Your browser does not support the audio tag. Gweek is a podcast where the editors and friends of Boing Boing talk about comic books, science fiction and fantasy, video games,… Read the rest of the article: Gweek 111: Smarter Than You Think

Itsy Bitsy is a free 78-page Kindle story by John Ajvide Lindqvist, Swedish horror writer of Let the Right One In. I have not read it yet, but from the… Read the rest of the article: Itsy Bitsy – free horror ebook by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Your browser does not support the audio tag. Apps for Kids is Boing Boing's podcast about cool smartphone apps for kids and parents. My co-host is my 10-year-old daughter, Jane.… Read the rest of the article: Apps for Kids 45: Bean's Quest (Plus a Minecraft contest!)

This execution brought to you by Westinghouse? I'd have guessed that Thomas "DC current is safer" Edison was behind it, but this fellow is in the gas chamber, not on… Read the rest of the article: Wegee photo of a man about to be executed wearing a hood with a Westinghouse logo on it

There's not much right about this page from a mid-20th century kids' book. Besides the obvious creepiness, it looks like Alfred E Neuman on the left is trying to lift… Read the rest of the article: Unfortunate illustration and game name in kids' book

Journalist Rob Walker took an "interactive Google Street View tour" of the Moto X (the Google-owned Motorola phone) assembly plant in Forth Worth, TX. He selectively snagged screen shots of… Read the rest of the article: A (Misleadingly) haunting tour of the Moto X assembly plant

Tom Fassbender says: "The last time the family went on a camping trip, we made Breakfast in a Bag. We always like to have a cooking adventure when we camp,… Read the rest of the article: How to bake a chocolate cake in an orange

The widow of a man who built a bamboo treehouse in Venice, CA says her complaint about the proliferation of "McMansions" in her neighborhood led to an order from the… Read the rest of the article: LA city hall orders destruction of "bamboo masterpiece" treehouse

Despite appearances to the contrary, sinister things are happening behind the squeaky-clean facade of Barrington, Colorado.

My friend Jon Lebkowsky (an editor at bOING bOING and the co-founder of Fringe Ware) says, "Your Popeye post sent me to Amazon, where I discovered you can acquire old… Read the rest of the article: MAD #1 is free as a Kindle e-book

I'm not sure how Anthony Cerniello made this video of Danielle aging 60 years in five minutes, but it is amazing. (Thanks, Matthew!)

The Flickr account for the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab has tons of gorgeous CC-licensed photos of bees, snakes, bugs, and plants. What a bonanza!

Earlier this summer, I harvested honey from my backyard beehive. I follow the Backwards Beekeepers’ no-treatment school of bee husbandry — I don’t do anything other than set up a… Read the rest of the article: Harvesting my backyard honey (and your chance to get a jar)

DC Denison of MAKE says: Autodesk today expanded its suite of free 3D tools by partnering with Circuits.io to launch an electronics design tool: 123D Circuits. The program allows users… Read the rest of the article: AutoDesk announces free electronic circuit design app

Yesterday I posted a photo from Barbara G. Walker's fabulous 1972 instructional book, Knitting From The Top. It turns out Barbara is not only a terrific knitter, she is also… Read the rest of the article: Cool tarot card art by knitwear book author Barbara G. Walker

[Video Link] Matthew says, "Filmmaker Eddie Codel used a DJI Phantom drone and a GoPro Hero3 camera to film a "drone’s eye view" of Burning Man."

I haven't seen the Miley Cyrus twerking video, but I just watched Danish silent film star Asta Nielsen dance in this 1910 film called Afgrunden and I am guessing this… Read the rest of the article: Twerking film from 1910

Archie was created by Bob Montana, but Dan DiCarlo gave Archie and his pals the looks and personalities we are familiar with. Someone at Walt Disney Studios created Donald Duck,… Read the rest of the article: Excellent Popeye comic book reprints from the 1940s and 1950s

I'd not heard of the Hobonichi Techo day planner until I read this interview with the publisher. An English version is coming out soon and I want one. [I]n Japan… Read the rest of the article: A beloved Japanese day planner goes global

Sadly, several knit garments from the first edition of Barbara G. Walker's Knitting From The Top (1972) are not included in the most recent addition. I can only assume they… Read the rest of the article: Knitwear for the Brady Bunch