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• LSD-discoverer Albert Hofmann wrote a letter to Steve Jobs asking him how/why LSD was useful to him. What else did Hofmann say?

• Rob reviewed the HTC Touch Pro 2. Check out the verdict.

• Steven reviewed Garmin’s ultra-thin nüvi 1490T GPS unit.

• Joel reviewed the Mophie Juice Pack Air battery case for the iPhone.

• An art installation with enormous solar-powered flowers.

• A beautiful vintage world clock from 1975.

Core77 made a bicycle. Expensive, but attractive.

• College students built a PDA-powered rig that accurately measure muscle strength.

• Joel posted a video review of the Vita-Mix 5200. Check out his mug and his mesh cap.

• Greenpeace released its annual report rating several major electronics manufacturers. How’d Apple do? What about Nintendo? Find out!

• Samsung filed a patent for a butterfly-like cell phone built with “doped polysilicon.”

• If a Leatherman multi-tool doesn’t have a knife, is it still a Leatherman? Hmmmm…

• We discovered a toy called the “Fighting Cock” &mdash and we’re going to give one away to one lucky reader!

Discuss all this and more at BBG.

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