For his birthday my son requested a special cake from a specific bakery. Turns out the cake is kind of famous among gamers. The cake promised at the ending of… Read the rest of the article: The cake is NOT a lie

This photo essay of car designer Hideo Kodama doing car renderings is fragrantly nostalgic for me. We learned these tools and techniques in design school in the 70s: drawing with… Read the rest of the article: Dig this old-school illustration demo by car designer Hideo Kodama

The BBC series The Detectorists has released a special single episode/movie in December 2022, now streaming on Acorn.  Mackenzie Crook (Pirates of the Caribbean) and Toby Jones (The Hunger Games)… Read the rest of the article: Found again: BBC's The Detectorists

Our long, national nightmare is over: finally, a IOT solution to rewinding VHS tapes! Enjoy this nifty spoof by Eric Drysdale, a writer, comedian and 3-D photography enthusiast in New… Read the rest of the article: Still rewinding your VHS tapes manually?

Sex advice columnist Dan Savage uses AI to write his latest piece—but with a clever twist. Can you, the reader, tell his actual advice from an AI-generated response? To find… Read the rest of the article: Dan Savage's AI challenge

Among 2022's "Top 5" lists was KTLA's "5 of the Worst Happy Meal toys over the years." Not on the list is my favorite "clunk" Happy Meal toy: the unironic 1991… Read the rest of the article: Worst Happy Meal toys ever

In his column on the future of the comics business ICV2 contributor Rob Salkowitz included a section about the impact of AI-generated art and writing. This caught my attention: "In… Read the rest of the article: Columnist uses AI to write review about AI

Here's the story on how Gerry Anderson's Brit TV show UFO (no puppets!) led to the 1970's US sci-fi TV show Space: 1999. The use of interspersed clips from each… Read the rest of the article: The story of how cancelled sci-fi show UFO led to hit series Space: 1999

British DIYer Colin Furze is well-known to boingboingers for his crazy projects and his even more crazy/fun YouTube videos.  Here's a recent doozie: an over-2-hour-long compilation of building a secret… Read the rest of the article: Real-life secret tunnel digging video

The actual posable figures used to make the beloved 1964 Rankin Bass Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer stop-motion animated TV show have been found. The update at the end of… Read the rest of the article: Rankin Bass's Santa and Rudolph figures found, as posed in the animated TV classic

Here's a hot idea of an Xmas gift for the maker on your list (or you): welding lessons. Hazard Factory in Seattle looks like a crazy fun (but safe) place… Read the rest of the article: Give the gift of welding

Many people dread being gifted a holiday fruit cake ("Oh, you shouldn't have!"). Not everyone is fan of these dense, baked goods full of non-fresh fruit. But years ago my… Read the rest of the article: The best (fake) holiday fruit cake

Fans of Gerry Anderson's Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet or any of the other Supermarionation puppet shows from 60's British TV will find this send up irresistible. It's "Superthunderstingcar!" Peter… Read the rest of the article: Hilarious Supermarionation puppet parody

On its 50th anniversary, Todd Rundgren's pioneering 1972 Something/Anything album is reissued as part of 2022's Record Store Day Black Friday events. Each of the three LPs is pressed in… Read the rest of the article: Todd Rundgren's "Something/Anything" reissued

Be on the lookout for any unusual walnut-sized clumps on your Christmas tree before bringing it inside—you might have a nest of Praying Mantis eggs! If you assume this issue… Read the rest of the article: Walnut-like lump on Christmas tree brings the gift of teeming baby mantises

I enjoyed this recent article in the New York Times about the weird experience of being in an anechoic chamber—a special room that absorbs absolutely all the sound around you.… Read the rest of the article: The creepiness of a sonically dead room

I was fascinated to dive into all 600 pages (!) of A World With Reality: Inside Marvin Glass's Toy Vault, Bill Paxton's monumental biography and history of the toy invention… Read the rest of the article: Giant book on a toy biz giant

It was a real treat last weekend after the long COVID pause to get to go in person to Short Run, Seattle's Comix and Arts Festival. This show features many… Read the rest of the article: Finds at Short Run, Seattle's comix and arts festival

I'm enjoying Rebecca Kilbreath's "Minor Histories." It's a Substack blog with lots of rare material all about ViewMaster 3D reels. She's an avid collector who shares her vintage finds and… Read the rest of the article: Deep dive into ViewMaster 3D reels

Hey, man, better stock up on TAB diet soda and Bugles corn snacks because you're going to have to fortify yourself (and satisfy the munchies) as you work your way… Read the rest of the article: Take a trip through the Los Angeles music scene of the 1960s