International terrorist group targets nanotech researchers Indigenous Americans and Carl Sagan agree: We are star stuff Dutch authorities report that Diginotar hack issued hundreds of bogus certs for CIA, Google, Twitter, and other giants Japan: A freaky field guide to mythical beasties of Tokyo A list of disgusting non-food things found in hot dogs Awesome Art Cars at Burning Man: Steampunk Octopus, and Playa Dalek Stowaway mouse grounds Nepal Airlines flight for 11 hours Advice for self-publishers: why should anyone care about your book? Survival Research Laboratories: SFMOMA Groundbreaking, 1992 "Rude" gestalt optical illusions Gweek 015: Comic book historian Craig Yoe Nik Raicevic's "Head," trippy Moog soundscapes from 1970 Bankers will take $5 trillion from American economy over the coming decade Kodachrome 16mm: VJ Day on Waikiki, 1945 Skull nickels Elizabeth McGrath watercolor show in NYC An introduction to Crossplay (cosplay meets crossdressing) Underwater boxing from 1939? Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Polish film poster Ranch dog, Montana Speculative fiction, and the art of predicting the future Catursunday: kitten on a table (photo from Boing Boing Flickr Pool) Earliest Homo Erectus tools found in Kenya: 1.76 million years old Stormtroopers Sunday Deus Ex: The Eyeborg Documentary An appreciation of "John Cusack and the art of being yourself" 
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International terrorist group targets nanotech researchers
By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Sep 06, 2011 09:39 am Yesterday, Craig Cormick—the public awareness manager at Australia's Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, and the person who invited me to the 6th Science Center World Congress—leaned over during a conference session and showed me this story on his …
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Sep 06, 2011 08:45 am In the language of the Diné (what the Navajo call themselves), the word for "star" is "sitsoi yoo." But that word means more than just "star." According to Nancy Maryboy of the Indigenous Education Institute, sitsoi yoo means something closer …
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 06, 2011 01:07 am The NYT has a summary of new information about the Diginotar hacking incident that has come to light over the past week: Attackers who hacked into a Dutch Web security firm have issued hundreds of fraudulent security certificates for intelligence …
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 06, 2011 12:46 am Matt Alt penned a guide to Tokyo's legendary animals and mythical beasts (not to be confused with yokai). Chip Boles did the great illustrations that accompany Matt's explainer. Japanese monsters, and how to survive their wrathThe Demons' Night-ParadeJapan: Boing Boing …
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 06, 2011 12:34 am Happy Labor Day cookout, everyone! Maggots, worms, metal, plastic, a razor, and semen are but some of the many non-food substances callers claimed were in their hot dogs, in complaints lodged with the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 2007 and …
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 06, 2011 12:16 am Video director and funny guy Mark Day shares two wonderful short films from Burning Man 2011. First, artist Duane Flatmo's steampunk-styled El Pulpo Mechanico, which Mark describes as "One of the most impressive mutant vehicles on show at Burning Man …
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 06, 2011 12:02 am A Nepal Airlines flight was delayed for nearly 12 hours by a mouse that managed to find its way on-board a Boeing 757 9N-ACB Monday. It was discovered in of a box of drinks at 9:30am local time, and was …
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By Cory Doctorow on Sep 05, 2011 08:26 pm My latest Locus column, "Why Should Anyone Care?" looks at a hard question that many people interested in self-publishing ignore: "Why should anyone care that you've got a book out?" I get a lot of e-mail from writers starting out …
Continue reading → Read in browser Survival Research Laboratories: SFMOMA Groundbreaking, 1992
By David Pescovitz on Sep 05, 2011 07:38 pm In 1992, our dear friends at Survival Research Laboratories staged a machine performance at the groundbreaking ceremony for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. As part of SRL's ongoing digitization of their large archives, they've posted this video of …
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By David Pescovitz on Sep 05, 2011 06:09 pm Look closely. This isn't your dad's rabbit-duck illusion. "Rude Illusion Parade" (forgetmori)
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Sep 05, 2011 04:48 pm Gweek is Boing Boing's podcast about comic books, science fiction & fantasy, video games, board games, tools, gadgets, apps, and other neat stuff. In episode 15, I interviewed designer and comic book historian Craig Yoe. He's been called "the freaking …
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By David Pescovitz on Sep 05, 2011 04:43 pm Listen at left to "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide," from Nik Raicevic's Head (1970), an epic journey of Moog komische music via Los Angeles. On the same album are "Cannabis Sativa" and "Methedrine." The text on the cover says, "Inside you will …
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Sep 05, 2011 04:39 pm How to succeed by failing: be a banker. From CNN World: For the American economy – and for many other developed economies – the elephant in the room is the amount of money paid to bankers over the last five …
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By David Pescovitz on Sep 05, 2011 04:19 pm Dig the Kodachromatic beauty of this spontaneous V-J Day celebration on Waikiki, August 14, 1945. Don't miss the perfect moment at :55. "VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945" (Thanks, Jennifer and Dave Lum!)
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Sep 05, 2011 04:14 pm Scott Beale of Laughing Squid writes: "Colossal has a great roundup of Skull Nickels, carved coins that are made in the tradition of Hobo Nickels, which are still celebrated and collected by the Hobo Nickel Society." Photo: Quality Rare Coins
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By David Pescovitz on Sep 05, 2011 04:11 pm Elizabeth McGrath, best known for her delightfully creepy and strange faux taxidermy beasties, has a small show of exquisite watercolors opening this week at Sloan Fine Art in New York City. Seen here is "20 Eyes" (watercolor, 22" x 15"). …
Continue reading → Read in browser An introduction to Crossplay (cosplay meets crossdressing)
By Xeni Jardin on Sep 04, 2011 10:14 pm Liz Ohanesian, LA Weekly writer and periodic guest contributor to Boing Boing, has an in-depth look at the cosplay subculture phenomenon known as "Crossplay." Crossplay is exactly what you think it might be, cosplay that involves crossdressing. It's not the …
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By David Pescovitz on Sep 04, 2011 09:54 pm I don't know the real story behind this clip, purportedly of a 1939 "Underwater Boxing Match," but it puts a delightful Chaplinesque spin on the sweet science.
Read in browser Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Polish film poster
By David Pescovitz on Sep 04, 2011 09:36 pm On eBay is this 1979 movie poster for the Polish release of one of my favorite films, Bliskie spotkania trzeciego stopnia. It's not clear to me that poster designer Andrzej Pagowski saw the film first, but no matter as the …
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 04, 2011 09:34 pm Kit, a herd dog at Flying Diamond Ranch in Montana's Paradise Valley. After a long day working with Gelbvieh cattle on the summer grazing grounds, Kit is resting in the shade beneath her owner's truck. When not herding cows, Kit …
Continue reading → Read in browser Speculative fiction, and the art of predicting the future
By Xeni Jardin on Sep 04, 2011 09:04 pm John Schwartz has a nice piece in today's New York Times on science fiction as a tool for predicting the future: The dirty little secret of speculative fiction is that it's hard to go wrong predicting that things will get …
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 04, 2011 08:54 pm (Image: Kitten on a tabletop, a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (2.0) image from tomorrowgirl's photostream, contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr Pool.)
Read in browser Earliest Homo Erectus tools found in Kenya: 1.76 million years old
By Xeni Jardin on Sep 04, 2011 08:45 pm In the NYT, science writer John Noble Wilford reports that scientists have finally pinned a firm date on the earliest evidence of advanced tool-making by Homo erectus, a forerunner of modern humans. The new study dates the axe shown below …
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 04, 2011 08:37 pm Photography by Kristina Alexanderson: still-lifes with Stormtroopers. (via Bryan William Jones via Kuriositas)
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 04, 2011 06:18 pm [Warning: video contains graphic visual content of surgery which may be upsetting to some viewers.] For the launch of the game "DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION," Square Enix commissioned filmmaker Rob Spence to investigate prosthetics, cybernetics and human augmentation. Spence is …
Continue reading → Read in browser An appreciation of "John Cusack and the art of being yourself"
By Xeni Jardin on Sep 04, 2011 06:11 pm At Indiewire's "Press Play" blog, Masha Tupitsyn
has an essay on the life and work of John Cusack, and thoughts on the art of being yourself. Cusack, as regular Boing Boing readers may recall, is a periodic guest contributor to …
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