A live stream of dramatic events unfolding in Egypt today. The NYT Lede blog is a reliable and constantly-refreshing source of updates. The Guardian is another. [Stream: Online TV, Egypt]
Watch live: massive demonstration in Egypt's Tahrir square, as Morsi regime falls
For centuries, a cracked Egyptian statue sang at dawn
The Colossi of Memnon are "two large stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III" that have stood on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor since about 1350 BC.… READ THE REST
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang gave a pastor's Egypt trip the pulp treatment in 1922
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang was a humor magazine launched in 1919 by Wilford Hamilton "Captain Billy" Fawcett, a WWI veteran from Minnesota. Named for the artillery shells he'd heard in… READ THE REST
Hidden for 4,500 years: a sealed corridor in the Great Pyramid
The ScanPyramids team found a sealed corridor inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu — about 9 meters long, 2.1 meters wide, sitting 7 meters above the main entrance and hidden… READ THE REST
This $430 MacBook Pro once cost nearly $2,000
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: This Grade A refurbished 2020 MacBook Pro has 16GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, and a 13.3-inch Retina… READ THE REST
Free up computer space with 2TB of cloud storage for $59 — for life
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: FileJump is offering 2TB of cloud storage in an easy-to-use package for only $59 (MSRP $467) for… READ THE REST
All Babbel language courses just dropped in this exclusive offer
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Get a Babbel lifetime subscription covering all 14 languages for $159 (reg. $299) with code LEARN. Plenty of… READ THE REST
