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-- Even bikes are getting into the spring of things. [Chic Cyclist]

In the Shepard Fairey exhibit which opens today for the general public at the Institute of Contemporary Art, there is a quotation by Andy Warhol, one of Fairey’s main influences if not his most important.

Shepard Fairey, he of the ubiquitous Obama poster, is coming to the ICA this week. On Thursday, he’ll introduce a new exhibit, “Shepard Fairey: Supply and Demand”, and give a talk at 6:30pm. The lecture is sold out already, but you can still catch a glimpse of the artist as he takes over the decks on Friday, Feb. 6 for the next installment of the ICA’s “Experiment”, the museum’s art event-slash-dance party. (Tickets available in advance: $25 general admission; $20 members, students, and seniors, 21+ only).

Massachusetts cellist Yo-Yo Ma was not actually playing his cello during Barack Obama's televised inauguration. Complaining that it was "wicked cold," the musician and sex symbol opted instead to pretend to perform while piping in a prerecorded track. [NYTimes]

-- Celebrate the start to Obama's presidency in a tasty way with inauguration cupcakes. [Beantown Baker]

-- In an effort to make bees even bigger pricks, scientists give them coke. A dance party ensues. [Pax Arcana]

Political Blogger sees "Big Picture" at Globe: Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo gave some props to the Boston Globe's photo blog. In a brief entry, he wrote:

-- For the veterans, there's a new social networking site just for you. [Community of Veterans]

I was recently saddened by her rejection from the Massachusetts-based Ghost Hunters group. They said their reasoning had something to do with my exclusive obsession with vampires and other cryptozoological phonomea didn't really fit into their mission of hunting down the after-beings of salors reeking mildew and decaying seaweed.

-- Find a debate-watching party on Obama's site. (Feature not available on McCain's site.) [Obama for America]

10:36: Conclusion.

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-- Who needs MIT hackers when the MBTA Charlie system can fail on it's own? [Zeroday]

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The Boston Herald today--in sadly predictable fashion--posted online an article of theirs about a local Youtube star without anywhere linking to the Youtube video in question. (They do have their own embedded version of the video, but this Bostonist couldn't get it to load, and the whole premise of the piece is the unlikely Youtube stardom of a Natick toddler.)

When one thinks of a precendent-setting local politician with a stake in this year's Democratic primary for president, they probably think of Governor Deval Patrick. But Boston City Council At-Large member Sam Yoon is also in the mix.

--The state owes snow plow operators $69 million for their work. Now that's a way to thank them for keeping our roads clean. The state has already--ahem--plowed through its snow-plow budget due to the abundance of snow this year. Sorry. Couldn't resist. [Boston Globe]

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