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

A mere $100,000 gets you a STAN museum-grade T-Rex replica, a whopping 40' long and 12' high. They'll pose him for you, too. Each STAN T. rex skeleton is constructed… Read the rest of the article: Buy a full-size T. Rex replica

Instructables user Pyro222 has a great HOWTO for installing your keys in the handle of an old Leatherman Micra tool. I love this idea — except the TSA would probably… Read the rest of the article: HOWTO install your keys in a Leatherman handle

Ospop has taken the classic Chinese Tian-Lang worker-sneaker, a handsome, highly evolved little plimsoll, and reworked it, adding insoles, designer colors, eyelets, improved laces — and sweat-free labor practices —… Read the rest of the article: Chinese Tian-Ling worker shoes remade as fashion plimsolls

Los Angeles's Machine Project continues with its series of seminars tonight with "Unix for N00bz: How To Access Your Data From Anywhere" — a class on turning old PCs and… Read the rest of the article: Learn to build a network-attached storage out of old PCs tonight in LA

Constantine says: How do you market a machine that automates using a pipette (an instrument used to transport a measured volume of liquid)? Romance, of course. Eppendorf is pushing its… Read the rest of the article: Video uses boy band to sell lab equipment

(UPDATE: Originally posted on BB Gadgets) Police in London are on the lookout for £200 frozen-gas knives designed to kill bears and sharks, according to the never-inflammatory Daily Mail. The… Read the rest of the article: Britain on alert for deadly new knife with exploding tip that freezes victims' organs

Bilal Ghalib says: "This is how I got San Francisco to cut my hair. Crowd-sourced grooming in action." Link

Dementia 13 a 1963 Francis Ford Coppola/Roger Corman slasher film, is available for download from Archive.org. From Wikipedia: Dementia 13 is a 1963 horror thriller released by American International Pictures,… Read the rest of the article: Dementia 13 (Coppola's first mainstream movie) on Archive.org

Fun story from Dinotopia illustrator James Gurney: When National Geographic asked me to paint a small illustration of a Neanderthal father telling a story to his son, the art director… Read the rest of the article: NatGeo illustrator uses friend to pose as Neanderthal

Today on Boing Boing Gadgets, Beschizza leaped out of bed at the crack of midnight, called to wakefulness by the eerie command of Sir Clive's obelisk-imbued consciousness. That out of… Read the rest of the article: Today on Boing Boing Gadgets

Richie Jackson is a skateboarder from Australia who is deep into psychedelic consciousness. Dose Nation features a video of Jackson shredding and the following snippet from an interview with Jackson.… Read the rest of the article: Richie Jackson the psychedelic skateboarder

Cops and their kids get to use confiscated cars in St. Louis for free. Seems that the city of St. Louis, like many cities, allows the police to confiscate the… Read the rest of the article: St. Louis cops turn forfeiture policy into free car rental service

A poisonous spider bit artist Matthew Woodson, and the medical treatment is expensive. He's accepting commissions to offset the costs of the treatment, which is expected to last eight months.… Read the rest of the article: Artist taking commissions to pay for spider bite treatment

Bauhaus artist Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack designed these Optischer Farbmischer (optical color mixer) tops in the early 1920s. Reproductions by Naef are available from Fawn & Forest for $49. From the product… Read the rest of the article: Bauhaus tops

Wildlife photographer Hal Brindley captured amazing photos of a leopard attacking a crocodile in Kruger National Park, South Africa. You can see all of the photos and also a video… Read the rest of the article: Leopard attacks crocodile

Del-Byzanteens was a No Wave band in the early 1980s whose line-up included film director/keyboardist Jim Jarmusch on keyboards. Actor/musician John Lurie sometimes played with them too and writer Luc… Read the rest of the article: Del-Byzanteens, featuring Jim Jarmusch and John Lurie