Carl Malamud says, I'll be moderating a "Great Debate: What is Net Neutrality" at the Center for American Progress on Monday, starting at 10:30 am Eastern Time. The debate features… Read the rest of the article: Net Neutrality smackdown: Dave Farber vs. Vint Cerf Monday

If Kent "Dr. Dino" Hovind is sitting on the evidence that proves Jesus is not the son of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, BoingBoing's offer still stands. Lord knows he needs… Read the rest of the article: Dr. Dino arrested for unpaid taxes

Tom Pearcy used satellite technology to design this 32-acre "Star Trek" maze on a farm near York in northern England. The trekkie earthwork celebrates 40 years since the show's first… Read the rest of the article: Star Trek "crop circle" maze carved into UK farmland

NTSB investigators are looking in to whether laptop batteries burst into flames on board a UPS cargo flight in February. A fire blamed on the lithium batteries injured all three… Read the rest of the article: Laptop batteries burst into flames on planes?

Yesterday on the radio program Fresh Air, host Terry Gross interviewed Radiohead lead singer and songwriter Thom Yorke. He talks with Terry about his first solo release, "The Eraser," produced… Read the rest of the article: Thom Yorke interviewed on "Fresh Air"

Burial Ceremony in Srebrenica, 11 July 2006by Jasmina Tesanovic photos by Biljana Rakocevic Eleven years after the biggest European genocide since World War Two, little has changed in the Balkans.… Read the rest of the article: Jasmina Tesanovic: A Burial in Srebenica

Over at Corante.com, Derek Lowe issues an impassioned plea to PR departments and photographers on behalf of all people who work in laboratories: enough with the kooky colored gel lighting… Read the rest of the article: Lab workers to photogs: Kill the Purple Spotlights Already

The sister of blogger and documentary filmmaker Hao Wu reports that he has been released by authorities in China after nearly five months in jail. Snip from report by journalists… Read the rest of the article: China: imprisoned blogger Hao Wu freed after 140 days

Ennis Singh Mutinywale tells BoingBoing, US political bloggers paid lots of attention to the Madrid 3/11 bombings and the London 7/7 bombings. Now Bombay is attacked by terrorists — similar… Read the rest of the article: Why are US blogs ignoring Mumbai, ask South Asian bloggers

A BB informant whose significant other is as a TSA worker (both prefer anonymity here) says: I'd been wanting to share a recent incident with you, but I was worried… Read the rest of the article: Dude slips half a bomb past TSA workers at Houston airport

Following up on previous posts (one, two) about controversy surrounding Friendster's recently-granted patent for social networking technology, Brian Aker says, Back when I wrote the Zoo system for Slashdot, its… Read the rest of the article: Architect of Slashdot's "Zoo" sounds off on Friendster patent

"Dutch customs detected a live poisonous snake that was sent by airmail on a flight from Hong Kong to a collector in the Netherlands, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday. Inspectors… Read the rest of the article: Snakes in an envelope on a plane

Hidden behind the WSJ's stupid paywall is this wonderful piece by Ian Mount about rare, "lost" art-films resurfacing at online video sites like Google and YouTube — and some ensuing… Read the rest of the article: Finding rare artsy video gems online

An unusual sunset in Manhattan. Snip from NASA "astronomy pic of the day": Today, if it is clear, Manhattan will flood dramatically with sunlight just as the Sun sets precisely… Read the rest of the article: Astronomy: today at sunset, NYC turns into Stonehenge

BB reader Scott says, I'm interning here in Beijing for Nokia over the summer. For the past several weeks, we've been experiencing the oddest weather — almost every day has… Read the rest of the article: Cloud Seeding in Beijing? Weathermods and chem-rockets.

Wired Magazine editor-in-chief Chris Anderson had a nice day yesterday. First, his long-awaited book The Long Tail hits the Amazon top ten list on its first day in release. Then… Read the rest of the article: Chris Anderson's totally awesome day

Snip from Reuters report: A formal announcement of the show, to be called "Dan Rather Reports," was planned for Tuesday in Pasadena, Calif., where cable network executives gathered this week… Read the rest of the article: Dan Rather moves to Mark Cuban's HDNet

Touted as an "adult content 'sexplorer' desktop application," Heatseek will inevitably be known as a porn browser. It's been in the works for a while, and I haven't had time… Read the rest of the article: Heatseek launches: a booty-browser for perusing porn.

"Lycos is selling its Wired News unit to Condé Nast Publications for $25 million, Lycos parent Daum Communications announced in Korea late Tuesday, a deal that brings Wired.com and Wired… Read the rest of the article: Conde Nast buys Wired News, flocks of angels in heaven sing

The evangelical group "Jews for Jesus" is using Steve Jobs' likeness and career timeline (presumably without permission) to peddle salvation. Switch! Link, and direct link to full-size, where you can… Read the rest of the article: Jews for Jesus for (Steve) Jobs: nerd salvation flyer