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	Sunday, 14 August 2005

Dangerous toy The other kind of sonic blaster. Xeni Jardin: Boing Boing reader Brian says, After reading your earlier post about the LAPD using a "Sonic Blaster" I was reminded of a little gem from the Consumer Reports vintage photo gallery: "The Mattel Agent Zero M Sonic Blaster 5530 fires compressed air with a deafening blast. Our measurements top out at 157 dB--above a level that can do permanent damage to the hearing of an adult. We rate the toy Not Acceptable." Correct me if I'm wrong, but is this not the single greatest children's toy ever created? I certainly would have been very, very happy. The rest of the photo gallery is pretty interesting as well, actually, including things like Radio Sunglasses and a Portable Steambath. You've got to love kids' toys that maim. Previously on Boing Boing: LA Sherriff Dept.'s new sonic blaster RNC-NYC -- reported presence of long-range acoustic device (LRAD) at protests [Boing Boing] 10:32:09 PM

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Stellarium stellarium. yesterday, during swimming, i saw that there were two very bright spots next to the moon. so i tried to take a photo of it. only the one closest to the moon turned out half decent. using stellarium i could turn back the clock to yesterday and figure out that the one closest to the moon jupiter is, and the other one venus. I love Tom Schuring's (aka clogwog) blog. His photos are lovely. There's a link to his site on the left here. the moon and jupiter [A Clogwog in Oz] 7:15:36 PM

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Dictionary.com Word of the Day nugatory: Dictionary.com Word of the Day. nugatory: insignificant; also, ineffectual. [Dictionary.com Word of the Day] 5:42:30 PM

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Great news on Alex Cyclists' condition improving. The condition of injured cyclists Louise Yaxley and Alexis Rhodes continues to improve. Having been through the horrendous injury scenario with my own son four years back (which still has repercussions, and for which he is still being treated) I know what the families are going through. Mind you Alex wasn't very sympathetic towards Kato at the time of his big smash. [ABC News: Breaking Stories] 2:51:57 PM

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