Stephenson's REAMDE: perfectly executed, mammoth, ambitious technothriller Bystanders lift flaming car off trapped man Stormtrooper helmet sculpted out of sneakers "We Sell Mexican Jumping Beans – Useful Information" Naughty puppy The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss: exclusive preview VooDoo Kings Flamethrower: Hot Rod snapshots (Boing Boing Flickr Pool) Crania Anatomica Filigre on Kickstarter Tiny paper people and scenery It'd be great to have an app that remembered how you found cool stuff online Court orders Non-anonymous possible Anonymous to stop using real name TSA to stop groping children List of If This Then That recipes Filesharing service sues Warner Bros. for copyright fraud Romero Studios treehouses Understanding the security story of the year: "Iranian" hack attack on SSL Blind person uses ATM for first time $160 treadmill desk Big Bang infographic How to make an Atari Punk Console Virgin America to launch new in-flight entertainment tech (Boing Boing is in the mix) Snowballs Made Easy with the Debt Free iPhone App JW Dunne's "An Experiment With Time" (1927) Antibiotic resistance is older than antibiotics Shriekback's "Nemesis" (1985) How big are solar flares, really? Trailer Tuesday: Pretty Poison (1968) Another radioactive Boy Scout Dia de los Muertos skulls of Mario, Ultraman, etc. CIA launches internal investigation into whether CIA broke law in spying on Muslims with NYPD 
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Stephenson's REAMDE: perfectly executed, mammoth, ambitious technothriller
By Cory Doctorow on Sep 14, 2011 12:46 pm REAMDE Back in 2010, I found myself in Seattle (I was touring with my novel For the Win -- a young adult science fiction novel about gold-farming), I stopped by Neal Stephenson's place for breakfast and asked him what he …
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By Cory Doctorow on Sep 14, 2011 12:39 pm In this video, witnesses to a car-motorcycle crash quickly self-organize to lift a flaming car off the trapped motorcyclist. In addition to being an inspiring, life-affirming clip, it's also a fascinating study in collective action. Generally, people are less likely …
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By Cory Doctorow on Sep 14, 2011 11:34 am Noah sez, "Freehand Profit, the guy behind the fantastic MASK365 project, has created an incredible new piece for Star Wars Remix: a wearable Stormtrooper helmet made out of 2 pairs of Adidas sneakers!" StarWarsRemix.com launched August 30th with an entry …
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Sep 14, 2011 06:05 am The gift shop at the Burbank airport sells Mexican jumping beans. I always buy a couple of packs when they are available. My kids and I had a fun jumping bean race after dinner tonight (my bean kicked ass). Afterwards, …
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By Rob Beschizza on Sep 14, 2011 03:33 am Posted to the Boing Boing Flickr pool by ShellBell63
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Sep 13, 2011 11:14 pm Titan Books gave me permission to present samples from the new art book, The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss. It's available in a standard edition for $21.14, and a special edition for $75 that comes in a slipcase with …
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 13, 2011 11:08 pm Photo: Definitely not a Prius. From a lovely photo set contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr pool by reader Greg Lynch, who explains: Jalopy Fest is a Traditional Hot Rod and Custom Car Show held at Grundy County Speedway in …
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Sep 13, 2011 10:41 pm If you contribute $50 or more to Joshua Harker's Kickstarter campaign, you'll get one of his elaborate "Crania Anatomica Filigre."
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By Cory Doctorow on Sep 13, 2011 09:22 pm TERADA MOKEI, a Japanese company, makes dense sheets of punch-out people, animals and scenery intended for use in architectural models. The sets include sports matches, mass transit, street scenes, construction sites, and an orchestra. Sounds like a fun thing to …
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By Cory Doctorow on Sep 13, 2011 09:07 pm Clive Thompson has a great rumination on a missing piece of the Internet toolsuite: a mapper that watches your browsing and tells you how you found interesting stuff. This is a great example of a technology that would make a …
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By Cory Doctorow on Sep 13, 2011 09:03 pm It's the headline of the zeitgeisty moment: "A guy accused of being Anonymous, but who used his real name online, can now no longer use his real name... because he may have been a part of Anonymous." The law, she …
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By Cory Doctorow on Sep 13, 2011 09:01 pm A refreshing moment of sanity: the TSA is going to stop groping 12-and-unders and let them keep their shoes on: "Napolitano didn't give a timeline but I'll bet you they make these changes in time for the holiday travel season."
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Sep 13, 2011 07:37 pm ifttt.com is like Yahoo's Pipes, but easier to use. Here's a list of 728 useful "recipes" sorted by popularity. Popular ifttt.com recipes
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Sep 13, 2011 07:25 pm The Hotfile file sharing service is suing Warner Bros. for "allegedly engaging in copyright fraud and abuse of anti-piracy laws. Hotfile accuses the Warner Bros. of using the hosting company's anti-piracy tools to remove titles the studio doesn't own, including …
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By David Pescovitz on Sep 13, 2011 06:48 pm Speaking of Shriekback, Roderick and Anisa Romero -- founders of the excellent 1980s-1990s trancey/alt.rock group Sky Cries Mary that also featured Shriekback's Michael Cozzi -- have a side-business (they're still musically active) creating gorgeous custom tree houses from reclaimed lumber. …
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By Cory Doctorow on Sep 13, 2011 06:44 pm Last week's attack on Dutch certificate authority DigiNotar completely blew my attempt to avoid the Internet while I was on holidays: it seemed like enormously important news, but of such a highly technical bent that none of the traditional nonspecialist …
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By Cory Doctorow on Sep 13, 2011 06:44 pm This video shows the process that a blind man goes through in using a particular ATM for the first time; the machine he selects is one that has a ton of assistive features that are aimed at making use easier …
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Sep 13, 2011 06:34 pm Our friend, Sarah Milstein, made a treadmill desk for $160. Ever since learning about treadmill desks a couple of years ago from this New York Times story, I've been eager to try one. Because while I like walking, I always …
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By David Pescovitz on Sep 13, 2011 06:19 pm Omid Kashan created this lovely and immersive Big Bang Timeline infographic. (Thanks, Ariel Waldman!)
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Sep 13, 2011 06:00 pm Collin Cunningham of MAKE shows how to make the popular Atari Punk Console music synthesizer. Visit the link for a schematic. Collin's Lab: Atari Punk Console
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 13, 2011 06:00 pm Virgin America, the airline that offers Boing Boing Video as an in-flight TV channel, is today announcing a re-vamp of its in-flight entertainment system scheduled to go live in late 2012. This makes the airline the first US partner for …
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Sep 13, 2011 05:43 pm In my latest Credit.com column, I write about an iPhone app called Debt Free that helps people use the Snowball method to pay off credit card debt Over the summer, I used credit cards to pay for things I'd ordinarily …
Continue reading → Read in browser JW Dunne's "An Experiment With Time" (1927)
By David Pescovitz on Sep 13, 2011 05:29 pm Professor Solomon, author of the indispensable How To Find Lost Objects and a history of Coney Island, now introduces us to JW Dunne, an Irish aeronautical engineer who in 1927 published a curious essay titled "An Experiment With Time." The …
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Sep 13, 2011 05:09 pm This came out while I was traveling, but I wanted to post it here in case you missed it. It is very cool, in that "maybe cool isn't the right word" sort of way. Our modern antibiotics are really just …
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By David Pescovitz on Sep 13, 2011 05:01 pm Shriekback's exquisite 1985 album Oil And Gold has just been remastered and reissued with a slew of bonus material. When I heard the news, I dusted off my old vinyl of this essential album and was not disappointed. And that …
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Sep 13, 2011 05:00 pm Mmmmmmm, delicious context. When the news says "massive," this is what they mean. Thanks to Scott Stevenson for making this and sending it my way!
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Sep 13, 2011 04:57 pm [Video Link] Carla and I saw this in London in 1984 at an Anthony Perkins triple-feature (along with The Trial and another Perkins movie I can't recall). Pretty Poison was our favorite of the three.
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Sep 13, 2011 04:51 pm My old employers, mental_floss magazine, have a new editor and some cool new stories out in their September/October issue. One is about a kid who built a nuclear reactor at age 14. No, not that kid. Meet Taylor Wilson, a …
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By David Pescovitz on Sep 13, 2011 04:47 pm My pal Jonathan Koshi continues his reimaginings of calaveras, the decorated skulls associated with the Dia de los Muertos. This new letterpress series includes the likes of Mario, Ultraman, Domo, and other Japanese icons from Koshi's childhood. Once again, Koshi …
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By Xeni Jardin on Sep 13, 2011 04:32 pm New CIA director David Petraeus says the agency has launched an internal investigation into whether it broke the law by closely cooperating with the New York City police department, to spy on Muslims. Good to know that the CIA will …
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