My five-year-old daughter pulled this same face when I reprimanded her for sneaking a box of brown sugar into the backyard to feast on it. Monica Goodling, a former Justice… Read the rest of the article: Compunctious smirk of Justice Department official accused of federal crime

Here's the brand new site for the upcoming Byrne/Eno album, "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today." The album will be released August 18 as a digital download only (DRM-free). Then,… Read the rest of the article: Upcoming Byrne/Eno album: "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today"

Bleep Labs, maker of the Thingamagoop musical robot is selling a kit to make your own light- and knob-controlled music synthesizer. Only $65 for the complete kit with metal enclosure.… Read the rest of the article: Thingamakit synthesizer toy from Bleep Labs

The wonder-seekers at Curious Expeditions visited the Toy Museum (Muzeum hraček) in Prague, Czech Republic. They posted a delightful Flickr set of photos from their trip, including the picture above… Read the rest of the article: Prague Toy Museum photos

The July 28 issue of the New Yorker has a fascinating, lengthy article by David Samuels about the medical marijuana industry in California. (Illustration by bOING bOING contributor Adrian Tomine)… Read the rest of the article: New Yorker reports on medical marijuana dispensaries

It looks like a next-generation stereo egg chair, but the Exar Paradise is actually an immersive oxygen bar for one. Rob has the details over at Boing Boing Gadgets. Oxygen… Read the rest of the article: Oxygen sphere for one

Ape Lad (nickname: Adam Koford) has a funny shirt for sale at shirt.woot. Title: "Death has Keen Eyesight." Just $10, postpaid. Ape Lad Woot Shirt

This piglet with a monkey face was reportedly born in the Chinese village of Fenzghang in the Xiping township. I feel badly for the cute little guy. From Ananova: "It's… Read the rest of the article: Pig with monkey face

BB pal Vann Hall suggests these two unrelated possibilities as the greatest Batman panels of all time. I like these, but I'm partial to "Batman does BDSM." Click the images… Read the rest of the article: Great Batman panels

Call Cutta In A Box is a strange interactive theater installation where the audience, one at a time, converses with an employee of an Indian call center. Indeed, the production… Read the rest of the article: Call Cutta interactive theater

Brendan sez, Artist Judith G. Klausner (a.k.a. Rogue Entomologist) has used mantises (infamous for the females' habit of biting off the heads of their mates) to stage several well-known scenes… Read the rest of the article: Famous historical beheadings recreated with mantises

This elderly gentleman fabricated the absolutely most amazing wooden automaton uselessly wonderful machine, and this eight minute video introduces us to its many, many amazing features. It is made entirely… Read the rest of the article: Wooden geared contraption and its proud maker — best gadget video you will watch this month, in all likelihood

Rick sez, "GeekSpeak/Talk of the Bay on KUSP will have Charles Stross live, in-studio for your questions on Tuesday, July 29, 10-11AM PDT. You can also email questions to agony@trashotron.com.… Read the rest of the article: Charlie Stross live NPR phone-in

Oh hell yes! Warners just released season one of Freakazoid, the best TV cartoon since the Max Fleischer era, on DVD. This is the most demented, hilarious, madcap, witty, surreal,… Read the rest of the article: Freakazoid on DVD — yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes!

I read an early review copy of Alex Robinson's touching and funny graphic novel Too Cool to Be Forgotten back in March, an emerged from it feeling uplifted, happy, and… Read the rest of the article: Too Cool to be Forgotten: wish fulfillment graphic novel becomes something lovelier by far

Today, Boing Boing tv presents part two of our UK-based music correspondent Russell Porter's interview with the legendary Hot 8 Brass Band, from New Orleans. Band leader Bennie "Big Peter"… Read the rest of the article: BBtv – Russell Porter: Hot 8 Brass Band of New Orleans, pt. 2 (music)

Teach your kids to digitally encode music with this 20-note music-box/player piano that recapitulates the first digital music format — the piano roll. Included is the Music Box, one pre-punched… Read the rest of the article: DIY piano rolls: teach kids to digitally encode music using paper tape

Today on the Worth1000 photoshopping contest: mutated animals. I love the adorable cryptozoological critters! Link

Wired's current reader photo challenge is to send in pics of cityscapes that epitomize your town. There are some beautiful little urban valentines in this lot — I love cities… Read the rest of the article: Loving city photos

Parker sez, I'm a summer intern at the Participatory Culture Foundation, who make Miro, and I just launched two new channels that Boing Boing readers might enjoy: Free Culture TV… Read the rest of the article: FreeCulture TV and Yes We're Open: Two new free and open Internet TV channels