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How 3-D Printers Can End the War on Drugs

Few things demonstrate stoner ingenuity better than the homemade bong. It’s an open-ended problem, requiring only the bare minimum of materials. So long as it […]

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Comcast Is America’s Second-Biggest Advertiser (And That Doesn’t Include The Mailers)

The Inky reports today: “The New York research firm Kantar Media says Comcast uncorked $1.7 billion in ads on consumers in 2012. Procter & Gamble, whose […]

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Cool Photo: Papal Conclave Then and Now

NBC notes the difference eight years makes. (The iPhone was only invented in 2007.) Note the pioneer in the bottom right-hand corner of the 2005 […]

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Penn Staters: Tweet Your Campus Sins Using “PSU Confesses”

Penn State alumni can be a nostalgic bunch, celebrating their alma mater by tailgating at football games, sharing stories at reunions, and even storming trustee […]

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Will Clean for Food! Are You Ready for Time Banking?

  After falling into the habit of spending many consecutive hours in my kitchen on Sundays, cooking one large meal, creating a different soup each […]

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Hackers Get Financial Info On Joe Biden, Other “Huge” Celebrities

TMZ reports that at least a dozen “huge” celebrities have had their financial information stolen and published online: “A website — we’re not disclosing the […]

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All Your Friends Went to South By Southwest

It began over the weekend. The frantic tweets from friends who appear lost or excited; tired or hungry; thirsty or trashed; bragging or complaining; trying […]

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WATCH: Driver Crashes Through Roxborough Dunkin’ Donuts

Oopsie: ABC 6 reports the incident happened just after 3 p.m. Monday at the Dunkin Donuts on the 7100 block of Ridge Avenue. No one was […]

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Texting Ban One Year Later: 1300 Ticketed

In the year since Tom Corbett signed Pennsylvania’s ban on texting-and-driving, 1300 distractible motorists were ticketed. (And think of how many more didn’t get caught, […]

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Democrats, Rand Paul Is Coming for Your Civil Libertarian Voters

Hooray for Sen. Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican who held the Senate floor for 13 hours on Wednesday in a good old-fashioned talking filibuster. If […]

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Facebook Overhauling Your News Feed Again

At a dramatic unveiling in Silicon Valley today, Newark Public Schools activist Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the Facebook news feed is getting an […]

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Internet Class: Welcome to the Future of Higher Education

Two days a week, I grab my notebook, hop on my bike and head off to my global history class at the University of Virginia; […]

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Freelance Writer Sends Atlantic Editor Most Self-Righteous E-sermon Ever

I’m trying to imagine it. My Philly Post editor forwards me an email from an editor at The Atlantic: “Hello. We’re looking for Annie Monjar. […]

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Dolce & Gabbana Baby Perfume: For Your Sexiest Infant

Why not? CBS 3 reports: “High end fashion house Dolce & Gabbana claims they’ve bottled the sweet smell of an infant in its new fragrance […]

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Why Not? Music from Legend of Zelda Performed on Philly Rooftops

As long as we’re featuring music performed in unexpected places today, why not this lovely rendition of Kakariko Village from the Legend of Zelda game, […]