My sister-in-law Mary Loquvam is organizing a fantastically geeky fundraiser for the Los Angeles Audubon Society on May 9 involving bird watching and, er, Star Trek. To celebrate LA Audubon's… Read the rest of the article: Los Angeles: Birdwatching with Star Trek stars

Brian sez, "Talk show podcast Sci Fi Saturday Night is helping to raise funds on behalf of author Spider Robinson's wife Jeanne, who is battling cancer and needs assistance with… Read the rest of the article: Charity auction for Jeanne Robinson's cancer fund

India's new copyright bill sounds like a pretty good piece of work: it declares private, personal copying to be "fair dealing" (like US fair use) and limits the prohibition on… Read the rest of the article: India's copyright bill gets it right

Someday, maybe, by some manner of communal Herculean effort, we will find a way to take the peerlessly rich/complex but almost entirely unapproachable game Dwarf Fortress and match it with… Read the rest of the article: Bronzemurder v. Oggez Rashas: a beautifully illustrated Dwarf Fortress tale

Check out the description of the security features on the new US $100 bill: it really sounds like the deluxe bonus card in a pack of bubblegum cards: Benjamin Franklin… Read the rest of the article: Pokemonification of the US C-note

Hitler's back and he's pissed to discover that parodies of the bunker scene from Downfall have been removed without regard to the fair use provisions of US copyright law. Hitler… Read the rest of the article: Hitler's pissed off about fair use

Frank sez, "Rhizome has a collection of 1980s-era Soviet cartoons based on stories by American sci-fi authors such as Ray Bradbury and Stephen King. The accompanying synth music is retrofuturist… Read the rest of the article: 1980s Soviet cartoons based on US science fiction classics

Danny Choo has posted some photos from his dad Jimmy Choo's workshop in the UK. Link

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