Over on Boing Boing Gadgets, our Joel has a great post on a "self-assembling robot chair" that, while, impractical, sure is promising for those of us who are heartily sick of Ikea's little hex-wrenches.
Self-assembling robot chair — Boing Boing Gadgets
Grandpa Pudding Brains goes chasing waterfalls
Grandpa Pudding Brains has solved one of America's great hidden problems: the 22 waterfalls, most of which apparently had not worked for 50 years. This guy really loves water features.… READ THE REST
A beetle that hijacks wasps, then impersonates them by smell
Metoecus paradoxus is a beetle that parasitizes wasp nests. In autumn the female lays her eggs in rotting wood. When an egg hatches, the larva — a hook-legged form called… READ THE REST
The Vietnamese monk who ate only coconuts and built a Coconut Kingdom
Nguyễn Thành Nam studied chemistry in France, returned to Vietnam, and, in 1963, founded a religion centered on the coconut. Followers called him the Coconut Monk, or "His Coconutship." He reportedly… READ THE REST
Replace doomscrolling with smartscrolling—Headway lifetime subscriptions now just $70
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Learn in your free time with a Headway lifetime subscription, now $69.99 (reg. $299.95). Books are long… READ THE REST
Download videos from any streaming service and keep them forever with Keeprix for $95.99
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Save videos from Netflix, Disney Plus, YouTube, TikTok, and more to watch anytime you want with… READ THE REST
If you're paying a la carte for AI models, this $60 lifetime pass gets you ChatGPT, Claude & more
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: ChatPlayground AI lets you compare GPT, Claude, Gemini, and more side-by-side in one tab—and lifetime access is… READ THE REST
