By Cory Doctorow at 3:10 pm Friday, May 25
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Warialasky's trailer for a big-budg apocalyptic science fiction movie based on Tetris is all too plausible in the era of Battleship: the Movie: "Official Tetris Teaser Trailer. The invasion is beginning. It is inevitable. You created them, you can destroy them! I did not create Tetris, I was but the messenger. Tell me how to stop them. This is an extinction level event. No, don't go! Let her go!"
TETRIS - OFFICIAL TRAILER
By Cory Doctorow at 3:38 pm Thursday, May 24
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The other day I noticed that on the back of the one dollar bill, there is a phrase:
The Great Seal of the United States.
It is split into two circles.
When you fold the dollar so that the two half circles meet exactly, a new phrase is revealed.
The Great Seal of the United States
(Thanks, Terry!)
By Cory Doctorow at 10:00 am Thursday, May 24
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A 20-year-old photo spread from pioneering cyberculture zine Mondo 2000 asks the musical question: "R U a cyberpunk?" Bruce Sterling, who was, in fact, a cyberpunk, answers: "Since 20 years have passed, contemporary people will fail to realize that this was a comical self-parody."
ru cyberpunk
(Thanks, Fipi Lele!)
By Cory Doctorow at 5:06 pm Wednesday, May 23
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These meat-shaped balloons were created as a storefront display by Object Design League, who will sell you a steak or sausage model for $8. DesignBoom has tons more pics and notes on the production:
at the japan premium beef storefront, chicago-based design studio ODL (object design league) have created a meat-themed
installation of their 'balloon factory', with balloons that take the form of sausages and steak cuts. the installation was curated
by sight unseen as part of the NoHo design district during new york design week.
'balloon factory' was originally designed in 2011 as a performative assembly line (covered by designboom here).
the ODL team creates their own balloon formers, which are primed with soap before being dipped into latex.
the thin coat of rubber that adheres to the surface becomes the actual balloon. while it is still wet, latex colours
can be mixed or the balloon can be hand-painted to achieve various visual effects. once dry the rubber is leached
and vulcanized to be strengthened for inflating. in all, each balloon takes about three hours to produce.
meat balloons by ODL
(via Neatorama)
By Xeni Jardin at 12:12 pm Wednesday, May 23
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Scott Matthews shared a photograph with me, and I'm sharing it with all of you, with his permission. His daughter Sasha
handed him this note yesterday. Sasha is a pretty special girl, in no small part because she's already been on Boing Boing once before.
What, indeed, does it really mean?
(thanks, Scott + Amy + Sasha)
By Cory Doctorow at 6:00 am Wednesday, May 23
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In case the Epic Poop post has you reaching for a unicorn chaser, I bring you...unicorn poop. Specifically, DIY unicorn poop from Instructables user kristylynn84. The secret ingredient is love. And poop. And "sugar cookies, rainbow dragees, rainbow star sprinkles, white sparkle gel, and rainbow disco dust."
Unicorn Poop!
By Cory Doctorow at 7:56 pm Tuesday, May 22
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A Reddit thread called "Did you ever think you were going to die from a shit?" sparked a lyrical/scatological series of reminisces of epic dumps, including a two part series by ErikPDX recalling a storied moment of colonic glory following a period of post-surgical bedrest during which he consumed enormous amounts of painkillers and protein shakes without bestirring himself to relieve himself, until such time as his body could stand no more. Mr PDX included a picture of the result. I beg you not to click the link in his post which leads to it.
My entire body tingled. I felt lighter. I was covered in sweat, and breathing heavily. I felt high, delirious, in shock and awe. Great waves of increasing euphoria washed over me. Feelings of amazing pleasure I simply cannot describe. I felt as if I was bathing in a golden light of goodness. This was a transcending event. I felt like I had just touched the universe itself.
Did you ever think you were going to die from a shit? (self.AskReddit)
By Cory Doctorow at 3:08 pm Tuesday, May 22
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Objectivist C: a programming language wherein each object "must live for its own sake, neither sacrificing itself to others nor sacrificing others to itself."
@implementation HelloWorld
- (void)printHelloWorld
{
NSString *hello = @"I am. I think. I will.";
Printer *printer = [[Printer alloc] init];
if (printer)
{
[printer print:hello inExchangeForUSDollars:2.00];
[printer release];
}
else
{
// In Objectivist-C, objects are self-sufficient.
// Here, I implement string printing from scratch.
[self createTheUniverse];
[self createStandardOutputDevice];
[self print:hello];
}
}
// ...
An Introduction to Objectivist-C
(via O'Reilly Radar)
Just in case you were wondering,
the Battleship movie is as stupid as it seems: "I was floored by just what new levels of stupidity in cinema the film achieves. The premise is insultingly stupid, the dialogue more so, and I’m torn over what is more cartoonish, the cliché character stereotypes or the godawful CGI. It even has a laughable post credit scene trying to set up for a sequel, the possibility of which should have every one of you in a cold sweat." (
via Making Light)
— Cory
By Cory Doctorow at 11:42 am Tuesday, May 22
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In case you need an antidote to commencement speeches that tell you to follow your dream to attain success, here's Bobcat Goldthwait's 2009 Commencement address to Hampshire College, in which he exhorts his listeners to abandon success and never stop quitting (and then he says that doing this made him happy and successful). The good stuff starts around the 10-minute mark. Around 14:30, he reminds them all to bathe. It's actually a very nice talk.
Commencement 2009: Guest Speaker
(via Beth Pratt)
By Cory Doctorow at 10:38 pm Monday, May 21
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The Village presents a video design fiction (?) for "Parking Douche," an app that lets you photograph the number plates of crappily parked cars in your neighborhood (in Russia) and submit them to a database. The app then buys hyper-geo-targeted ads that block the text on the websites being read by people in the same neighbourhood as the badly parked cars. The ads can't be dismissed until you share them on social media. Basically: if you park like a dick, then everyone who lives or works nearby will not be able to read the Web until they've seen and shared a picture of your dickishness.
Parking Douche
(via Kottke)
By Cory Doctorow at 3:00 pm Monday, May 21
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Law & Order & Food is a Tumblr with nothing but stills of the Law & Order cast eating, which is something they seem to do a lot of, because they're in NYC, which has some pretty badass takeout. Also: it's characterization.
Law & Order & Food
(via MeFi)
By Xeni Jardin at 2:07 pm Monday, May 21
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Larger size here. And, Amazon link, if you're so inclined. (Thanks, Joe Sabia, via Reddit)
By Cory Doctorow at 2:00 pm Monday, May 21
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This is the ultimate in aspirational automotive paintjobs, surely. It's more unsourced net.stuff -- anyone know where it originated?
(Thanks, Fipi Lele!)
