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This week in Crave: The Rock 'Em Sock 'Em edition

This week, we played in the snow looking like R2-D2, bid farewell to mobile Flash, and revved up our retro-robot bumper cars.

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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Where were you at 11:11 on 11/11/11? Too busy turning your amp up past 10 to read Crave? Turn it back down again and listen in to what you missed.

• Kiss your lives goodbye, folks. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is here.

• Kindle Fire vs. new Nook Tablet: How they stack up.

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• Is it song over for music CDs?

• Yoda, Darth Vader, and Boba Fett hit the slopes.

• These gadgets look good in wood.

• Micro-SIM cards are getting more micro.

• Nokia's Gem phone is all touch screen.

• Now you, too, can be the face of a disembodied robot head!

• Goodbye mobile Flash. (How does that make you feel?)

• The iHome iP4 boom box: So retro-cool you won't miss your cassette player!

• Hitch a ride on a Rock 'Em Sock 'Em bumper car.

• And don't miss this week's Rock 'Em Sock 'Em podcast:

Watch this: Ep. 65: Dogs unite

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