Thinkgeek's Pi Fleece keeps you warm and irrational with the first 413 digits of Pi in machine-washable fleece, measuring 45"x64".

As the tour with my graphic novel In Real Life draws to a close, my next tour, with my nonfiction book Information Doesn't Want to Be Free kicks off with… Read the rest of the article: Cory coming to Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, SF/Palo Alto!

They're licensed CC-BY-SA and designed for use in mobile apps and other interactive stuff — there's 750 in all! It's part of Google's Material Design project.

The video sorely lacks for detail, but features three alleged Scientology "top managers" showering abuse on a former Scientologist at LAX.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has updated its indispensable "Know Your Rights" guide for dealing with police search requests for your phone, computer, and other devices. Know Your Rights [Hanni Fakhoury… Read the rest of the article: When can the police search your computer/phone?

Samuel Hansen's fantastic math podcast is everything a technical program should be deep but accessible, thoughtful but funny, and free for all; the new season is on Kickstarter for a… Read the rest of the article: Kickstarting another season of the outstanding Relatively Prime math podcast

Joly sez, "On October 10 2014 UK activists, concerned about EU-US TTIP and EU-Canada CETA agreements that could make it possible for corporations to sue governments for banning fracking, invoked… Read the rest of the article: Anti-corporatist protesters seize town hall, citing Magna Carta

A fascinating chart from Representation in Municipal Government, publishing in American Political Science Review and written by MIT political scientists Chris Tausanovitch and Christopher Warshaw. (via Bruce Sterling) (Image: Carpintera… Read the rest of the article: American cities, ranked by conservatism

The older machines — about half of them running Windows XP, which no longer receives security updates — are very vulnerable to "jackpotting" attacks where criminals trick the machines into… Read the rest of the article: Antiquated ATMs are easy pickings for "jackpotting" by fraudsters

DJ BC sends us his latest mashup — Run DMC's "I'm the King of Rock" crossed with "This is Hallowe'en Town" — BOO! (MP3)

I sat down for an interview with the LA Times's Hero Complex to talk about my book In Real Life (I'm touring it now: Chicago tomorrow, then Vancouver, Seattle, Portland,… Read the rest of the article: Why (and how) games are art

New from Jeremy Meyer, who makes brilliant assemblage sculptures out of typewriter parts: Cat XXI, a classic Hallowe'en cat rendered skeletal and wistful through the medium of obsolete mechanical components.

Dave Fothergill had some good fun with the Maya crowd simulation stuff in this cheerfully apocalyptic video — it's even better with Waxy's soundtrack.

When you bought your Wii U, it came with one set of terms-of-service; now they've changed, and if you don't accept the changes, your Wii seizes up and won't work.… Read the rest of the article: If you don't agree to the new Wii U EULA, Nintendo will kill-switch it

Former NSA boss Alexander charges $1M/month for cybersecurity advice, but promises that he's not selling any of the state secrets from his career as a long-serving, all-seeing top spook. But… Read the rest of the article: CTO of NSA is moonlighting for Keith Alexander's blue-chip rent-a-cybercops

After the brutal eviction of protesters from the Mong Kok protest camp by Hong Kong police, the protesters came back strong, surging into the streets and beating back the police… Read the rest of the article: Umbrella Revolution protesters retake the streets

Justin describes his life as an early Web writer, why it made him happy and how it nearly destroyed him, and who it turned him into. It's a talk that's… Read the rest of the article: Justin Hall at XOXO

Brilliant analysis that's part of Tony Zhou ongoing Every Frame a Painting series.

The City Council told its manager not to transfer the town's cable license from Charter to Comcast (Comcast is in the process of borging Charter and assimilating its customers).

Ernie Chambers, a long-serving, African-American state senator, has proposed a bill that would strike the word "religious" from the list of groups that are property-tax-exempt.