You know those outraged, desperate first-person reports of travellers being inappropriately groped by the TSA at American airports? The TSA's official blogger, Blogger Bob, says they don't exist: "there is… Read the rest of the article: TSA: checkpoint groping doesn't exist

Alan sez, "I love this video, done by Sean Wainsteim for You Say Party's'Lonely Lunch.' It looks like a standard science fiction mini-story, but set in the crowded streets and… Read the rest of the article: Science fictional music video set in near-future Indian city

Jenny "Shifted Librarian" Levine sez, "Tens of thousands of people will be gaming together at their local libraries on Saturday, Nov. 13, to celebrate the American Library Association's 3rd annual… Read the rest of the article: National Gaming Day at your library: US libraries invite patrons to get their game on

This December, 1929 continuing education ad from Modern Mechanix tells men that their neighbors are secretly shaking their heads in pity for their wives because of their paltry paychecks —… Read the rest of the article: Your wife is embarrassed by your tiny paycheck ad: Dec, 1929

Robbins Barstow, the wonderful father of the home movie revival, has died at home at the age of 91. Barstow's magnificent vintage home movies circulated on the Internet after he… Read the rest of the article: RIP, Robbins Barstow, godfather of the home movie revival

In a fascinating interview with TVOntario's Search Engine podcast, Michael Geist describes and predicts the likely outcome of the years and years of wrangling over Canada's new copyright bill, C-61… Read the rest of the article: Handicapping the horse-race for Canada's new copyright bill

In this 30+ minute video, Firefox creative lead Aza Raskin explains why you'd want to do iterative prototyping and how you do it in order to get from idea to… Read the rest of the article: HOWTO prototype and iterate for fun and profit

Asher Bradshaw is a six-year old skateboard wizard: watch him thrash like a fiend at the Venice Beach skate-park and marvel. 6 year old skateboarder Asher Bradshaw at Venice Beach… Read the rest of the article: Six-year-old thrashing on a plank

B3ta user Chthonic has taken the TSA toner-cartridge ban to its logical end. Important Notice TSA to Ban Printer Cartridges Next Week

John Huntington and his friends decided to test the reported phenomenon of infrasound (very low-frequency sounds) causing people to feel spooky chills and thrills, a phenomenon blamed for ghost sightings… Read the rest of the article: Testing infrasound thrills and chills with a double-blind randomized spook-house

Clay Shirky's latest essay, "The Times' Paywall and Newsletter Economics," examines all the ways in which Rupert Murdoch's Times paywall is pretty much like all the other paywalls, and failed… Read the rest of the article: Shirky: Times paywall is pretty much like all the other paywalls

A reader writes, "From Austin City Limits (2010) Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers perform his original a capella 'gospel' tune for the non-believers among us." Steve Martin: Atheists… Read the rest of the article: Steve Martin's gospel song for atheists

I love Danny Kuo's concept design for a "staircase" storage unit, which would be great in small (but high-ceilinged) rooms and homes — it's a very tall shelving unit that… Read the rest of the article: Staircase storage: vertical shelving unit is its own stepladder

Oldsma sez, "DC election officials put a test version of their voting system up in a mock primary and invited white hat attacks. U. Michigan broke it completely within 36… Read the rest of the article: Evoting security researchers at U Michigan root DC's voting machines with ease

This swell "skateborder-impaled-on-his-own-plank" costume can also be used as a handy drinks table — the images were captured by the talented @Toastkid. Impaled Zombie Skateboarder DIY Halloween Costume (Thanks, Jim!)… Read the rest of the article: Skateboarder impaled on own plank costume

A reader writes, "The Gum Wall is a trash heap in Seattle, in Post Alley under Pike Place Market. Similar to Bubblegum Alley in California, the Gum Wall is a… Read the rest of the article: Seattle's ooey, gooey gum-wall

Kim Rugg is a Canadian visual artist with a very sharp knife and a lot of patience and glue: she newspapers, stamps and other paper ephemera up, letter by letter,… Read the rest of the article: Cut-up artist alphabetizes the newspaper

The original poster in the Vintage Ads LiveJournal group asks, "Just what would you practice on….a typewriter?" Learn at home!

Colorado District Attorney Mark Hurlbert has dropped felony charges against Martin Joel Erzinger, a Morgan Stanley Smith Barney wealth manager who controls $1 billion in investments, because financial rules would… Read the rest of the article: Colorado DA drops felony hit-and-run charges against billion-dollar financier because of "serious job implications"

I don't know: is it the hats? The dialog? The word "slick?" Whatever it is, this one's got it. Woman's Day, July 1946