Matt Jones and McLaggan Smith Mugs are selling these wonderful "Get Excited and Make Things" mugs, with proceeds to a children's hospice near the McLaggan Smith factory in Scotland. Get… Read the rest of the article: Get Excited and Make Things: the mug edition

To commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Statute of Anne, the first modern copyright law, the British Council asked a lot of people with strong ideas about copyright, from the… Read the rest of the article: Copyright turns 300

Nancy Sims, a librarian and "proto-lawyer," made these absolutely wonderful egg-Daleks for a friend's birthday, fully documenting the build and putting it online so that you can make one too.… Read the rest of the article: HOWTO Make a Dalek Egg

Journalist Amy Westervelt found certified organic Big Gulps at a 7-11 in Berkeley. It seems to be only iced tea (sorry folks, no organic Slurpee yet), but it does remind… Read the rest of the article: Organic Big Gulp, just in time for Earth Day

The internet is weird. (thanks, Susannah Breslin)

I was a tiny tot when plastic monster models were all the rage but I remember my friends' big brothers having them on their dresser and desks. At the time,… Read the rest of the article: Meet Glob, Blurp, Voop, and Zopp

Did George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld keep prisoners in Guantánamo whom they knew were innocent, for PR reasons? "Colonel Wilkerson, who was General Powell's chief of staff when he ran… Read the rest of the article: Report: Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld kept detainees in Gitmo whom they knew to be innocent, for political advantage

"What if, globally speaking, the iPad is not the next big thing? What if the next big thing is small, cheap and not American?" Anand Giridharadas on the global possibilities… Read the rest of the article: Small, cheap, and not American: the next big thing in mobile

If you're in London this Saturday, you're in luck! You have an opportunity to witness 400 people dressed in Edwardian attire riding their bicycles about town. (via Matt Forsythe)

"A lot of my friends are in that video. After watching the video, I would definitely say that that is, nine times out of ten, the way things ended up.… Read the rest of the article: Soldier from "Collateral Murder" company speaks out

This extraordinarily geeky set of six drink coasters will set you back $9.99 Alan Parekh of Winnipeg makes these sweet component-symbol coasters from 1/4" plywood, sealed with polyurethane varnish. Ten… Read the rest of the article: Geek coasters with electronic component symbols in the Boing Boing Bazaar

Neatorama calls this clutch eco-conscious and fashionably stylish, but I disagree. While recycling a keyboard may be a good idea, I wouldn't be caught dead enjoying a night on the… Read the rest of the article: Bag made out of a keyboard

Standing Cat has become quite the internet phenomenon in recent days. French internet culture journalist Aude Baron has been digging into the story behind this little guy, and writes, The… Read the rest of the article: Everything you must know about Standing Cat

Mother Jones reports that Humboldt County pot farmers are afraid they'll go out of business if their crops are legalized in the upcoming California elections. Recently, "Keep Pot Illegal" bumper… Read the rest of the article: "Keep Pot Illegal!" say Humboldt County dope farmers

After coming across photos of an Episcopal Priest Barbie, Jen McCreight of Blag Hag designed an Atheist Barbie. (Via Cynical-C)

Ali Sibat was convicted of sorcery in Saudi Arabia after he appeared on TV and gave psychic advice and predictions. As punishment, the government is going to behead him. From… Read the rest of the article: Saudi Arabia government to behead man for practicing witchcraft

Researchers at the University of South Carolina have figured out how to combine the carbon component of cotton with boron to create a cotton t-shirt with the toughness of body… Read the rest of the article: USC scientists figure out how to turn t-shirts into body armor

If a pelican bites you in the crotch, why would you hang around for a second bite? (Via Arbroath)

Few people alive today are old enough to remember World War I, and as it recedes into the past, the "war to end all wars" becomes more abstract. But French… Read the rest of the article: It Was The War of the Trenches

A Thai man named Kamjai Kong Thavorn spent an extra three years in a Jakarta prison because of a clerical error; the person who typed in his incarceration year put… Read the rest of the article: Thai man spends extra years in Jakarta prison because of a typo