I've blogged before about the lovely steampunk jewelry on offer from Etsy seller FringeLore, but over on Boing Boing Gadgets, our John has spotted this wonderful new range of items… Read the rest of the article: Steampunk typewriter key jewelry — Boing Boing Gadgets

The MPAA is petitioning the FCC to lard cable television with "selectable output control," a DRM system that allows broadcasters to specify which of your TV devices can decode which… Read the rest of the article: MPAA wants to randomly break your home theater depending on which channel you're watching

Fred sez, "This week's New Yorker feature article explores how Chinese nationalism is on the rise despite the proliferation of the internet and so-called "democratizing technologies" that many thought would… Read the rest of the article: China's neo-con nationalist youngsters go online

Akibanana is a Japanese tour company that employs young women in cosplay attire to guide foreign tourists around the otaku-heaven district of Akihabara in Tokyo. Cosplay Akihabara Tours (via Tokyo… Read the rest of the article: Cosplay "guidols" serve as Akihabara tour guides

If an anaconda bites your hand, should you pull your hand out, push it in further, or give the snake a good poke in the eye? National Geographic tells you… Read the rest of the article: HOWTO deal with an anaconda bite

Natasha Mitchell, host of the excellent ABC National Radio Program (Australia) recently interviewed Elizabeth Hess, author of Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human. Natasha Mitchell: The story of… Read the rest of the article: Apes, legal personhood and the plight of Nim Chimpsky

Over at BB Gadgets, John Brownlee riffs on an article about Pack Central, a company that sells popular recordings on cassette. The target market is prison inmates. From BB Gadgets:… Read the rest of the article: Cassette tapes are big business in prison

I used my digital camera to video these Paparazzi standing across the street from The Ivy on Robertson in Beverly Hills waiting for celebrities to emerge. Paparazzi at The Ivy… Read the rest of the article: Paparazzi at The Ivy in Los Angeles

New research suggests that the brain's "executive function," the mental system involved in abstract thinking, planning, and focusing on one thing instead of another, can be fatigued to the point… Read the rest of the article: Science of brain "fatigue"

"My man likes something unexpected now and then. That's why I serve rice." Later, she will travel to the moon to make it a cleaner place to live. 1960s ad… Read the rest of the article: 1960s ad for rice

My neighbor Radovan Karadzic by Jasmina Tešanović Radovan Karadzic, the poet of Serbian war crimes, one of the two most wanted criminals in the Balkans, the guy with fluffy locks,… Read the rest of the article: Jasmina Tešanović: My neighbor Radovan Karadzic (essay)

The Daily Mail reports that a 64-year-old London man who took photos of teenagers raising a ruckus in front of his apartment could be charged with assault. David Green, 64,… Read the rest of the article: Police warn UK man that taking photos of "hooded teenagers" is illegal

Mark Kilner created this phenomenal sculpture, titled Numbskull. It's a plastic skull covered in 630 tablets of paracetamol (aka acetaminophen). Numbskull (Flickr, via MAKE:) Previously on BB: • Damien Hirst's… Read the rest of the article: Pill-encrusted skull

The Boulder Daily Camera reports that five members of the peace-and-love espousing Rainbow Family were arrested after brawling at a campsite near the Colorado mountain town of Ward. One man… Read the rest of the article: Rival Rainbow hippy factions brawl

The Yvonne Hair and Nails salon in Alexandria, Virginia offers a service where garra rufa (aka Doctor fish) nibble the dead skin off clients' feet. Proprietor John Ho claims that… Read the rest of the article: Fish pedicure

This octopus has 88 extra tentacles. The rare specimen is on display at the Shima Marineland Squarium. From Pink Tentacle: The preserved octopus actually has the normal number of 8… Read the rest of the article: Octopus with 96 tentacles

Neal Stephenson's forthcoming novel Anathem was inspired by the amazing Clock of the Long Now, a project to make a clock that runs for 10,000 years. The Long Now foundation… Read the rest of the article: Stephenson's Anathem was inspired by Clock of the Long Now

As I mentioned earlier, I'm giving a free talk tonight in Cambridge, UK. The seating is limited and filled up weeks ago, but the organisers now tell me that they've… Read the rest of the article: 25 spots open for Cory's talk tonight in Cambridge

Today on Boing Boing tv, Xeni and Pesco dive deeper into the magical chocolate factory founded by a NASA software developer. In this installment of BBtv's 3-part series on TCHO… Read the rest of the article: BBtv – TCHO Chocolate, part 2: magical machines, mysterious molecules.

Wired's got a nice gallery of photos taken at the San Francisco Zine Festival: The two-day conference featured a wide variety of DIY arts and crafts, zines, comics and a… Read the rest of the article: Photos from SF Zine Fair