The dot com bubble rose in the late 1990s, peaked on March 10, 2000, then burst, with indivudal company stocks popping like popcorn on any given day and the rest… Read the rest of the article: It's 25 years since the dot com bubble burst

Maeda Mameo's Honey Bunnies renders a large number of glistening 3D rabbits in a dynamic flood of gloopily-drawn honey. My desktop computer seems to manage 60fps nicely, but I'm not… Read the rest of the article: Bring your device to its knees with this horde of 3D honey bunnies

A Pennsylvania man attempted to pass through outbound security at New Jersey's Newark Liberty international airport with a turtle concealed in his pants. The creature reportedly set off an alarm… Read the rest of the article: Man found with live turtle hidden in "groin area" at Newark airport

Q and Z (formerly at Panix) is a hidden pillar of the old web, converting text to appear to be upside-down, in a 𝔟𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔨𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯 typeface, Ɽ𐌵𐌍𐌉𐌂, or anything else made… Read the rest of the article: Convert normal text to Unicode homoglyphs to look silly, cool or clever

Alan Slattery, 67, took it upon himself to rob the Nationwide Building Society in Eastbourne, England, but the handwriting in his demand note was so bad that staff there could… Read the rest of the article: Bank robber's handwriting so bad cashiers couldn't decipher demand note

Elon Musk is an overwhelmingly successful entrepreneur with the gift of the gab, but even the "weird nerd" of internet lore knows now that he was never an engineering genius… Read the rest of the article: Most Americans now have low opinion of Elon Musk

Carl Lundstrom, co-founder of The Pirate Bay, died Tuesday when the small plane he was piloting crashed in Slovenia. Lundstrom was the site's Nazi sugar daddy; the more likeable co-founders… Read the rest of the article: Pirate Bay financier dies in plane crash

Bluey and Cocomelon are the top kids' animated shows worldwide. Bluey is a hand-made family soap that appeals to children and adults alike and layers relatable tales with observational humor… Read the rest of the article: Comparison of top animated shows Bluey and Cocomelon

Stardate is a notes-taking app that keeps it simple: "Tap, talk, done!" writes creator Dean Putney, who you may remember from the olden days of Boing Boing. * Take super… Read the rest of the article: Stardate: take notes with a single tap of your iPhone or Apple Watch

The VU Air Ionizer is a 100hz IPS monitor that comes in three sizes, 24", 27" and 34", and has a unique feature: a built-in air purifier which Asus claims… Read the rest of the article: Asus's new monitors have built-in "air purifiers." But what's the CADR?

Tesla's stock price slide since the post-election highs gets all the headlines, but Donald Trump's social media platform is trading under $20 again, having lost about a third of its… Read the rest of the article: Trump Media stock also back in the toilet

Officially licensed from artist KC Green (and it is surely one of the most appropriated comic strips of all time), the This is Fine ankle socks are $9.99 from Stands.… Read the rest of the article: Official "This is Fine" socks

Roll-em-up Katamari Damacy is getting a new outing in April on Apple Arcade. The new game, titled Katamari Damacy Rolling LIVE, is the first in seven years and adds social… Read the rest of the article: Katamari Damacy returning in April

Robert McMordie's A technical history of Acorn Computers is a concise and occasionally darkly funny hypertext concerning the 1970s British computing startup that made some excellent machines but ran out… Read the rest of the article: Lost history of Acorn Computers reveals the British tech giant that almost was

My young son has discovered the animation and music of Cyriak Harris (previously at Boing Boing) and all hell has now broken loose at home. He is most enchanted by… Read the rest of the article: Surreal animator Cyriak Harris's essential music compilation: Bits & Bobs

Anthony Flack's Bomb Jack Extra Sugar is a remake of arcade classic Bomb Jack for the Amstrad CPC, an 8-bit microcomputer popular in Europe in the 1980s. It's a remarkable… Read the rest of the article: Amazing remake of Bomb Jack for 40-year-old 8-bit computer

HP is famed for a long history of powerful and useful computer stuff, but its inket printers might better be considered infamous for how hostile they are to customers. Locked… Read the rest of the article: New HP printer firmware so locked down you can't even use HP ink

Tesla stock is down 13 percent since trading opened Monday morning, wiping out the last of the automaker's gains since the election and leaving the company worth less than half… Read the rest of the article: Tesla stock face-plants after latest Musk meltdown

The 11-inch MacBooks were compact, capable and good-looking. Discontinued in 2019, nothing similar's come along since from Apple, though rumors emerge now and again. The reason seems obvious: that segment… Read the rest of the article: Chuwi's Minibook X N150 is a great (and inexpensive) little laptop

The Virtual Keypunch is the work of N. Landsteiner—and startlingly complete in detail and authenticity. You'll be relieved to gear that IBM/360 Column Binary Format is fully supported. Type and… Read the rest of the article: Make your own virtual punchcard