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[Sponsor] VENTURA SPARC MGS - After years of research and development, the world's first Swiss mechanical automatic digital watch is a reality.  Pierre Nobs invented the Ventura Automatic Digital Watch in 2000 - allowing movements of the wrist to activate a rotary mass which relays the momentum to a micro-generator; the electric energy gained in the process continuously feeds an optoelectronic time-module.  See all Ventura Watches at Watchismo.   A directory of wonderful sounds Portal 2 DLC: Perpetual Testing Initiative trailer Where electricity comes from Gallery of cute lunches that Heather makes for her son Ezra's cardboard pinball machine Great moments in pedantry: Raptor vs. raptor Band and label president had no idea copyright trolls were suing on their behalf Groovy green-haired embroidery artist of the 1930s, Constance Howard Beautiful photos from the Hubble Space Telescope How to: Read science news Car-full of kids sing Bohemian Rhapsody on the school-run Utilitarianism's darkly comical pitfalls Gone to Amerikay: masterful, heart-tugging Irish immigrant graphic novel Blogging '76 ShopBot Sober Is My New Drunk, by Paul Carr UK Border Authority orders Heathrow to suppress evidence of massive customs queues Hyperlocal news manifesto Just Do It environmental outlaw activist documentary screening, free online for May Day Data versus diabetes Dog hunts wolf (video) Two fine young ladies cosplaying "Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt" anime (photo) Sad Schlitz Beer Clown is Sad (vintage ad) To do in LA: Stanley Donwood show at Subliminal Projects East London residents warned of surface-to-air missiles sited on their roofs for the Olympics 75p/h on the high seas (tipping optional)   A directory of wonderful sounds By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Apr 30, 2012 12:50 pm Carnegie Mellon University's Auditory Lab has a huge collection of high-quality audio recordings of random sounds—from a marble dropped onto sheet metal, to bubble wrap being popped, to crumpling newspaper, to the sound of a sponge being squeezed out over empty tupperware. I trust you all will come up with fun uses for this stuff. ... Read in browser Portal 2 DLC: Perpetual Testing Initiative trailer By Mark Frauenfelder on Apr 30, 2012 12:37 pm [Video Link] A terrific trailer for Portal 2 DLC: Perpetual Testing Initiative, coming May 2, 2012. (Via What the Christ) Read in browser Where electricity comes from By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Apr 30, 2012 12:35 pm Electricity is generated at power plants. You know that already. But to really understand how it gets to your house—and why you can count on it getting there reliably—you have to understand that our electric system is more complicated than it looks. The electric grid isn't just about you and your connection to a power ... Read in browser Gallery of cute lunches that Heather makes for her son By Mark Frauenfelder on Apr 30, 2012 12:12 pm Heather Sitarzewski says: I decided during this past summer that I wanted to make a fun bento every day for my son's lunches this school year. I dug around online for a bit to see ideas and found some very fun sites that have recipes and tutorials for how to manipulate food into shapes and ... Read in browser Ezra's cardboard pinball machine By Mark Frauenfelder on Apr 30, 2012 12:03 pm [Video Link] Young Ezra saw Nirvan Mullick's Caine's Arcade video and was inspired to make this neat cardboard pinball machine, using Makedo cardboard fasteners. Ezra's cardboard pinball machine Read in browser Great moments in pedantry: Raptor vs. raptor By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Apr 30, 2012 12:02 pm Events like this make an excellent case study for palaeozoologist Darren Naish's argument that we need to find a new nickname for dromaeosaurids—one that is not already being used by a significantly less terrifying class of animals. "Hey everybody, let's go to the Spring Raptor Release!" is kind of the "Let's eat, Grandma!" of species ... Read in browser Band and label president had no idea copyright trolls were suing on their behalf By Cory Doctorow on Apr 30, 2012 11:59 am The heavy metal band All Shall Perish and the president of their label, Nuclear Blast, were horrified to discover that a copyright troll called World Digital Rights had filed a suit against 180 music fans accused of sharing an ASP album online. The band and the label's president said that they had no knowledge a ... Read in browser Groovy green-haired embroidery artist of the 1930s, Constance Howard By Mark Frauenfelder on Apr 30, 2012 11:55 am Jenny Hart, proprietor of Sublime Stitching, likes to collect books about embroidery. In this recent essay on her blog, Jenny writes about Constance Howard, one of her favorite embroiderers. Jenny has long been a fan of Howard and her books, because Howard was ahead of her time when it came to artful embroidery, and also ... Read in browser Beautiful photos from the Hubble Space Telescope By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Apr 30, 2012 11:48 am At the Brain Pickings blog, Maria Popova has some amazing images, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope during its 22 years of operation. I love this one. It's such a great reminder of the time scales of space—the remnants of things that happened 1000 years ago are still moving through the cosmos, even while humans ... Read in browser How to: Read science news By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Apr 30, 2012 11:22 am How you read matters as much as what you read. That's because nothing is written in a vacuum. Every news story or blog post has a perspective behind it, a perspective that shapes what you are told and how that information is conveyed. This is not, necessarily, a bad thing. Having a perspective doesn't mean ... Read in browser Car-full of kids sing Bohemian Rhapsody on the school-run By Cory Doctorow on Apr 30, 2012 10:51 am Southlandification and his brood perform a high-Wayne's-World orthodox Bohemian Rhapsody ceremony every day on the way to school: It has become a morning habit to sing Bohemian Rhapsody on the way to school in the morning. Depending on traffic, we can usually start the song as we pull out of the driveway, and pull into ... Read in browser Utilitarianism's darkly comical pitfalls By Cory Doctorow on Apr 30, 2012 10:00 am A characteristically great Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal installment explores the hidden pitfalls of extreme utilitarianism. I just re-read Starship Troopers and was once again struck by Heinlein's strange idea of a scientifically provable "moral philosophy" that puts every human situation to the test of being expressed in symbolic logic to weigh its validity. We created ... Read in browser Gone to Amerikay: masterful, heart-tugging Irish immigrant graphic novel By Cory Doctorow on Apr 30, 2012 09:23 am Gone to Amerikay is a masterfully told tear-jerker of a graphic novel that tells the stories of multiple generations of Irish immigrants to New York, skilfully braided together. There's a storyline from 1870, the tale of Ciara O'Dwyer and her baby daughter who arrive in the Five Points slum ahead of Ciara's husband, who is ... Read in browser Blogging '76 By Rob Beschizza on Apr 30, 2012 09:08 am Stephen Thompson's nonfiction project—publishing his 1976 high school journal as a blog and book—soon attracted the attention of a novelty book publisher. But he is instead kickstarting it, to ensure the right tone is kept: "my blog surprised me by really reaching out to a lot of people around the world who could relate, and ... Read in browser ShopBot By Cool Tools on Apr 30, 2012 09:01 am The ShopBot is a low-cost CNC, or computer controlled router. Think of it as a large-scale milling machine. It is great for small-scale production runs of machine parts in wood or metal. A friend of mine used his ShopBot to cut the gears and mechanism (other than the chime) for a full-scale replica of a ... Read in browser Sober Is My New Drunk, by Paul Carr By John Biggs on Apr 30, 2012 08:38 am Sometimes enough is enough, and memoirist Paul Carr exemplifies this maxim. His previous books - Bringing Nothing To The Party and The Upgrade - were tales told from the bottom of a champagne glass. The first book, a rollicking story about how Carr started and destroyed an Internet business, was punctuated by drunken antics that ... Read in browser UK Border Authority orders Heathrow to suppress evidence of massive customs queues By Cory Doctorow on Apr 30, 2012 01:20 am The UK Border Authority has ordered Heathrow Airport's management to stop handing out leaflets apologising for the gigantic customs queues at its terminals and advising them to contact UKBA to complain. UKBA has also ordered the airport to stop passengers from documenting these queues with photographs. I came into Heathrow T5 on April 13, and ... Read in browser Hyperlocal news manifesto By Cory Doctorow on Apr 29, 2012 09:04 pm Ned Berke, editor of the Sheepshead Bites site -- which provides comprehensive local news for the neighborhood of Sheepshead Bay -- has a great manifesto about the delights and rewards of making hyperlocal news. I believe local journalism, local government and local economies are the linchpins of a vibrant, healthy nation. For decades, as conglomerates ... Read in browser Just Do It environmental outlaw activist documentary screening, free online for May Day By Cory Doctorow on Apr 29, 2012 07:10 pm Emily sez, Just Do It - a tale of modern-day outlaws is an exciting new documentary which takes you behind the scenes of the secret world of environmental direct action in the UK. Granted unprecedented access to film, director Emily James embedded herself inside a group of nonviolent UK activists as they shut down airports, ... Read in browser Data versus diabetes By Cory Doctorow on Apr 29, 2012 05:06 pm My friend Dan Hon was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. The news shook him. He resolved to do something about it. Being a geek, he decided to measure and quantify the health factors (weight, body fat, activity, blood sugar) that contribute to diabetes. He's lost 30 lbs since the new year, and has gotten pretty ... Read in browser Dog hunts wolf (video) By Xeni Jardin on Apr 29, 2012 04:05 pm [Video Link] Stay with it. "Rasta the Vizsla slowly stalks down a wolf on a golf course. This is real time, not slowed down." From YouTuber LifeIsQuick. (thanks, Joe Sabia!) Read in browser Two fine young ladies cosplaying "Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt" anime (photo) By Xeni Jardin on Apr 29, 2012 04:01 pm These women are fans of the Japanese television series "Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt" (which, by the way, is coming soon to the US on DVD). Photographed at the Vancouver Fan Expo #7, April 2012, by Jazman. He has more wonderful shots in this Flickr set. (via BB Flickr Pool) Read in browser Sad Schlitz Beer Clown is Sad (vintage ad) By Xeni Jardin on Apr 29, 2012 03:50 pm Image Link. From the excellent Flickr collection of MewDeep (lots of '60s-'70s ad scans), via BB Flickr Pool. Read in browser To do in LA: Stanley Donwood show at Subliminal Projects By Xeni Jardin on Apr 29, 2012 03:31 pm Artist Stanley Donwood, whose work you may know through the many Radiohead album covers and inserts he's done in collaboration with the band, has an exhibition at Shepard Fairey's Subliminal Projects gallery: Lost Angeles. Up through May 26, 2012. Read in browser East London residents warned of surface-to-air missiles sited on their roofs for the Olympics By Cory Doctorow on Apr 29, 2012 03:00 pm Residents of a gated community in east London got Ministry of Defence leaflets through their doors advising them that their roofs might be commandeered for surface-to-air missiles during the London Olympics this summer. The MoD assured them that the missiles on their roof "will only be authorised for active use following specific orders from the ... Read in browser 75p/h on the high seas (tipping optional) By Cory Doctorow on Apr 29, 2012 01:47 pm What's worse than making 75p/h working on a cruise ship owned by Carnival? Having your employers withhold your tips unless you hit performance targets. "Yes, the minimum wage is more than we pay, but this is a global industry, our businesses have to remain competitive." Read in browser More to read: Stephen King interviewed by Neil Gaiman Slouching is for suckers Brazil's copyright societies indicted for fraud, new law demands efficient, transparent collecting societies "Start reading Why the Kindle Will Fail on your Kindle"  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Sent by 2012 Boing Boing, CC. You are subscribed to email updates from Boing Boing. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe immediately. 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[Sponsor] VENTURA SPARC MGS - After years of research and development, the world's first Swiss mechanical automatic digital watch is a reality.  Pierre Nobs invented the Ventura Automatic Digital Watch in 2000 - allowing movements of the wrist to activate a rotary mass which relays the momentum to a micro-generator; the electric energy gained in the process continuously feeds an optoelectronic time-module.  See all Ventura Watches at Watchismo.   Stephen King interviewed by Neil Gaiman Slouching is for suckers Brazil's copyright societies indicted for fraud, new law demands efficient, transparent collecting societies "Start reading Why the Kindle Will Fail on your Kindle" Lady not having nine babies after all Dogs eat dead owner to survive Last chance for Hackers on Planet Earth EFF-benefit tix Gweek 049: "I'm the son of Tinkerbell" Newark Terminal C evacuated because TSA forgot to screen a tiny baby Making your first papercraft automaton Portland prosecutor says innocent man's classic kung fu film collection warranted brutal police tasing Sheep Invaders sweater   Stephen King interviewed by Neil Gaiman By Cory Doctorow on Apr 29, 2012 12:56 pm Neil Gaiman has published the unabridged text of an interview he did with Stephen King for the Sunday Times (an abridged copy is also available somewhere behind the Times's paywall). Gaiman really gets at the core of what King does, and offers a glimpse into what makes him tick: I never thought of myself as ... Read in browser Slouching is for suckers By Cory Doctorow on Apr 29, 2012 10:47 am A 1953 Centron Corporation educational film explains how poor posture is the root of all social misery, poor health, and general malaise. And that's one to grow on. Here is what you'll learn today, fellow computer users: slouching is the reason no one talks to you at parties, even if you're a perfectly attractive and ... Read in browser Brazil's copyright societies indicted for fraud, new law demands efficient, transparent collecting societies By Cory Doctorow on Apr 29, 2012 08:44 am Ronaldo sez, "I am writing because something relevant happened in Brazil two days ago regarding the local copyright collecting societies (analagous to Ascap and BMI in the US). After more than 6 months of investigation by a Senate special inquiry commission, 15 directors have been indicted for various types of fraud and crimes. Also, the ... Read in browser "Start reading Why the Kindle Will Fail on your Kindle" By Rob Beschizza on Apr 29, 2012 08:06 am Rick Munarriz's 2007 Why the Kindle will Fail is now free of charge to Prime members. [Amazon via John Moltz] Read in browser Lady not having nine babies after all By Rob Beschizza on Apr 29, 2012 07:58 am "Reports that a woman in northern Mexico is pregnant with nine babies are a hoax, health authorities said on Friday." [Reuters] Read in browser Dogs eat dead owner to survive By Rob Beschizza on Apr 29, 2012 07:39 am A man who kept fifty dogs and who refused human company was found dead recently at his home near Ironton, Ohio. "He just wanted to be by himself all the time, just be with his dogs," said a neighbor. [Pet Pardons] Also: Will eating chocolate really kill your dog? [io9] Read in browser Last chance for Hackers on Planet Earth EFF-benefit tix By Cory Doctorow on Apr 28, 2012 07:10 pm Aestetix sez, "For the past month, the Hackers On Planet Earth conference by 2600 Magazine has been raising money for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The internet would be a scary place without them around, so HOPE is donating 10% of the entire ticket sales for the month of April to the EFF. It's been a ... Read in browser Gweek 049: "I'm the son of Tinkerbell" By Mark Frauenfelder on Apr 28, 2012 06:20 pm Your browser doesn't support the EMBED tag, but you can still listen to the music on this page by clicking here. [Click here to play episode] Gweek is Boing Boing's podcast about comic books, science fiction and fantasy, video games, board games, tools, gadgets, apps, and other neat stuff. My co-hosts for episode 49 are ... Read in browser Newark Terminal C evacuated because TSA forgot to screen a tiny baby By Cory Doctorow on Apr 28, 2012 05:26 pm The Port Authority Police and/or the TSA (they blame each other) at Newark Airport evacuated Terminal C on Friday because a tiny, little, itty-bitty baby didn't get screened (Mom passed the kid to Dad, got screened, and then they swapped). When the TSA's ever-vigilant anti-hugging squad figured out what had happened, the terminal was evacuated. ... Read in browser Making your first papercraft automaton By Cory Doctorow on Apr 28, 2012 03:18 pm Make's Meg Allan Cole recorded her first attempt at assembling a papercraft mechanical automaton, choosing a handsome Mario Bros number. The short video gives you a flavor for what's involved. Here's the files if you want to try it yourself. 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[Sponsor] VENTURA SPARC MGS - After years of research and development, the world's first Swiss mechanical automatic digital watch is a reality.  Pierre Nobs invented the Ventura Automatic Digital Watch in 2000 - allowing movements of the wrist to activate a rotary mass which relays the momentum to a micro-generator; the electric energy gained in the process continuously feeds an optoelectronic time-module.  See all Ventura Watches at Watchismo.   Redditor with an air-travel pass will become an upvoted summer bindlestiff How "jaywalking" was invented Outer Limits trading cards Go Right DIY AT-AT Cable Organizer Shuttle Enterprise arriving at JFK (big photos) Musician Grimes has a new line of rings Pray away the Gaga Babies driving robot wheelchairs (super cute video) After Yelp referral leads to $2K moving company ripoff, thoughts on "genuine reviews" For the billionaire who has everything: a spaceship 92 year old WWII vet is DVD bootlegger who sent 300,000 pirated discs to US troops Buildings made of books SpaceX Falcon 9 engine test will be webcast live (woo, fire! woo, space!) Hoax campus advertisement offers students €100 to pretend to be pro-ACTA demonstrators Portraits of alien abductees Enterprise lands in New York Debt confessions of a former priest How the Rotating Snakes optical illusion works Vatican City ATM displays instructions in Latin DIY: A community of kids who make The discovery of DNA Paintball with human "fox" as target Your land, my land, island   Redditor with an air-travel pass will become an upvoted summer bindlestiff By Cory Doctorow on Apr 28, 2012 10:59 am Generique is a redditor with a BSc in forensic science, no job, and an unlimited US air-travel pass for the summer (he has a family member who works for an airline). He's volunteered to go anywhere and do anything, based on Reddit upvotes, to have an "epic summer adventure." Want me to hand deliver a ... Read in browser How "jaywalking" was invented By Cory Doctorow on Apr 28, 2012 08:56 am Sarah Goodyear relates the events that gave rise to the concept of "jaywalking," and describes what American life was like before the assumption that roads were primarily for cars became the norm, and when the streets were "vibrant places with a multitude of users and uses." It wasn't always like this. Browse through New York ... Read in browser Outer Limits trading cards By Cory Doctorow on Apr 28, 2012 02:52 am Zak sez, "Here's some artistic renditions of many of the wonderful, creepy and sometimes rubbery creatures of the Outer Limits, along with the cards' backs! The page links to another site about 1950s/60s monster cards (including MARS ATTACKS) in all their deeply unsettling glory." These have been online since 2006. They're stupendous. The Outer Limits! Read in browser Go Right By Rob Beschizza on Apr 27, 2012 07:48 pm PlanetInfinitesimal knows the way. The music is Michael Nyman's "A Wild and Distant Shore". [via Waxy] Previously: Game Deaths. Read in browser DIY AT-AT Cable Organizer By Jason Weisberger on Apr 27, 2012 06:46 pm This beautiful plywood cable organizer is available at Copious. The DIY AT-AT is constructed in likeness of the Star Wars AT-AT, It's a geeks solution to keeping cables and wires organized at home or in the office. It's made from high grade plywood and it comes flat-packed. Nuts and screws are all included. It can ... Read in browser Shuttle Enterprise arriving at JFK (big photos) By Xeni Jardin on Apr 27, 2012 06:10 pm Two gorgeous photographs shot by C.S. Muncy of the retired NASA space shuttle Enterprise landing at New York City's John F. Kennedy airport earlier today. The original test shuttle piggybacked on a Boeing 747 jumbo jet. The duo flew from Dulles International Airport in Washington, DC., and landed at 11:22 AM Eastern after flying over ... Read in browser Musician Grimes has a new line of rings By Mark Frauenfelder on Apr 27, 2012 05:54 pm Electropop artist Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) has teamed up with Montreal-based jeweller and sculptor Morgan Black to sell these rings. Clear polymer clay? Maybe! Read in browser Pray away the Gaga By Xeni Jardin on Apr 27, 2012 05:42 pm photo: Reuters/Lee Jae-Won Christians attend a prayer meeting being held as they pray to stop the concert of Lady Gaga, at a church in Seoul April 22, 2012. The Christians blame Lady Gaga for promoting indecency and "homosexual love." Gaga performed live in Seoul today, despite the incantations. Below, her performance during the MTV Video ... Read in browser Babies driving robot wheelchairs (super cute video) By Xeni Jardin on Apr 27, 2012 05:22 pm [Video Link] Here's an amazing feel-good video with which to end your week, via the National Science Foundation. The really awesome footage starts around a minute and a half in. "James C. (Cole) Galloway, associate professor of physical therapy, and Sunil Agrawal, professor of mechanical engineering -- have outfitted kid-size robots to provide mobility to ... Read in browser After Yelp referral leads to $2K moving company ripoff, thoughts on "genuine reviews" By Xeni Jardin on Apr 27, 2012 05:13 pm Justin Vincent chose a moving company based on positive Yelp reviews. Things did not work out well. "I spent 40 days without any furniture and quite a few of my belongings have been misplaced – forever." Turns out negative reviews were there, but suppressed. Could smarter design have prevented this? (via @blam) Read in browser For the billionaire who has everything: a spaceship By Xeni Jardin on Apr 27, 2012 04:53 pm Dylan Tweney has a good read over at VentureBeat on a trend of sorts among the ultra-rich: investing in space exploration startups. "The wonder isn't that billionaires are doing this, the wonder is that it's taken them so long." Read in browser 92 year old WWII vet is DVD bootlegger who sent 300,000 pirated discs to US troops By Xeni Jardin on Apr 27, 2012 04:30 pm photo: Todd Heisler/The New York Times The New York Times has a profile of Long Island resident Hyman Strachman, "a 92-year-old, 5-foot-5 World War II veteran trying to stay busy after the death of his wife." He is one of the world's most prolific movie bootleggers, and has shipped hundreds of thousands of discs to ... Read in browser Buildings made of books By Xeni Jardin on Apr 27, 2012 03:58 pm Flavorwire has published an image gallery of 10 buildings constructed entirely of books. Above: Home, a self-sustained book igloo designed by Colombian artist Miler Lagos (We've featured this one on Boing Boing before). Dig the rest of Flavorpill's picks here. Read in browser SpaceX Falcon 9 engine test will be webcast live (woo, fire! woo, space!) By Xeni Jardin on Apr 27, 2012 03:52 pm If you like space and/or rockets and/or awesome flames, you'll want to tune in to spacex.com on Monday, April 30 to watch "a static fire test of the Falcon 9 rocket's nine powerful Merlin engines in preparation for the company's upcoming launch." The test is scheduled to begin at 2:30 PM ET/ 11:30 AM PT, ... Read in browser Hoax campus advertisement offers students €100 to pretend to be pro-ACTA demonstrators By Cory Doctorow on Apr 27, 2012 03:36 pm @jimmy_pirat (a Twitter account with only one post) snapped a blurrycam picture of a campus employment ad that sought students to pretend to be pro-ACTA and hold up photogenic signs, paying €100 for two hours' work. The recruitment agency named in the ad disavows any involvement with it, and has threatened to sue whomever posted ... Read in browser Portraits of alien abductees By David Pescovitz on Apr 27, 2012 03:26 pm Photographer Steven Hirsch attended the International UFO Conference to take portraits of abductees. He also transcribed their stories and asked for illustrations of their experiences. Above: left, Cynthia; middle, a "Blue Arcturian" she met; right, Bruce, who was taken to a moon of Saturn. "Little Sticky Legs: Alien Abductee Portraits by Steven Hirsch" "Cat People, ... Read in browser Enterprise lands in New York By David Pescovitz on Apr 27, 2012 02:59 pm The Space Shuttle Enterprise has landed in New York and look who was on board! Ok, they weren't. But this magnificent 1976 photo, previously seen on BB, turned up today in a CNN.com article pegged on the Shuttle's journey to its new home at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. "Shuttle Enterprise has a ... Read in browser Debt confessions of a former priest By Mark Frauenfelder on Apr 27, 2012 01:58 pm Phillip Cioppa was a Roman Catholic priest for 18 years. His starting salary was $8,400/year and when he left in 2001 he was earning $18,000 (after taxes, Social Security and Medicare). To make ends meet, he used a credit card, and found himself in deep debt. He shares his story on credit.com: In late 1983, ... Read in browser How the Rotating Snakes optical illusion works By David Pescovitz on Apr 27, 2012 01:28 pm In the new Journal of Neuroscience, Barrow Neurological Institute researchers present their study exploring why Akiyoshi Kitaoka's "Rotating Snakes" optical illusion is so effective. In fact, it's the cover story! From Science News: Participants held down a button when the snakes seemed to swirl and lifted the button when the snakes appeared still. Right before ... Read in browser Vatican City ATM displays instructions in Latin By Cory Doctorow on Apr 27, 2012 01:28 pm Seth Schoen snapped this Vatican City ATM that displays instructions in Latin. Latin ATM (via Kottke) Read in browser DIY: A community of kids who make By Mark Frauenfelder on Apr 27, 2012 01:18 pm My daughter signed up for this new app and website called DIY, which was made for kids to share photos of their projects. The design and interface is beautiful. (Here's her portfolio.) Our ambition is for DIY to be the first app and online community in every kid’s life. It’s what we wish we had ... Read in browser The discovery of DNA By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Apr 27, 2012 01:09 pm Fifty-nine years ago this week, James Watson and Frances Crick published their first description of the structure of DNA. You can read the full, historic paper online. Note that the "unpublished experimental results and ideas" of Dr. R. E. Franklin get a shout-out at the end. (Via Pourmecoffee) Read in browser Paintball with human "fox" as target By David Pescovitz on Apr 27, 2012 01:04 pm In an attempt to satisfy hunters left wanting due to hunting bans in parts of England, UK Paintball is now offering a "fox hunt" where participants target a human dressed in a fox suit. (I just hope this doesn't turn into open season on furries.) Does the idea remind you of Richard Connell's 1924 short ... Read in browser Your land, my land, island By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Apr 27, 2012 01:02 pm Uninhabited Market Island in the Baltic Sea is home to an international border between Sweden and Finland that is shaped, convolutedly, like the number 2. The New York Times explains the history behind this, one of the strangest borders in the world. (Via Doug Mack) Read in browser More to read: Thinking in a different language affects how you make decisions RIP, man with bullet lodged in head for 94 years Six-year-old Ethan W plays "Piano Man" Faithful reproduction of the IBM Wall Clock Odd corn-removal advertisement  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Sent by 2012 Boing Boing, CC. You are subscribed to email updates from Boing Boing. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe immediately. Our mailing address is: Boing Boing 905 Wettach St Pittsburgh, Pa 15122 Add us to your address book  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences