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Alexis Madrigal - Alexis Madrigal is a senior editor at The Atlantic. He's the author of Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology.
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The New York Observer calls him, "for all intents and purposes, the perfect modern reporter." Madrigal co-founded Longshot magazine, a high-speed media experiment that garnered attention from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the BBC. While at Wired.com, he built Wired Science into one of the most popular blogs in the world. The site was nominated for best magazine blog by the MPA and best science Web site in the 2009 Webby Awards. He also co-founded Haiti ReWired, a groundbreaking community dedicated to the discussion of technology, infrastructure, and the future of Haiti.

He's spoken at Stanford, CalTech, Berkeley, SXSW, E3, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and his writing was anthologized in Best Technology Writing 2010 (Yale University Press).

Madrigal is a visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkeley's Office for the History of Science and Technology. Born in Mexico City, he grew up in the exurbs north of Portland, Oregon, and now lives in Oakland.
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Angry Birds Characters Spotted in Their Natural Environment

By Alexis Madrigal

Dec 29 2010, 1:22 PM ET Comment

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Yes, those are felt versions of the Angry Birds mobile game characters chilling at the airport. How did they leap from my phone onto my bag?

Well, luckily for me, my seven-year-old niece got to choose the theme for my sister's annual DIY Christmas gifts. Being of sound mind and body, she chose Angry Birds. And thereby, my entire family received sets of perfectly rendered Angry Birds Christmas ornaments.

Below, a live-action Angry Birds scene.

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