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a few, tasty links (August 3rd - August 10th):

• What makes a libertarian? - I want to contact this guy. The libertarianism connection seems bogus and unfounded, but I’d be interested in the details of the story.
• DIY Plasma Gun - Hack a Day - Plasma. And shooting.
• ISIS © - I want to make one of these fold-flat chairs.
• Newswise Medical News | Breast Implants Linked to Higher Long-Term Suicide Risk - The degree to which this appears to be true is pretty fantastically weird.
• Craftzine.com blog: DIY Shrinky Dinks - Shrinklets! Easily! Cheaply!
• MAKE: Blog: PopSci 5 min videos - How 2.0 videos, online now!
• Who Needs a Shopping Bag With a Mottainai Furoshiki? (TreeHugger) - I’ve wanted one of these for a long time.
• Craftzine.com blog: CRAFT: 02 - Kombucha Tea - A recipe — 
• Newswise Education News | Test Scores Slow Under No Child Left Behind Reforms - Why hasn’t this been reported on? NCLB isn’t working.
• Bayblab: The Science of Cooking - An easy way to play around with chemistry, and kids.
• Mechabolic: The Ultimate Trash-to-Fuel Land Speed Racer Slug (TreeHugger) - I can’t wait to see this at Burning Man.
• vvvv: a multipurpose toolkit : vvvv : a multipurpose toolkit - Real-time video synthesis with a GUI for programming.
• /// Dory Ex Machina /// » Article » Concrete Crickets - Aural graffiti.
• Record Player Made from Paper (TreeHugger) - This is amazing.
• Digital Reality, Inc. Custom Products as Unique as you! - Commercializing digital fabrication and combining it with customer resale.
• Lab Rat: main page - An amazingly comprehensive page full of vintage gaming electronics projects.