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Monday, July 30, 2007
A surreal and supremely inane compendium of miscellaneous knowledge, Vol 5
Concept cars of the past. (Via Neatorama)
Video -- 1961 Rural Civil Defense TV spots use marionettes. (Via Endless Parade of Excellence)
How to wind a center-pull ball of yarn or twine.
"Goblin's Ball" -- creepy one-page comic story from 1962 horror comic.
Rescued ducklings enjoy life in a teacup.
Free ebooks: Three 1940s mystery novels "featuring private eye Doan and his remarkable sidekick, a gigantic fawn-colored Great Dane named Carstairs."
Reader comment:
Eric says: "I don't know if you're aware, but one of the novels you linked to a free ebook of, "The Mouse in the Mountain" by Norbert Davis, also called "Rendezvous with Fear," was one of Ludwig Wittgenstein's favorite novels, so much so that he almost wrote a letter to Davis, and loaned it to his students to read. (Reference: Ray Monk, The Duty of Genius, p. 528-529)"
Video -- How psychic con artists use cold readings to bilk rubes.
MP3s -- Goobers: anthology of 26 kids songs by artists like Foetus and Tiny Tim.
Previously on Boing Boing:
• ASASICOMK, Vol 1
• ASASICOMK, Vol 2
• ASASICOMK, Vol 3
• ASASICOMK, Vol 4
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