org/post/386857951http://blog.oddbox.org/post/386857951Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:06:36 -0800<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/10/todays-astronomy-pic.html">Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day belongs on a metal album cover</a>: <img alt="volcanolightning_rietze_big.jpg" src="http://www.boingboing.net/volcanolightning_rietze_big.jpg" width="600" height="377" style="text-align:center;display:block;margin:0 auto 20px"/><p>Yeah, that’s lightning. On an exploding volcano. It’s enough to make me want to bring back the original umlaut in “Körth”.</p> <p>Where’s the lightning coming from? <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100210.html">APoD says</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Why lightning…</p></blockquote>http://blog.oddbox.org/post/383236908http://blog.oddbox.org/post/383236908Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:54:35 -0800<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/10/snow-dalek-attacks.html">Snow dalek attacks!</a>: <p><img src="http://craphound.com/images/4345107002_8eb1915ec3.jpg"/><br/> Mary Robinette Kowal sez, “Neil Clarke, editor of the Hugo nominated Clarkesworld Magazine, was slain on his front lawn by a snow dalek, while his young son watched. We are deeply saddened by his…</p>http://blog.oddbox.org/post/383236842http://blog.oddbox.org/post/383236842Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:54:35 -0800<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/ITGdMrEFqGM/snow-dalek-attacks.html">Snow dalek attacks!</a>: <p><img src="http://craphound.com/images/4345107002_8eb1915ec3.jpg"/><br/> Mary Robinette Kowal sez, “Neil Clarke, editor of the Hugo nominated Clarkesworld Magazine, was slain on his front lawn by a snow dalek, while his young son watched. We are deeply saddened by his…</p>http://blog.oddbox.org/post/382859108http://blog.oddbox.org/post/382859108Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:02:47 -0800