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Planes and stocks both freeze this AM over computer glitches It's a strange morning when stocks and planes are both shut down due to two separate computer glitches. First it was United Airlines at 8am ET, who was forced to ground all of its departing planes in the U.S. Read the rest... Listen to the Goldeneye 007 soundtrack as it was always meant to be heard Did you know about audio compression related to tech limitations? Today, enjoy some nostalgic, amazing game tracks free of such auld constraints. Takes you right back. Read the rest... Fhtagn! The inceptionized route from noise to latent doglizards, in 5:36 Take Google Research's "inceptionism" white-paper on AI-based pattern matching and feed it random noise, then recurse the output over and over, and the deep doglizards of reality come out to play. Read the rest... Drawings from "thought transference" experiment (1885) Public Domain Review found this illustration from an 1885 issue of Science that was scanned and saved at archive.org. An illustration from Science – An Illustrated Journal, a nineteenth-century weekly published in New York by The Science Company. Read the rest... Who Censored Roger Rabbit? I've always enjoyed Gary Wolf's Who Censored Roger Rabbit? far more than the movie adaption. Dark and gritty, this noir fantasy is a thriller! Read the rest... Max Max: Muppet Road Mad Max Mayhem [JoopaDoops/Deviant Art] (Thanks, Fipi Lele!) Read the rest... How to make a drinking game Sure, we all know what a drinking game is: a game designed to get you trashed. But what does it look like from the perspective of a game designer? How does it work? Read the rest... Puphaus creates stylish mid-century modern inspired doghouse If your dog needs a quiet getaway from sun and rain, but is too cool for a traditional doghouse or cheap plastic igloo, Puphaus by Pyramd may be the best option. Read the rest... WATCH: Hula creates murals only accessible by surfboard Street artist Hula paddles out to a secluded surface with supplies perched on his board, then paints an evocative mural in this lovely video shot by by Aaron Austin. Read the rest... Exclusive excerpt from new Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas graphic novel Here's an exclusive excerpt of Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, a new graphic novel adapted by Troy Little and published by Top Shelf Productions. Read the rest... Intricate crocheted wire heart by Anne Mondro Artist Anne Mondro uses narrow-gauged tinned copper wire and other materials to create works like If I can stop one heart from breaking. Read the rest... Save 75% On A Lifetime Of Password Protection From SplashID Pro SplashID, the company trusted by millions of people over the past 10 years, is here to make sure your most confidential information stays safe in the big, bad world of the Internet. Read the rest... EFF is hiring an activist! You can save the future! EFF pays a competitive wage and offers moving assistance and help with home-buying for its new hires, too. Read the rest... Judge Scalia Channels the Framers Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH Judge Scalia channels the Constitution's Framers to deliver his own two-fisted brand of jurisprudence! Read the rest... WATCH: The Walking Cube, a shapeshifting sculpture of pipes and pneumatics 1024 Architecture created this dynamic cube sculpture using metal pipes and pneumatics. The resulting kinetic art is a nightmarish dancing figure. Read the rest... Computer scientists on the excruciating stupidity of banning crypto A paper from some of the most important names in crypto/security history scorchingly condemns plans by the US and UK governments to ban "strong" (e.g. Read the rest... Crazy and amazing unofficial Barbie fashions from the 1960s Collectors Weekly's Ben Marks says, "Schiffer Publishing has just released 'Doll Junk: Collectible & Crazy Fashions from the '70s & '80s,' by Carmen Varricchio, who fills almost 200 pages with images of Barbie and Ken knockoffs and the campy fashions that manufacturers in the U.S. Read the rest... Tortilla laser-etched into a record that actually plays! Enjoy the edible lo-fi sounds of "Jarabe Tapatío," aka "The Mexican Hat Dance." Over at Instructables, learn how to make your own tortilla record! Read the rest... Curing kids of the notion that they suck at science Can a new computer-assisted teaching program rid us of the cognitive errors that lead to students believing they suck at math or just aren't cut out to study science? According to Ulrik Christensen, senior fellow of digital learning at McGraw-Hill Education, yes it can. Read the rest... Foundry is a new company that helps makers share and learn from each other I was so excited about Foundry that I joined its board of advisors. It's a company that help makers show off their creations, collaborate with other makers, and, eventually, get their products to market. Read the rest... Beatbugs - facepainting plus beatboxing equals awesomeness Fletcher Bedon, a DJ music producer from South Africa, produced and directed this video starring "two beat-boxers [Denver Turner and Anderson Chituse] and a whole lot of face paint." Below, the making of video. Read the rest... My favorite dark chocolate: Lindt 90% cocoa In earlier posts, I've mentioned that I don't like airplane food. When I fly I either fast or pack along macadamia nuts, applewood smoked bacon jerky, and dark chocolate. Read the rest... Hacking Team leak: bogus copyright takedowns and mass DEA surveillance in Colombia Fallout from yesterday's enormous dump of internal documents from Italy's notorious Hacking Team, a cyber-arms dealer for the world's worst autocratic regimes, is just getting started. Read the rest... Foo Fighters demand bullshit terms from concert photographers If you're a commercial photographer attending a Foo Fighters gig, you get the right to run photos of their choosing exactly once, and they get all rights to everything you've shot forevermore. Read the rest... Paula Deen apologizes for racist tweet: "It's my social media manager's fault" Paula Deen tweeted a photo of her son wearing brownface in order to impersonate Cuban-born I Love Lucy character Ricky Ricardo, along with the words "Lucyyyyyyy! Read the rest... Mayor says town seal depicting white man strangling Native American is a "friendly wrestling match" "The first thought that anyone has of this image is, "There's some white guy killing an Indian, strangling an Indian,"?" says Cliff Matias, director of the Redhawk Native American Arts Council in Brooklyn. Read the rest... The International Love Ultimatum inspires DIY games about relationships Mainstream video games tend to focus on mechanics of destruction, with far less attention paid to the mechanics of building romances, friendships and other relationships. Read the rest... Best Coast: new music video for "Feeling OK" SoCal psych-pop duo Best Coast present the video for "Feeling OK" from their bold new album California Nights. And if you missed out on the special Boing Boing Video live performance and interview with Best Coast, a collaboration with our pals at Remedy Editorial, get ya some below: Read the rest... Anti-Stress Coloring Book – all ages can enjoy this old-school, unplugged activity My girlfriend squeed when I pulled this book out of my bag. Apparently, this coloring-books-for-adults craze is the real thing! Adult coloring books have been around for some time now, and art has been providing comfort since there has been art. Read the rest... Kickstarting custom cellular automata scarves Noah writes, "Fabienne Serriere, a hacker and machine knitting enthusiast, is running a Kickstarter currently for provably unique mathematical scarves modeled off of cellular automaton and made of Merino wool. Read the rest... Follow us online:   forward to a friend   unsubscribe from this list

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