Raph Koster's Metaplace is offering the first 250 Offworld readers a chance to play around with the company's web-embeddable virtual meta-world. Brandon has more: Metaplace is also jumping ahead of… Read the rest of the article: Get a sneak peek at Metaplace MMO with Boing Boing Offworld

Above is a picture of the hand-blown recreation of the LSD molecule that I received for making a donation to the Erowid Center, the non-profit 501(c)(3) organization behind Erowid.org. Erowid… Read the rest of the article: Glass molecule reproductions from Erowid.org

My friend Josh Rubin has gone from hunting cool things to making them: he's launched a new set of gloves called the "Freehands" with flip-back fingers that make it possible… Read the rest of the article: Freehands, gloves for cold weather gadget twiddling

Today on Boing Boing Gadgets we discovered Toastabags, designed to make grilled cheese in the toaster; a handy online calculator to help you determine your roof's solar energy harvesting potential;… Read the rest of the article: Today on Boing Boing Gadgets

Today on Boing Boing Gadgets we saw these good-lookin' helmets from Jérôme Coste (which sadly do not include a face mask); an austere camper made from a Unimog; tape that… Read the rest of the article: Today on Boing Boing Gadgets

Today on Boing Boing Gadgets — a site which we suspect you'll enjoy reading even if you often find gadgets tire- and irksome (so do we!) — we spotted these… Read the rest of the article: Today on Boing Boing Gadgets

Yesterday on Boing Boing Gadgets… Danger! Excitement! An SD Card that turns into a USB dongle! An LED Chess Set! Rocketmen! Nazis! The Phantom Lapboard! An artifact of awesome power… Read the rest of the article: Yesterday at Boing Boing Gadgets

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we looked at a magic dongle that promised to boost a cellphone signal and a phone that looks like a Lamborghini. An absurd hooded scooter… Read the rest of the article: Today at Boing Boing Gadgets

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, Joel wished he was part of the greatest NERF office war in history, and Brownlee wtfed over a Texas Instruments ad featuring an evil floating… Read the rest of the article: Today at Boing Boing Gadgets

Yesterday on Boing Boing Gadgets, we looked at a stabby knife that lets you inflate your victim with rapidly expanding gaseous pain, considered an easily understood diagram for building a… Read the rest of the article: Yesterday at Boing Boing Gadgets

We'll be talking with Brendan at 11 Eastern in #boingboing. Click here to join the conversation or join #boingboing on chat.freenode.net in your client of choice. We'll post the transcript… Read the rest of the article: Brendan I. Koerner 'Now the Hell Will Start' chat transcript

Brendan I. Koerner, author of "Now the Hell Will Start," will be joining us in the #boingboing IRC channel tomorrow at 11AM Eastern time to discuss his book and the… Read the rest of the article: Chat with Brendan I. Koerner, author of 'Now the Hell Will Start' in #boingboing tomorrow

Today on Boing Boing Gadgets we started things off by looking at a 1939 videophone, then slurped up our morning cup of joe while watching some live-action Bioshock. Joel then… Read the rest of the article: Today at Boing Boing Gadgets

Today on Boing Boing Gadgets we saw this pretty and entirely pedestrian HP Calculator; the Konami code for Google Reader; a industrial shredder eat an Asteroids cabinet; GPS-maker TomTom's intention… Read the rest of the article: Today on Boing Boing Gadgets

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets we looked at Sprint's Instinct, and, of course, the new 3G iPhone, which has an engineering marvel within, and for which higher rates and a… Read the rest of the article: Today at Boing Boing Gadgets

The stage is set, the lights are dimmed, the audience murmurs impatiently. But the tragedy and ecstasy of this year's WWDC can be staged for neither the hoi polloi or… Read the rest of the article: WWDC 2008: Join Boing Boing's IRC chorus of coverage at 1PM EST

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets we started things off by comparing Heineken to a hobo's micturitions and then helped PR reps identify the optimal manner in which to booze and… Read the rest of the article: Today at Boing Boing Gadgets

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we instructed the futuristic eco-warrior how to build his or her own Silent Running style robot ducklings, and the tar-lunged smoke belcher how to roll… Read the rest of the article: Today on Boing Boing Gadgets

Today on Boing Boing Gadgets we spied this cute LEGO chibi bot, created by a father from his son's drawing; two analog disk dial watches; free iPod Touch 8GB with… Read the rest of the article: Today on Boing Boing Gadgets

Today on Boing Boing Gadgets Rob built this GPS Map art generator which allows you to create your own questionable route like the recent hoax. (Pictured here: my version of… Read the rest of the article: Today on Boing Boing Gadgets