Elizabeth sez, "Nothing To Hide is an anti-stealth game, where you're forced to help in your own surveillance. It was released yesterday, in honor of The Day We Fight Back,… Read the rest of the article: Crowdfunding "Nothing to Hide," an anti-stealth game about surveillance

One year ago today 3D-printed weighted companion cube dice: 3D printed stainless steel dice that resemble the beloved weighted companion cubes from the game Portal. They're hollow, and retail for… Read the rest of the article: This Day in Blogging History: 3D-printed companion cube; Retro Nintendo blanket; Grey Album launches

There's nothing quite so cuddly as a giant isopod plush toy. It has been encutified to make it even more adorable than the real-life version, with big, round, loving eyes.… Read the rest of the article: Cuddly giant isopod toy!

Freeweibo, an anti-censorship organization that works on free speech issues in China, has discovered that the Chinese version of Microsoft's Bing search-engine censors its US version to match the censored… Read the rest of the article: Chinese-language Bing searches in the USA censored to match mainland Chinese results

Tihk sells a tiny, easily concealed handcuff key for "everyday carry," and intended for "law enforcement, military, and security professionals…[to avoid] being restrained with their own cuffs, captured person release… Read the rest of the article: Everyday carry handcuff key

Aled Lewis's "The Coruscant Tapestry" is a 30 foot long, 13" high tapestry depicting the tale of Star Wars in cross-stitch. In the manner of the Bayeux Tapestry, its borders… Read the rest of the article: The Coruscant Tapestry: 30' long Star Wars cross-stitch

The commander of the Iraqi militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) reportedly blew up 21 suicide bombers in training when he made an error during a live… Read the rest of the article: Militant commander accidentally blows up dozens of trainee suicide bombers

One year ago today Litterplugs: where the trash gets wedged: Even if they're obviously in no way trashcans, and likely will never be emptied or cleaned by any human being… Read the rest of the article: This Day in Blogging History: Litterplugs; Mr Rogers podcast; Harlan Ellison v Internet

Nathan sez, "This is Episode 9 of Embracing Disruption Podcast (EDP). In this episode I interview April Glaser from the EFF. We talk about internet activism, the EFF, TrustyCon, and… Read the rest of the article: Podcast: EFF, Trustycon, and The Day We Fight Back

Researchers at Kaspersky Labs have uncovered a new, long-lived piece of espionage malware called Careto (Spanish for "Mask"). The software, which attacks Windows, Mac OS and GNU/Linux, has been running… Read the rest of the article: Careto (the Mask): long-running, sophisticated APT malware

Patrick Farley, a wonderful comics creator whose work we've been covering for more than a decade, has taken to Twitter to show off his Zbrush recreations of the monsters from… Read the rest of the article: Zbrush meets the Monster Manual

Suzy sez, "I'm continuing my mission to author feminist musical theatre — over the last decade I've had my work performed in New York, Chicago, Toronto, L.A, and Seattle. My… Read the rest of the article: Chick Flick: the musical opens in NYC this week

This week, the city of Pensacola, FL will vote on an "anti-camping" ordinance that makes it a crime to protect yourself from the weather with a blanket or a newspaper.… Read the rest of the article: Pensacola bans sheltering from weather with blankets or newspapers

Here's On the Road for 17,527 Miles, a 45 page ebook of driving directions for recreating the journey of Sal Paradise in Jack Kerouac's 1957 classic On the Road. Its… Read the rest of the article: On the Road converted to ebook of Google Maps directions

Explaining the Snowden leaks to people who don't understand technology crucial, but surely there's a better way than the NYT's terrible piece on the whistleblower's use of the common free… Read the rest of the article: NYT vs wget: technologically illiterate Snowden coverage

The Intercept is a new news-site created by Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras and Jeremy Scahill, through their Omidyar-funded startup First Look Media. Its mission is "fearless, adversarial journalism across a… Read the rest of the article: Intercept: fearless, adversarial journalism

London's Cryptofloricon encode one of several useful messages into floral code and send the resulting bouquet to your sweetheart. (Thanks, Ed!)

One year ago today Confessions of a fifth grade punk: Unquestionably the most punk fifth grader she knew, and possibly the most punk fifth grader in history. Five years ago… Read the rest of the article: This Day in Blogging History: Punk fifth grader; Beatles on ukulele; Flickr launches

Brusspup's "rolling illusion toy" is simple to make, and produces an illusion while in motion that's just wonderful. As he demonstrates, the more rings you add to it, the cooler… Read the rest of the article: Rolling illusion toy: gorgeous erratic motion

One year ago today DHS watchdog: DHS can search all your devices within 100 mi of US border: But they won't say why. Five years ago today RIAA takes Over… Read the rest of the article: This Day in Blogging History: Your devices liable to DHS search within 100mi of US border; RIAA borgs Obama's DoJ; Writing advice