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Best of BBtv - Gabe and Max answer Bing Boing readers.



Continuing in Boing Boing tv's "best of" our first 6 months, as chosen by you, our viewers, we revisit the dulcet tones of....
Gabe and Max, who have taught so many of us how to achieve the dream lives of our dreams using the internet. Today they answer questions from the Bing Bong audience. Then, aliens discover Mark Frauenfelder's book, "Rule the Web."

Best of BBtv - Giant Atari Joystick, and 8-Bit Therapy



Continuing in this week's "Best of BBtv" retrospective, after a whopping 6 months of existence, we revisit a popular episode in which...
Mark checks out a 15-times-larger-than-life Atari joystick replica by Jason Torchinsky, on display at Felt Club XL. Then, 8-bit help for those suffering from projectile dysfunction disorder.
If you're in LA this Thursday, Machine Project is hosting an event where you can check out this cool creation for yourself!

Vlog (Mark) - Socialbomb, a real-world reputation game.



Today on Boing Boing tv, a vlog from Mark about Socialbomb, a real-world tech game that explores social circles and ways to measure interpersonal reputation.
The current version is designed to accommodate 30 players. Each player is awarded points for being near players with higher reputations, and penalized for being near players with lower reputations. Bonuses and penalties are applied according to overall social promiscuity and status. The player with the worst reputation score is the 'Socialbomb.' Their score will have the most negative impact on a social circle.
Shot on location at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference.

Vlog: Mark Frauenfelder - student inventors in Illinois



Mark visits student inventors in Illinois, and learns about electronic firefly jars, recycled cassette tape holders, and a solar powered lamp for the developing world.

Vlog (Mark) - RESIST light pegboards by Evil Mad Science



Today on Boing Boing tv: a vlog from Mark about "Peggy," a fun little light emitting pegboard kit. Mark says:
Remember those LED signs from the great Boston Mooninite debacle of 2007, in which a street promo campaign for a television show turned into a big security scare? They are in fact fun to make, and not at all deadly -- I spoke with Windell from Evil Mad Science, which sells kits so you can make pegboard signs at home. Here's a related post by Phil Torrone on the MAKE blog.