BoingBoing
SEARCH STORE
  • SEARCH
  • STORE
  • Blog : The posts
  • Forums : Read the rules
  • Store : Wonderful Products (Contact Support)
  • Newsletter : Daily wonderful things
  • About Us : Writers and staff
  • Contact Us : Get satisfaction
  • Advertise : Thank you for reading
  • Privacy Policy : The data you generate
  • TOS : What you agree to
  • Thumbnails : Youtube Thumbnail generator
  • Reanna Alder
    4:18 am Mon, Apr 23, 2018
    Earth Day Caption Contest

      Enter in the comments below. 

    • COMMENTS
  • Reanna Alder
    11:02 am Thu, Feb 8, 2018
    Find out where you fit on the global income spectrum

    Anna Rosling Rönnlund, co-founder of the Gapminder Foundation, asked Swedish students where they thought they fell on the global income spectrum. They guessed somewhere in the middle; they were wrong.… Read the rest of the article: Find out where you fit on the global income spectrum

    • COMMENTS
  • Reanna Alder
    4:15 am Thu, Feb 1, 2018
    Your body has been outsourced

    What follows is the most mind-altering first chapter I've read in a long time, from biomechanist Katy Bowman's latest book Movement Matters: Essays on movement science, movement ecology, and the nature… Read the rest of the article: Your body has been outsourced

    • COMMENTS
  • Reanna Alder
    10:31 am Thu, Jan 11, 2018
    How babies get here

    If you only watch one childbirth video in your life, consider this popular one. It's completely safe for work (and for the faint of heart), featuring ping pong balls and… Read the rest of the article: How babies get here

    • COMMENTS
  • Reanna Alder
    10:27 am Thu, Jan 11, 2018
    Black Rock City, NV: The New Ephemeral Architecture of Burning Man by Philippe Glade

    Photographer and 21-year playa veteran Phillippe Glade saved me about a grand for a ticket (plus expenses and brain damage) with this beautiful, cloth-covered photo book surveying the domestic and… Read the rest of the article: Black Rock City, NV: The New Ephemeral Architecture of Burning Man by Philippe Glade

    • COMMENTS
  • Reanna Alder
    9:45 am Thu, Jan 11, 2018
    The terrible power of plastic is that it quickly becomes useless but never goes away

    There's a scene in the movie Samsara (2001): a young monk is struggling to focus on his meditation, and an older monk shows him some erotic scrolls. When he holds… Read the rest of the article: The terrible power of plastic is that it quickly becomes useless but never goes away

    • COMMENTS
  • Reanna Alder
    2:38 pm Thu, Oct 5, 2017
    Are your cells sedentary?

    Biomechanist Katy Bowman uses the metaphor of nutrients – and nutritious movement vs. junk food movement – to unpack what's not working for most of us about our modern lifestyle.… Read the rest of the article: Are your cells sedentary?

    • COMMENTS
  • Reanna Alder
    1:55 pm Mon, Oct 2, 2017
    Is hooking up feminist?

    Lisa Wade is the author of American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus. Shankar Vedantam interviewed her on a recent episode of the Hidden Brain, and her assessment… Read the rest of the article: Is hooking up feminist?

    • COMMENTS
  • Reanna Alder
    1:38 pm Mon, Oct 2, 2017
    How to avoid (accidentally) raising a racist kid

    The Longest Shortest Time is an excellent storytelling podcast about parents and kids. They've recently made two episodes aimed at helping white parents figure out how talk to kids about… Read the rest of the article: How to avoid (accidentally) raising a racist kid

    • COMMENTS
  • Reanna Alder
    2:00 am Mon, Feb 2, 2015
    There's No Getting Off (The Grid)

    Calling a gas-powered engine an "off grid" technology is like "unplugging" from the internet by using cellular data instead of an ethernet cable.

    • COMMENTS
  • Reanna Alder
    5:32 am Thu, Nov 20, 2014
    Trailer homesteading in the Mojave

    There's a move to redefine "homesteading" in a way that makes it available to anyone who wants to take part. But what does it mean to homestead in the desert? By Reanna Alder

    • COMMENTS
  • Reanna Alder
    4:00 am Thu, Oct 23, 2014
    I ate roadkill raccoon. This is what it tasted like.

    Last weekend, Janica and Joel picked up six roadkill raccoons and a feral cat on a round-trip to Courtenay. It was Thanksgiving weekend. They made raccoon burgers, served the cat up stuffed, and tucked the rest away in the freezer. By Reanna Alder

    • COMMENTS
  • Reanna Alder
    10:10 am Wed, Oct 15, 2014
    Almost 150 quilts you won't find on Pinterest

    A micro-review, in bullet points: 1. Almost 150 quilts you won't find on Pinterest. 2. The essays are good. 3. When seeking visual pleasure and inspiration, a curated and finite… Read the rest of the article: Almost 150 quilts you won't find on Pinterest

    • COMMENTS

Read the rules you agree to by using this website in our Terms of Service.

We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

Boing Boing uses cookies and analytics trackers, and is supported by advertising, merchandise sales and affiliate links. Read about what we do with the data we gather in our Privacy Policy.

Who will be eaten first? Our forum rules are detailed in the Community Guidelines.

Boing Boing is published under a Creative Commons license except where otherwise noted.

    • Mark Frauenfelder
    • David Pescovitz
    • Rob Beschizza
    • Carla Sinclair
    Editors
    • Jason Weisberger
    Publisher
    • Ken Snider
    Sysadmin
    • About Us
    • Newsletter
    • Contact Us
    • Advertise
    • Forums
    • Shop
    • Shop Support