The Burning Man Organization's "MOOP Map" — a map showing litter left behind by camps at the "leave no trace" event (MOOP stands for Matter Out Of Place) — this… Read the rest of the article: The filthiest camp at Burning Man

Ciro Trezzi's Death of a star/Birth of an hero shirt design is up for your votes on Threadless — it's quite a lovely take on the eternal struggle for the… Read the rest of the article: Yin-yang Star Wars tee on Threadless

Ab writes, "Toronto Reference Library (TRL) recently completed a multi-year revitalization project (to spotlight the new changes in the Reference Library, we also flew a mini drone around TRL to… Read the rest of the article: Drone flythrough of Toronto's magnificently renovated reference library

George K's tumblr, Olex Oleole, is a beautiful running feed of gloriously weird remixes of Victorian woodcuts, in the style of the brilliant Dan Hillier.

"Hardly a major brand name" doing business in Malaysia is untainted by the use of forced labor from trafficked workers, according to a study backed by the US Department of… Read the rest of the article: Malaysia's tech manufacturing sector based on forced labor

Harvard's Michael Tolley created the 65cm long, soft, pneumatic robot whose operating parameters allow it to run over -9'C terrain or walk through naked flames (for 20 seconds, at least).

One year Internet dumbing-down hysteria compared against previous waves of anti-tech backlash: Salon has a refreshing take on the effect of the net on wider culture, courtesy of Dennis Baron,… Read the rest of the article: Blogging History: Precedents for "Internet makes us dumb"; 3D movies are dumb gimmicks

It's been less than a day since the company published its new, excellent privacy policy — but Gigaom has noticed that the latest Apple transparency report, covering Jan 1-Jun 30… Read the rest of the article: Apple's Patriot-Act-detecting "warrant canary" dies

You probably saw the hilarious critique of The Olive Garden that made the rounds last week; the hedge fund behind that critique is a major shareholder with a long history… Read the rest of the article: The Olive Garden: all-you-can eat for hedge fund raiders

Like many Torontonians, I have been disheartened with the quality of city government, which has been sliding into a right-wing, populist doldrums ever since the amalgamation of the city with… Read the rest of the article: Toronto Mayoral Race: an endorsement for Olivia Chow

My latest Guardian column, Privacy technology everyone can use would make us all more secure, makes the case for privacy technology as something that anyone can — and should use,… Read the rest of the article: Privacy for Normal People

Following on the Amazon division's July announcement that publishers could sell their work without DRM on its platform, a huge collection of publishers have signed up to participate: IDW Publishing,… Read the rest of the article: 4,000 more DRM-free comics now available on Comixology

Thinkgeek's silicone game controller molds are $10, and feature six controllers per food-/dishwasher-safe tray (Playstation, NES and Sega) — perfect for candy, chocolate or icemaking.

The Deadpool leggings ($35) are the perfect accessory to bring out your inner wisecracking immortal mercenary (the maker, Tohnik, also does leggings featuring Princess Monanoke Guardians of the Forest and… Read the rest of the article: Deadpool leggings

Introduced by Eric Swalwell (D-CA), the draft Consumer Review Freedom Act bans the "un-American" practice of making people agree not to complain as a condition of using websites.

The National Party was instrumental in passing the harsh "strict liability" NZ copyright laws that offer no relief from liability, even for people who buy licenses that turn out to… Read the rest of the article: NZ's National Party sued by Eminem for copyright infringement

David ! from Wondermark and Machine of Death sez, "I'm hoping to turn some of my fake Victorian charts and diagrams (such as the venerable Hierarchy of Beards, or the… Read the rest of the article: Kickstarting jigsaw puzzles made from Wondermark's fake Victorian charts

Jeffrey Martin sez, "I've spentthe summer getting up to speed with quadcopters, floating above the rooftops in the early, early morning in one of Europe's most beautiful cities: here is… Read the rest of the article: Panoramic drone-flight over Prague

One year Critical Hits: a history of a the battle between gamers and game-designers for nuance in combat systems: The early history of role-playing games seems like a constant battle… Read the rest of the article: Blogging History: History of RPG combat; 3D printed handcuff keys; Earthlink's P2P manifesto

The Captain America Roll Up Scarf unrolls to a generous 6'5" scarf; you can also get other heroes to order, as well as sushi rolls. (via Geeky Merch)