Video: rapid-fire history of film effects

Today, AMC Entertainment, struggling due to COVID-19, launched a new private cinema rental program. They had been testing the offering for the last month and received a staggering 110,000 inquiries in just four weeks, four times as many as during all of 2019. Unfortunately, even private parties are prohibited from bringing in their own food… READ THE REST

These close-up of shots take you inside a pinball machine to see how bumpers, kickbacks, flippers, and other pinball machine mechanisms work. READ THE REST

In celebration of Back to the Future's 35th anniversary, Universal Pictures compiled fan-made animations into a cartoon short, Back to the Future: Reimagined. Sure beats DMCA Takedown Notices and nastygrams! Credits: "My Dream Amp" by Javier Benia; "The First Time Traveler" by Elliot Ruddy; "Alien in the Barn" by Crankub Animation Studio; "Marty McFly and… READ THE REST

Calling all caffeine addicts! There's no reason to pin all your hopes on Black Friday for your new coffee gadget fix. As part of the Boing Boing Store's Pre-Black Friday Sale, you can score a great deal right now on one of more than a dozen different coffee and espresso makers by top brands. With… READ THE REST

There used to be a name for people who carried around equipment that could handle almost anything at a moment's notice: Boy Scouts. Now, we're all carrying everyday essentials that will hopefully help us MacGuyver our way out of any sticky situation. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the fight against COVID.  KeySmart has… READ THE REST

With everyone stuck in COVID quarantine for much of the year, online sales for Amazon and other retailers have gone through the roof. That means more and more packages coming right to your door, to the sheer delight of a more loathsome brand of COVID opportunist: the porch pirate. Thieves taking off with delivered packages… READ THE REST