Steve Martin: Wally On The Run

It’s not always a good idea for famous people to make albums. Example: William Shatner. Alternate Example: Paris Hilton. But Steve Martin, who has always been sort of vaguely known for his banjo playing, has made roots music his priority in the last four or five years and is totally nailing it. His most recent album, recorded with Edie Brickell, came out in April. He’s also touring right now with Brickell and The Steep Canyon Rangers, the band he worked with on his second most recent album. Even if you don’t like bluegrass, his stuff is pretty accessible and he jokes around on a bunch of the tracks.

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The Weekly Roundup for 06.17.2013

You might say the week is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workweek, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Weekly Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past seven days — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.

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‘Mad Men’ GIFs Of Season 6: Pete Falling, Ted Flying And More (GIFs)

“Mad Men” has always been filled with quotable lines from the ever-sassy Sally Draper to “Sterling’s Gold” … and everyone in between.

But “Mad Men” Season 6 has been chock-full of more GIF-able moments than ever before.

In honor of the end of Season 6 (finale airs Sunday, June 23 at 10 p.m. ET on AMC), let’s look back on the moments that made us laugh (Pete falling down the stairs), cringe (Dawn and Joan’s hug), cheer (Ken’s tap dancing) and gag (Don pukes at Roger’s mom’s funeral) this season on “Mad Men” with the GIFs below.

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Jim Carrey On ‘Kick-Ass 2’: ‘In All Good Conscience I Cannot Support That Level Of Violence’

Jim Carrey has distanced himself from the upcoming Universal release “Kick-Ass 2” because of its violent content. Carrey used his Twitter account to pass along the message to his over 10,863,000 followers.


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This Is How Much Pot Is Seized At The U.S.-Mexico Border

The Center for Investigative Reporting is doing a really serious and extensive multi-part series on the drug trade and border patrol at the U.S.-Mexico border. There are budget analyses, infographics and policy reviews. This is legit reporting. But you know what, sometimes you get so wrapped up in your work that you don’t realize you’re getting a contact high. It happens. And it’s the only thing that explains this video.

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Dog Buries Dead Puppy In Astounding Act Of Mourning (VIDEO)

If you didn’t believe animals have the capability to grieve like people do, you might now change your mind.

In this heart-wrenching video posted on Youtube Sunday, a dog buries a dead puppy. Using its nose, the dog slowly covers the body with dirt in what appears to be an act of mourning.

Though the circumstances of the video are unclear, the dog’s attempt to preserve the pup’s bone is rather astonishing.

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Dogster: A Dog Bit Me When I Was a Kid… and No One Was Sued

My parents weren’t dog savvy, and they’re not particularly animal-loving. But they still acknowledged that this was in no way Cookie’s fault, but rather their own, for failing to supervise their child in another’s home.
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Lawrence Wittner: When Education Is a Business

To what extent is education corrupted when it becomes intertwined with profit-making businesses?
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Uses For Dental Floss: 12 Quick Tricks Around The House (PHOTOS)

From Networx’s Sayward Rebhal:

Dental floss is something you should always have around – and hopefully you’re using it every day to clean between your teeth. But beside the dental duty, floss is also awesome as a stand-in for all sorts of common items. From hanging photos (Boston general contractor Tom Silva of This Old House recommends it over wire because dental floss does not mar wall paint) to acting as a micro-spatula, read on to find out all the ways that floss can help you around the house. Like . . .

List and captions courtesy of Networx

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Switched On: Touchy subjects

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.

DNP Switched On Touchy subjects

In 2002, the first LCD-based iMac succeeded the translucent PowerPC G3-based models that the original Bondi Blue iMac begat. The new generation was much more striking than the one that had placed Apple on the comeback trail. The iMac G4 mounted the display on a balanced arm similar to a Luxo lamp while the motherboard resided in a hemispherical base. This allowed the display to be adjusted to a wide range of heights and angles and each of the two main sections to be “true to itself.”

Alas, the design had its limits. It’s difficult to imagine today’s ample 27-inch iMac displays balancing off such a mount. Furthermore, after the switch to Intel, processor thermals improved to help enable the slim iMac of today. The idea of efforts being true to themselves (at least until nearly compromise-free convergence is possible), however, has stayed a hallmark of Apple. For example, the company would resist adding video to the iPod for years after competitors had the feature.

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