Tracy sez, "A while ago, I started listening to the podcasts from The Gamer's Haven. The man who heads up the group, Ethan Parker, had made it a yearly habit… Read the rest of the article: KantCon: a home-made con for gamers

Kai was outraged by the conviction of Dr Peter Watts, the Canadian science fiction writer who got out of his vehicle while crossing back into Canada to ask a US… Read the rest of the article: Sign for the US Border: unprovoked beatings ahead

MIT Grad Student Danielle Zurovcik (above) designed this hand-powered suction device to speed up wound healing. It costs $3 and it works. Nobody knows precisely why it works, but doctors… Read the rest of the article: $3 hand-powered suction device quickly heals wounds

The above photo was taken in 1940. Some people say the hipster-looking fellow with the sunglasses on the right side of the photo is a time traveler because his hair,… Read the rest of the article: Time traveler caught in 1940 photo?

Alastair Mackie sometimes uses most unusual materials for his sculptures and installations. For example, the doll house above, titled "House," was constructed from 300 pulped wasp and hornet nests. And… Read the rest of the article: Sculptures from digested mouse parts and pulped hornet nests

Mister Jalopy says of Jean-Paul Goude's website: "Dazzling work held captive by the worst website interface."

Make: Online's Kipkay built a 2-mile camera remote, following the instructions in MAKE Vol. 15. Make Weekend Project: 2-Mile Camera Remote

Junkbot artist Andrea Petrachi has the true gift for conjuring the inner friendly robot from random piles of techno-detritus. A rare and increasingly valuable skill. Andrea Petrachi (via Make) Previously:… Read the rest of the article: Purdy junkbots from Andrea Petrachi

Robert sez, "As a followup to Cory's post on the fact that New Yorker cartoons can be captioned with 'Christ, what an asshole' without compromising their comedic value: I discovered… Read the rest of the article: Every comic is funnier with "Christ, what an asshole" for a punchline

The title of this shirt is "Houston we have a problem." Even though the company is called Public Domain, it says "All designs are the exclusive copyrighted property of Public… Read the rest of the article: Sinister moon landing t-shirt

I'm at the Coachella Oasis (a giant, sprawling, endless rave taking place at the lavish desert manse formerly inhabited by Merv Griffin) setting up a weekend-long webcast with Richard Metzger… Read the rest of the article: Coachella: Xeni hosting LA Times Brand X webcast all weekend

Earlier today at the Skoll World Forum in Oxford, I caught up with Peter Gleick, co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute, to find out how we can make sure… Read the rest of the article: Q&A with Peter Gleick: how to be more water efficient (part 2)

Not a half-step away from yesterday's Dwarf Fortress mega-construction — but somehow with a much darker core — TheImperar's over-meticulously constructed Sim City 3000 island paradise/hell is "inspired by the… Read the rest of the article: God game: SimCity urban planning taken to terrifying extreme

Our friend Jenny Hart, who owns the Sublime Stitching embroidery kit business, has a solo art show of amazing drawings that opens on May 1 at Domy Books in Austin,… Read the rest of the article: Jenny Hart's art show opens May 1 in Austin

While pruning a tree on the grounds of a hotel where he worked, Peter Aspinall, 64, sawed off the branch that his ladder was leaning on. He fell and suffered… Read the rest of the article: Maintenance man chops off tree branch his ladder is leaning on, sues employer

Michael Geist sez, The New Zealand round of ACTA [ed: the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a secret copyright treaty being negotiated outside of the United Nations] negotiations concluded earlier today with… Read the rest of the article: ACTA goes public

Researchers have discovered a species of leech that has a "particularly unpleasant habit of infesting humans," most notably in people's noses. The team of scientists published their study of this… Read the rest of the article: Nose-dwelling leech

Willie Nelson tells Larry King he is stoned as they speak. It reminds me of the time Timothy Leary was at a press conference and a reporter asked him: "When… Read the rest of the article: Willie Nelson is high while on Larry King show

Nick Clegg, leader of the UK Liberal Democrats party, has pledged to repeal the odious Digital Economy Act, which was rushed through without substantial debate before Parliament adjourned for the… Read the rest of the article: UK LibDems pledge to repeal the Digital Economy Bill

New in the Boing Boing Bazaar: Rubygirl makes these interlocking sterling silver rings by sandcasting Lego bricks. One Lego brick set rightside-up and one Lego brick set upside-down are the… Read the rest of the article: Interlocking Lego rings in Boing Boing Bazaar