Bee Attack!
By Mark Frauenfelder at 8:21 am Friday, May 4
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(update: derp, we blogged this back in 2006.)
We've all seen smileys and "WASH ME!" on the dusty windows of cars that need a good cleaning. Artist Scott Wade takes that a step further, and draws beautiful, intricate art on dirty rear windows, including replicas of Vermeer, Michelangelo, and dogs playing poker. Lots more at Designboom, including photos and videos. Mr. Wade's website is, appropriately, dirtycarart.com.
(thanks, Joe Sabia!).

Pentametron: "With algorithms subtle and discrete / I seek iambic writings to retweet." (via Glinner)
[Video Link, by YouTuber GarrulousCrap]. Lonely cat is lonely. (via Tara McGinley)
I'm trying something new here at Boing Boing. We post lots of great videos here, but I know we don't all have time to watch them, or read the articles around them.
So here's the deal: I'll make a YouTube playlist of the best ones from the day, give the videos a little intro so you know what's up, maybe crack a joke here and there, and you can watch them all in a row. Then you can scroll down and check out the articles around the cool videos if you want to know more.
Don't like a video? Skip it. There's a button right there when you hover over the controls.
Cool? Cool.
HOWTO make a 3D printed, Jingle-Bells-singing, robotic T.Rex skull
North Korean party rock anthem
Homemade anti-SOPA PSAs
An easier-to-build solar cell
Crowdsourced anti-SOPA rap
Monkey washes dishes
A peculiar smell filled the sinister expanse of our basement. We loaded the Victorian-era sinks to clear anything stuck in the drainage traps, disposed of old paints and chemicals, and inspected the closets and boxes for culprits. Nothing.
Weeks passed, until the odor began to permeate upstairs into the house itself. Leaving no corner unexplored, we finally lifted the toilet lid in the basement's ancient, haunted lavatory. Floating, face down, was a massive drowned rat. Underwater, the fur remained; in the air, it had delaminated. An island of smooth, naked ratskin rose from the water, bordered by a grayish crown of putrefaction.
Nearby, the remains of a fly.