Unsurprisingly, the host asks mostly inane questions that the punk, goths, and mod do their best to answer respectfully and earnestly. "It's a rebellion against the old system, the system… Read the rest of the article: A punk, two goths, and a mod interviewed on an Irish TV talk show (1983)
This extraterrestrial porch pirate was caught on camera swiping a package from a family's doorstep in Jacksonville, Florida. "We have had a lot of theft, car break-ins and door pullers,… Read the rest of the article: Extraterrestrial porch pirate caught on camera swiping package
Neil Sardesai is an iOS engineer who makes fun and curious apps and games in his spare time. Above is his demonstration of Pong played as an icon in the… Read the rest of the article: Pong played as a tiny icon in the Dock on MacOS
When I was in junior high school, in those better days before texting, kids communicated by passing intricately-folded handwritten notes. Using complex folding techniques so that the paper becomes its… Read the rest of the article: Opening an intricately-folded "locked" letter from c.1700
Gory Details is National Geographic reporter Erika Engelhaupt's new book about the science of creepy, interesting, and real things such as face mites (above), the caloric intake of cannibals, the… Read the rest of the article: Cannibalism, murderous insects, face mites, and creepy clowns
During the COVID-19 lockdowns, I've noticed more Little Free Libraries popping up outside people's homes. Boing Boing pal Howard Rheingold even made a Little Free Art Gallery! Now, Jeremiah Carter,… Read the rest of the article: Little free library of sticks for dogs
Tulsa, Oklahoma police arrested Sharon Carr for suspected burglary after she attempted to break into a home through a window. Her taste in snack foods led to her undoing. From… Read the rest of the article: Cheeto dust leads to arrest of burglary suspect
Comedy writer Isabella Giovannini imagined Zillow listings for our home planet. From the New Yorker: Earth (TWO WEEKS ON ZILLOW) This STUNNING open-concept planet is STILL available, but act fast—it… Read the rest of the article: Earth, if it were listed on Zillow
What would happen to a pair of Crocs if they sat 3 kilometers down on the ocean floor? How about a styrofoam cup? Or a fishing lure? The Hydraulic Press… Read the rest of the article: What would happen to a pair of Crocs at the bottom of the ocean?
As the pandemic has driven adoption and (over)use of videoconferencing software like Zoom, it's required changes in American Sign Language. From Scientific American: One adaptation arises as a result of… Read the rest of the article: How Zoom is changing American Sign Language
Via Waxy, GAN.STYLE is a "cursed generator [that] resynthesizes audio from YouTube using a neural net trained on choral and strings recordings." Enter the YouTube URL of a music video and "enjoy" the result.… Read the rest of the article: Neural net turns music from YouTube into cursed choral and string renditions
Some farmers in Thailand are still forcing monkeys to harvest coconuts even after a 2019 investigation led to companies, supermarkets, and the Thai government promised to help stop the cruel… Read the rest of the article: Thousands of monkeys still in forced labor farms
Not only was he a very funny vampire, Al Lewis was a restaurateur, candidate for New York governor, and, as seen above, occasional weatherman for WPIX-TV. "Tomorrow is gonna be… Read the rest of the article: Watch Al "Grandpa Munster" Lewis do a real weather report for WPIX
We've posted about drivers putting mannequins in the passenger seat to drive in the HOV lane without getting nabbed by the fuzz. This latest example, seen on the California Highway… Read the rest of the article: The passenger in this car is a real dummy
In Lowell, Massachusetts on Wednesday, Robert Hoey, Jr., an elected member of the city's School Committee, was hosting his live cable access talk show "City Life" when he referred to… Read the rest of the article: Massachusetts school administrator resigns after calling colleague a "kike" on live TV and referring to himself as "an Archie Bunker"
Barcelona-based Novameat used a 3D printer to extrude a mix of lab-grown animal and plant cells into the largest ever cut of "meat analog." Founder and CEO Giuseppe Scionti is… Read the rest of the article: Enjoy a 3D-printed "steak analog" that "chews like sirloin" and "pulls like pork"
I think these delightful cats could convince me to buy anything, even a state-of-the-art $500 NEC CD player back in 1987.
The above extraterrestrial skull was spotted in the high-resolution 360-degree panorama image captured this week by NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. Cosmic Log presents a fun gallery of anomalies and… Read the rest of the article: Alien skull seen in new Mars Rover image and other fun anomalies spotted on the Red Planet this week
Amazon recently launched Day1 Editions where they present new product ideas and only make the ones with significant pre-orders. Of the three products they're starting with, only their Smart Sticky… Read the rest of the article: Sticky note printer
On Tuesday, the New York Police Department reportedly unleashed Spot, the state-of-the-art robotic dog from Boston Dynamics, to do reconnaissance at a home invasion crime scene in the Bronx. Then… Read the rest of the article: Artists outfitted robot dog Spot with a paintball gun in commentary on futuristic killer robots, just as NYDP deploys the same robot
