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28 Jul 2010 22:30

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Culture: Are receipts toxic? Might want to check their BPA levels

BPA (or Bisphenol A), a known toxin that’s common in plastics, was found in most receipts tested in a study by the Environmental Working Group. source
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10 Jun 2010 11:23

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Offbeat: Japanese students get bored, recreate Mario in classrooms

  • Protip: If you want us to post a video of something you’ve done, just add Mario. It’s like an instant draw for some stupid reason.
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07 May 2010 23:27

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Culture: The White Pages starting to look as outdated as the 8-track

  • 1/9 of New York households use the white pages; the rest aren’t time-travelers
  • 9,000 tons of paper could be saved yearly if the White Pages went away source
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30 Mar 2010 10:48

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Tech: We expect you to print this post out and make copies of it

  • The first Xerox copier hit offices 50 years ago this month. One of modern history’s greatest, if most annoying inventions, it singlehandedly turned the former Haloid Xerox into a household name and in the process created a key part of the office. One that is often broken (the early versions caught on fire) and often a bit huge. “It was a product no one knew they needed until they had it,” said David Owen, who actually wrote a book called “Copies in Seconds: Chester Carlson and the Birth of the Xerox Machine.” source
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12 Feb 2010 13:27

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U.S.: Virginia Tech tries to gank funding from school paper over comments

  • This is not an issue of freedom of the press. The concern is not the content per se, although some of it is alarming – homophobic and racist and so forth.
  • Virginia Tech Vice President for Student Affairs Ed Spencer • Regarding the school’s push to take funding away from the school paper, The Collegiate Times, due to the fact that their site allows anonymous comments. Apparently, it breaks some stupid policy. While the paper has independence from the school, they do receive $70,000 yearly, along with free office space. In case you need a single reason why this is a bad idea, whatever the policy may be, we have a pretty good one: The paper’s excellent coverage of the school’s 2007 shooting. Student journalism needs to be protected. (hat tip Charles Apple) source
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