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This week in Crave: The animal-magnetism edition

This week, we live-chatted with a bird on Facebook, climbed aboard a pirate ship, and pretended to be an evil-looking monster saving the world.

Leslie Katz Former Culture Editor
Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, plus all manner of awe-inspiring science, from space to AI and archaeology. When she's not smithing words, she's probably playing online word games, tending to her garden or referring to herself in the third person.
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Delia's painting
Click on the above image to see which up-and-coming young artist painted this masterpiece using an iPad. Amanda Kooser/CNET

Too busy talking to a live parrot on Facebook this week to keep up with Crave? Here's what went down while you were chatting up your feathered friend.

• iMacs got faster CPUs, Thunderbolt ports.

• Why isn't Nintendo's 3DS selling well? Some thoughts.

• New Nook likely to get e-ink treatment. (What's in store for e-ink this year anyway?)

• Meet our favorite Blu-ray player of 2011 so far.

• Artistic cat + iPad app = Motherwell with an obvious Jackson Pollock influence.

• Don't judge this monster by its evil looks.

• A new weapon in the piracy battle (piracy as in "arrr," that is).

• Listen up, lazy lovers of live music.

• Into leather?

• Close the curtains on annoying noise.

But don't you dare close the curtains on Crave! Write to us at crave at cnet dot com.