Philips has spun out a new company called Shapeways that does cheap remote 3D printing — send them a design in 3D and they'll fabricate it out of a variety… Read the rest of the article: Shapeways 3D printing by Internet: 500 free beta signups

Photographer Phillip Todelano has put up "Days With My Father," a haunting and beautiful photo-essay about his relationship with his elderly father, who has no short-term memory. Link (Thanks, Andrew!)

Glyn sez, "The Open Rights Group's websites front page and the portions of the EFFs website (Deeplinks blog, Our work and Press room) are being blocked by Radialpoint Parental control… Read the rest of the article: Radialpoint parental filter/Virgin Media blocks Open Rights Group, EFF

Siva sez, "For the book he is writing called The Googlization of Everything, Siva Vaidhyanathan wants to know:" Do you remember the first time you used Google? When was it?… Read the rest of the article: Do you remember your first Google?

Neatorama found this photo of a 2nd Century AD bust that bears a resemblance to The Hillbilly Cat. Roman Elvis (Neatorama)

In the late 1990s, Jeff Simmermon formed a band with two chickens as members. This is his story. The keyboard players in my band were spacier than Sun Ra, more… Read the rest of the article: Band features two keyboard-playing chickens

Last night, the Imaginary Foundation presented me with this beautiful gift, "Bigfoot, the Garden Yeti Sculpture." Available from Design Toscano, it stands almost two and a half feet tall and… Read the rest of the article: Garden Yeti

iPhone Forensics: Recovering Evidence, Personal Data & Corporate Assets is a new book from O'Reilly Media that "gives IT professionals, security personnel, and law enforcement the knowledge needed to conduct… Read the rest of the article: iPhone Forensics book

I enjoyed this video of Keith Barry performing feats of "brain magic" at TED. First, Keith Barry shows us how our brains can fool our bodies — in a trick… Read the rest of the article: Keith Barry's "brain magic" on TED Talks

Here's a nice appreciation for the work of Minnesota artist Jeffrey T. Larson. His work reminds me of my favorite painter, John Singer Sargent. My favorites of Larson's paintings, though,… Read the rest of the article: Art of Jeffrey T. Larson

This aggressive little tortoise is unstoppable in his determination to keep cats off his territory.

On Instructables, The Raven shows how to make a high-pitched tormentor that most mature adults are immune to: This is a little device that I designed for the simple purpose… Read the rest of the article: The Raven, high pitched tormentor

Why are these news anchors smiling? Because they've been given cups filled with a solid plastic material that resembles coffee. Two cups of McDonald's iced coffee (BUY!) sit on the… Read the rest of the article: Fox TV news anchors enjoy plastic coffee

No, we're not talking shock therapy. Researchers at the University of Toronto installed deep brain stimulating electrodes in 20 patients with severe depression who weren't helped by other means. Twelve… Read the rest of the article: Brain electrodes as depression treatment

UPDATE: Our moderator Teresa dig quite a bit of digging into this search engine optimization company. I highly recommend you read her report on what people are saying about eBoost… Read the rest of the article: Did eBoost Media customer service rep call customer a faggot?

The "Curse of the Crying Boy" involves any number of kitschy prints of a sad child that are said to bring ruin to any house where it hangs. The legend… Read the rest of the article: Curse of the Crying Boy art print

CBS2 Chicago has a good roundup on the trend to "X-rated" TSA searches at airports wherein travellers are forced to strip in public, remove their nipple rings; a child amputee… Read the rest of the article: Why is the TSA taking out nipple rings and pantsing amputees?

Over at Boing Boing Gadgets, John Brownlee ponders why someone, other than the most hardcore goth, might prefer to clean their ears with black q-tips. Perhaps it's good preparation for… Read the rest of the article: Black q-tips

In other Syd Mead news, Shrapnel, a new graphic novel series featuring Mead's mecha designs, debuts at this week at Comic-Con in San Diego. The story was spawned from a… Read the rest of the article: Shrapnel: new comic featuring Syd Mead's designs

Stanley Kobierwoski, 34, Providence, Rhode Island, was arraigned Tuesday on charge of DUI and resisting arrest. His blood alcohol level was 0.491, a likely record in the state for a… Read the rest of the article: Man has blood alcohol level of 0.491