Someone found a Falungong message on a 1RMB note in China: The writing alleges that the CCP has created fake self-immolation stories, killed Falungong members, stolen their internal organs, and… Read the rest of the article: Falungong message found on 1-yuan bill in China

You haven't lived until you've heard a barbershop quartet perform the Ewok celebration song! CRACKERJACK JUNCTION sings THE EWOK CELEBRATION SONG (Thanks, Cabralski!) Previously: Treetop Ewok prefab village to be… Read the rest of the article: Barbershop Ewoks

Meredith Yayanos of Coilhouse interviewed Kim Graham about her finely-tuned digitigrade, "reverse leg" extensions. Graham has started selling them at Weta for NZD$1,320 a pair. Please describe the Weta Legs.… Read the rest of the article: Interview with human leg extension inventor Kim Graham

How do you feel about a satellite system that uses (ground based) cameras to read your car's license plate and detect how fast you are driving? Law enforcement in the… Read the rest of the article: Speed cameras trap motorists from space

Coop has a post about this stunning art project collaboration with NagNagNag. He says, "I designed all the packaging, and collaborated with Shigeru-san on the colorway. The cutaway "guts" drawing… Read the rest of the article: Violent Caveman Guts, by Coop

Photo: urban don. Landlord says no pets? End-run the rulebook with a robot. Isn't this fellow, hacked out of a child's toy by the awe-inspiring Don Pezzano, just adorable? But… Read the rest of the article: Robot Dogs!

Photo: Michelle Maggie Koerth-Baker explores Antarctica, where the skies are clear, the valley deeps are studded with cerulean lakes, and where there is much fertile soil for science: Charting the… Read the rest of the article: Boing Boing special feature: Charting the Frozen Continent

The latest from Brando, the Hong Kong based manufacturers of odd electronic curiosities — a $20 game to test your ability to endure an increasingly powerful jolt of electricity. –… Read the rest of the article: Toy tests your ability to endure electrical shock

Magician and maker Rudy Coby has been performing at recent Dr. Sketchy LA sessions, and his props and routines are amazing. He told me that he's going to be taking… Read the rest of the article: Rudy Coby at the Magic Castle in Los Angeles, April 26 – May 2

There's a cleaning company here in Dubai that will send a man dressed in a Spiderman outfit to clean your windows. According to AMEinfo.com, this service already exists in France… Read the rest of the article: If you live in Dubai, you can get Spiderman to clean your windows

A neat idea from Ian Collins. Make an iPad stand from its own packaging.

CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART/HEINZ FAMILY FUND Charles 'Teenie' Harris (1908-1998) sitting in chair with his son, Charles Harris Jr., c. 1930-1950. Black and white, Agfa Safety Film. According to those… Read the rest of the article: Community Curation: The Everlasting Archive of Charles "Teenie" Harris

Also at TEDx London, Jeff Skoll — eBay's first president, founder of Participant Media, and the namesake for the conference that had brought us to the UK in the first… Read the rest of the article: Jeff Skoll's poem about the volcano

Here's another example showing that the more important and powerful you are, the less likely you are to use email, text messaging, instant messaging, or other forms of electronic communication… Read the rest of the article: Supreme Court justices reveal profound ignorance of ask important questions about text messaging and email

You are about to witness the cutest thing to ever cute. Pretty much. Think of it as a Unicorn Chaser to that Tea Party video. Naturally (because Wednesday is my… Read the rest of the article: Forget swimming with dolphins, the cool kids are cuddling with elephant seals

One of the great things about being in London when the volcano halted our flights home this past weekend was that I was stranded with some of the greatest philanthropists… Read the rest of the article: Video: Larry Brilliant on the volcano and climate change

Ruben Bolling is the author of the weekly comic strip "Tom the Dancing Bug," and we're delighted to have him here with us at Boing Boing. "Tom" won the 2009… Read the rest of the article: Introducing Tom the Dancing Bug @ Boing Boing

Jeff Wise of Fast Company went to Belize to profile 64-year-old John McAfee, the eccentric bad-boy founder of the McAffee antivirus company. With at least five civil lawsuits hounding him,… Read the rest of the article: Lawsuit-plagued McAfee founder hunts for libido-boosting herbs in Belize

Michael Geist sez, As the ACTA negotiating countries promised, a draft consolidated text was released earlier today. Unlike the earlier leaked version which provided specific attribution to country positions, this… Read the rest of the article: ACTA draft text released: nearly identical to leaks

The folks who attended Tax Day Tea Party 2010 put this know-it-all interviewer in his place. Bonus ukulele girl segment: The lovely Victoria Jackson plays a ditty for itty bitty… Read the rest of the article: Words of wisdom from Tax Day Tea Party protestors