November 2011
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So I guess I can’t import Google +1’s into Tumblr. You can catch them here tho: https://plus.google.com/u/0/114538744581747199252/plusones
October 2011
26 posts
Ohio Emergency Responders Stage Mock Zombie... →
destinyland writes “An Ohio Emergency Management Agency staged a mock zombie attack using more than 225 volunteers dressed as zombies at an Ohio college. ‘Organizers hoped the theme would…
Who’s cuter, Ryan or a Puppy? Reblog your choice →
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New York Marathon Runners Getting Digital Love... →
Running 26.2 miles is grueling work, but ASCIS is hoping to make the upcoming New York Marathon on Nov. 6 just a little bit easier — with the help of…
Lego Glenn Danzig →
When John Holbo coined the term “brickpunk” I don’t think this is what he had in mind.
The Best Twitter Feed of the 24th Century →
TNG Season 8: “Plots from the unaired eighth season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.”
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One-percenter: why I support Occupy →
Gaius, a self-described member of the 1% (“Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan would save me roughly $400,000 a year in taxes, and President Obama’s tax proposals would cost me more than $100,000”) writes on…
Lynne Ramsay to Make a Claustrophobic Sci-Fi ‘Moby... →
I’m a big fan of Lynne Ramsay based on her first two films, Ratcatcher and Morvern Callar. The conversations about her third, We Need to Talk About Kevin, have been extremely tempting to…
Social Consumers and the Science of Sharing... →
If you’re buying a car, do you check Facebook? Or do you read up on Kelley Blue Book values and scour the company website for every spec, from horsepower to miles per gallon? What about music —…
Much Ado About Joss Whedon Shooting Shakespeare →
The website muchadothemovie.com announces a mysterious Joss Whedon project.Screengrab: Wired.com
Actor Nathan Fillion sent Joss Whedon fans into a frenzy Sunday when he tweeted a link to…
The 40 Sluttiest Dog Halloween Costumes... →
Let me start by saying “whoa”. Just…whoa. More »
I Love My Pit Bull →
I don’t think of myself as particularly political or controversial. Yet the “I love my Pit Bull” magnet on my minivan makes some people see red. I’ve heard everything from, “Do you really have…
Aromatherapy for Dogs? →
When I was quitting smoking everyone told me how much better my nose would be at smelling wonderful scents. (Yup, I smoked two packs a day in my twenties and thirties. Hard to imagine now.)…
Friends, "I'm His Girl" →
I’ve been crushing majorly on the Brooklyn band Friends ever since their video for “Friend Crush.” They make music that sounds kind of like Lykke Li circa Youth Novels, but a little dreamier…
DeLorean Goes Electric →
So we’ve got the Back to the Future lace-up sneakers on the market. What’s next, an all-electric DeLorean? YES.
DeLorean Motor Company
“The way I see it, if you’re gonna build a…
#OccupyWallSt: Luke Skywalker is the 99% →
Photoshopper unknown. Via Brandon Neely.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Lessons For Occupy D.C. →
As per the Washington standard, at the center of McPherson Square, just four blocks from the White House, is a bronze equestrian statue of a Union general who was killed in the battle for…
Wait, Where the Fuck Should I Go? →
My current favorite website: gothefucktothelibrary.com. Do you ever find yourself wondering about whether you should go the fuck to the library? If so, gothefucktothelibrary.com has the answer for…
Moss Man skips out on trial →
Have you seen this gentleman? This is Gregory Liascos, 36, of Portland, who was arrested last year for allegedly trying to cut a hole in the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals to break in….
Seattle superhero not prosecuted →
Seattle prosecutors decided not to press charges against Seattle superhero Phoenix Jones. As I posted yesterday, Jones was arrested over the weekend for allegedly pepper spraying a group of…
Doggy AT-AT →
Laika the dog is seriously styling in this AT-AT costume, created by Katie Mello.
(via Super Punch)
Captain Picard Day to Be the Best Day of All →
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Altho this is infringing upon the official Captain Picard Day, it’s still pretty cool.
A few days ago I got an email from one Zachary Auburn, some dude I don’t know…
If it is realistic or plausible, then it is not... →
Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale and Oryx and Crake, publishes a new essay collection next week called In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination. Throughout her…
Visit the Unicorn Museum →
Briefly mentioned on BoingBoing back in 2007, The Unicorn Museum is a spot-on (and Biblically correct!) parody of the Creation Museum. This photoshopped billboard kind of makes me…
Beats From The Boosh →
When last we encountered Nick Bertke, a/k/a Pogo, the remixer was chopping up the Wizard of Oz soundtrack to create a track that, matched up with a great animation, was pretty…
Caturday: Bodhi →
Bodhi, a photo by TomorrowGirl contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr Pool. Boing Boing’s Caturday cover-kitten of the week is available for adoption at Friends of Animals Los Angeles.
September 2011
7 posts
To all Occupy Wall Street Participants, here is... →
wilwheaton:
From Reddit, where the comments are also worth reading:
Guys, listen. Here’s the deal.
I love you guys with every shred of my hard-left leaning heart. But I think you might be doing something wrong. Here is one thing that can help you.
Tomorrow, wear a polo and khakis
Seriously. polos and khakis. Every time you guys DO finally get some fucking press, it’s a scrawny dude with...
Take Us, Robot Overlords →
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Caturday: Calico rolls a D20 →
“Dee rolls a d20, and gets a critical.”
Photo:, a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (2.0) image from darkestpaisleyphotos’s photostream (aka Kate Eburg).
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CERN claims to have measured particle that travels... →
Big and controversial science news breaking today, via AP: “A pillar of physics — that nothing can go faster than the speed of light — appears to be smashed by an oddball subatomic particle that…
Bear v. Dog Mom →
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Yeah I’d probably punch a bear in the face to save my pups too.
If dogs issued medals for bravery, this woman would get top honors: Brooke Collins, of Juneau, Alaska, took on a…
Tree-Climbing Robot Climbs Trees, Is a Robot →
Instructables user Technochicken built this cool tree-climbing robot:
After I got comfortable programming and building with an Arduino, I decided to build a robot. I did not have any…
August 2011
5 posts
Alan Moore drawn by Gilbert Hernandez →
Alan Moore as drawn by Gilbert Hernandez, from Comics Interview #65 (1988). (via A Moment of Moore)
For much more Moore, check out the new art book Alan Moore: Storyteller, reviewed …
David Byrne’s fake iPhone apps →
David Byrne made a bunch of fake screenshots for iPhone apps that don’t exist. They’ll be in an exhibit called “Social Media,” at The Pace Gallery (510 West 25th Street) from September 16…
How Noble →
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New Cosmos series →
This is a bit of a head-scratcher…the guy behind the Family Guy (Seth MacFarlane) is teaming up with Carl Sagan’s widow and Neil DeGrasse Tyson to do a sequel to the landmark science series, …
July 2011
3 posts
Important Murakami News! →
Attention Haruki Murakami obsessives: literary blog The Millions has the first paragraph of his highly anticipated, 928-page novel, 1Q84. The new book, published in three volumes in Japan,…
Man calls police to report pot theft →
Max Fleck, 20, of Chicago, Illinois, called police to report that three men robbed him of two pounds of marijuana. The police arrived, found more drugs, and arrested Fleck.
According to…
Updated: Two-Alarm Fire Causes Thousands in... →
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Barista/Aviary roof
The fire department saying illegal fireworks were the cause of a fire that burned the…
June 2011
11 posts
What $41 million buys: Color vs. mlkshk →
One photo-sharing social media service launched with $41 million in VC funding. A similar startup launched with zero. Compare the two. (via @antderosa)
Felted pet portraits →
Amelia Santiago is an artist living in Portland who creates sculptures out of wool. She made these of Chuck and Coco, and I don’t remember where I was when the package arrived, but Tyrant opened it…
Rave On Buddy Holly →
Rave On Buddy Holly is an album-length compilation of Buddy Holly cover songs sung by the likes of Cee Lo Green, Fiona Apple, Lou Reed, and Paul McCartney. You can listen now on Soundcloud, via…
What Chess Tells Us About the Value of Perception →
As a physics student, I found that I could solve most of the problems simply by looking at derivations and listening carefully to my reactions to the equations. A soft voice inside me would say,…
I wish someone would invent headphones that know the exact music you need to listen to based on your biochemistry at any given moment. It’s taken me all day to realise I needed to listen to Sigur Ros.
That, Taken →
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“Take That singers Mark Owen and Howard Donald were both trapped on a stage robot during their concert at the City of Manchester stadium at the weekend. The pair…
Saw my first dog left in a car in the blazing... →
Rebooting Museums (3) →
“It’s no secret: American children are behind in math and science, and falling faster by the year,” writes Maywa Montenegro in an April 2011 SEED article titled “The Art of Science Learning.”…