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useful stuff Gigantic tub of 22,000 Perler beads Mark Frauenfelder

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fun stuff Enjoy life — make the Perler bead trinkets of Link and other Zelda characters Mark Frauenfelder

Environment The largest source of plastic in our fresh water is laundry lint David Pescovitz

animation This 1977 animation uses glass beads to tell the story of life and death Mark Frauenfelder

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music Dr. John, the New Orleans music icon born Malcolm John Rebennack, dies at 77 Xeni Jardin

wax Spray on wax cotton waterproofing saves the day Jason Weisberger

picks The Art of Cosplay: 'Fuse Bead Armor,' by Cosplay Amy (@cosplamy) Xeni Jardin

sealing wax Sealing wax is easy to use and makes snail mail fun Jason Weisberger

cool science toys Desktop probability machine Mark Frauenfelder

urban theory One quarter of New Orleans' catch-basins were clogged to uselessness with 93,000 lbs of plastic Mardi Gras beads Cory Doctorow

deserts The terrible power of plastic is that it quickly becomes useless but never goes away Reanna Alder