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tim.jpg• Lisa told about her favorite sport headphones for running with.

• Steven got hands-on with HTC's MyTouch.

• Rob offered a compendium of disturbing British public information films.

• Justin Timberlake's new fragrance looks a lot like a music player.

• Apple is so inundated with AppStore submissions that its review teams have only minutes to examine each one.

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An evening of confusion with Dell customer service

Photo: ndevil I got my Dell Mini10V in the mail yesterday. It's small and red and pretty, but I had one minor issue with my order. When I was personalizing my order online, it asked me if I wanted a 24WHr 3-cell battery or a 56WhHr 6-cell battery; the 6-cell was just $35 more, but had double the lif... More.

Venn diagram tee shows the bittersweet between happy and sad

Diesel Sweeties' R. Stevens and Ariana Osborne are offering this wordy Venn diagram shirt showing the bittersweet territory between happiness and sadness for $18-19, and taking pre-orders now. (Happy()Sad) Diagram Shirt (via Warren Ellis) Previously:BBtv Unicorn Chaser: Diesel Sweeties Laser... More.

Y2K ten years later

Farhad Manjoo writes in to tell us about his Slate series looking back on Y2K, ten years later, "In the first part, which is up now, I look into how Y2K changed the tech industry, and whether it was all a waste. In the second I look at the unacknowledged success of Y2K--it was one of the only times... More.

Science Question From a Toddler: Omnivore Dinosaur

Each month, I pick a question from a current or former toddler and answer it on BoingBoing. If a toddler you know (or once were) has a pressing science-related concern, email me! Anyone who's watched "Jurassic Park" (and, subsequently, thought up a velociraptor escape plan) knows there were meat-e... More.

Mark Dery on 2012 bunkum

2012 angst got you down? Hankering for another harmonic convergence? Former BB guestblogger Mark Dery has got just the medicine for you. Over at h+ Magazine, he shreds the 2012 "carnival of bunkum" spread by folks who are banking (literally) on people believing that some sort of spiritual singular... More.

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